By Elise Solé Kotb will maintain her job as co-anchor of the show’s fourth hour, with Kathie Lee Gifford, a role she’s held since 2007. Per the Post, “Kotb gets up around 4 a.m. to host Today from 7 to 9 a.m., then records updates [...]

By Aaliyah Barnes An analysis by the Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR) found that from October 2016 to October 2017, 160,300 women lost jobs in the retail industry, while 106,000 men found jobs in the industry. As more women began to lose out on opportunities in the retail [...]

By Marc Bain As if the persistent wage gap between women and men weren’t enough, women have also been disproportionately hammered by the wave of job losses hitting US retail. Between October 2016 and October 2017, the retail industry lost 54,300 jobs, according to an analysis of [...]

By PR Lockhart For women of color, who are often concentrated at the bottom rungs of the workforce, the damage of those consequences can be intensified by their financial status, racial identity, and, in some cases, immigration status. According to a 2014 report from the National Women’s Law Center, [...]

By Kevin Drum The Washington Post reports on job losses among women in the retail industry: Between October 2016 and October 2017, women who worked in the country’s stores lost 160,300 jobs, while 106,000 men found new work in the field, the analysis from the Institute for Women’s [...]

By Bryce Covert This often damages women's incomes and prospects. “A lot of wage growth…comes from changing jobs to negotiate up,” said Ariane Hegewisch, program director for employment and earnings at the Institute for Women's Policy Research. But if women end up having to leave [...]