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 [...]

IW Staff Three in four American families with young children rely on a mother’s earnings for some to all of their income. Yet mothers as a group, married or single, earn substantially less than fathers, according to a new analysis from the Institute for Women's [...]

By Heidi M Przybyla  The paid leave proposal exemplifies how the promise of Trump’s populism is bumping up against a conservative Republican Congress that supports few new domestic expenditures of any kind. The White House is promising the plan won’t add to the deficit as Trump [...]