By ELLE MOXLEY, KCUR KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — States can get a substantial return on investment if they help single mothers in college access child care, support services and financial aid, according to a [...]

California community college students are likely to come from racial and ethnic minorities, be the first in their families to attend college, go to school part time, work, and take on debt for their education. [...]

By Miriam Valverde We often hear that discriminatory practices are a reason why on average women are paid less than men. Expert say it’s hard to measure how much of a role that discrimination plays [...]

by Aimee Picchi Women who work in retail face a number of complicated labor market issues, says Ariane Hegewisch, program director for employment and earnings at the Institute for Women’s Policy Research, a think tank [...]

By Sara Aridi Nearly 18 percent of women in New York age 18 and older live in poverty, according to the Institute for Women’s Policy Research. Most of them are women of color. Despite the [...]

By Aimee Picchi Changes in the nature of office work are hitting middle-class women, with about 500,000 office and administrative jobs in the U.S. expected to vanish by 2026. About 400,000 of those endangered jobs [...]