By Joann S. Lublin The total number of women running S&P 500 companies held steady from the previous year’s analysis at 28, including seven women who retired or held the job less than a year, and remains at roughly 5% of the total. But for [...]

By Lauren Holter With less resources to leave the area, and often children and parents to care for, women are more likely to die in natural disasters (which are worsened by warming weather). During the 1995 Kobe earthquake, 1.5 times as many women as men [...]

By Cora Lewis In the California case, public school worker Aileen Rizo sued Fresno County after learning that her male colleagues made more than her — a result of a policy to hire employees at 5% above their previous salary. US Magistrate Judge Michael Seng [...]

By Janet Nguyen About 4.8 million undergraduates  — or more than 25 percent of college students — are raising children, according to the Institute for Women’s Policy Research. And a growing number of students who pursue a bachelor’s degree are “nontraditional” students, which includes enrollees like [...]

By Ben Schiller THE LOST OPPORTUNITY OF BLACK WOMEN FOUNDERS Black women are the most educated group in the nation, and black women are the highest percentage of any group enrolled in college, as per the 2011 U.S. Census Bureau. The U.S. Department of Labor reports that 60% [...]

By Meredith Kolodner The program was created by Congress in 1998 and greatly expanded in 2001 under President George W. Bush, when funding hit a high-water mark of $25 million. Since 2003, spending has remained fairly steady at about $15 million. It’s not available on [...]