By Marie Solis A November report from Oxfam America and the Institute for Women's Policy Research found that of the 23.5 million Americans working low-wage jobs, 19 million of them are women. Adult women made up some 75% of these low-wage earners as of 2014, and many of them are the [...]

By Bryce Covert There is almost no job a woman can take and expect to be paid more than a man, according to a new analysis from the Institute for Women’s Policy Research. Of 120 occupations, just four pay women slightly higher than men, on [...]

by Chandelis R. Duster Women continue to make less than men, but the gap in equal pay is wider for women of color. If the wage gap keeps narrowing at the pace it has been the last 50 years, Black women will not catch up to [...]

By Maggie Mallon One such arena where that occurs? The entertainment industry. Jane the Virgin star Gina Rodriguez has seen first hand how easily women in Hollywood can miss out on earning their rightful wages. As someone who fought to get her foot in the [...]

By Annalyn Kurtz Women’s median earnings are lower than men’s in nearly all occupations, according to a report released Tuesday by the Institute for Women’s Policy Research. The researchers analyzed data on roughly 120 occupations tracked by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, and found, [...]