In 2018, 75,978,000 women were part of the U.S. labor force, representing 46.9% of its total strength. Even though progress has been made in combating gender discrimination in the workplace, the gender pay gap remains [...]

Twenty percent of college students in the United States are raising children, yet the much-touted “free college” initiatives, also known as Promise programs, often “unintentionally exclude” these students when offering financial support, according to a [...]

About 300,000 workers don't have paid sick leave in Dallas, according to a study by the Institute for Women's Policy Research, which relied on 2016 U.S. census data. The study concluded that number disproportionately affects [...]

Women have made up the majority of people with bachelor’s degrees since 2007, Pew notes, but it wasn’t until 12 years later that they accounted for the majority of the college-educated workforce. That’s because college-educated [...]

Lassere is a skilled carpenter with a brand-new contractor’s license, and on the first project for her new company—renovating a house near downtown Charlottesville—she’s handling everything from replacing the flooring to moving the staircase to [...]

Emily Martin of the National Women's Law Center noted that Harris' Equal Pay Plan includes pay transparency, which allows for greater potential to close the gender and race pay gap. Katie Hamm of the Center [...]