By Danielle Paquette “It’s costing me money to do this,” she said, “but if I don’t fight for what’s right for me, who will?” Access to paid leave also cuts across racial lines. Since black and Hispanic families are twice as likely to be among [...]

By Madeline Farber As of 2015, women made 80 cents for every dollar a man earned—a discrepancy that represents a 20% wage gap. Though she has a white-collar job, Sweeney comes from a union family, she says—adding that she’s aware of the impact a strike can [...]

By Carrie Snurr ANNAPOLIS, Md. — The Maryland House on Thursday voted in favor of a bill that repeals language in Maryland’s Family Law prohibiting decisions in domestic violence proceedings from being admitted as evidence in divorce court. The bill passed with no dissenting votes. [...]

By Jen Gann Bloomberg quotes the Institute for Women’s Policy Research’s Ariane Hegewisch, who has this to say of longer leaves: “It seems to slow down both women’s career advancement and labor force participation.” Annette Storr, a UPS employee in Germany, where women can take [...]

By Laura Colby As explained on the campaign trail, Trump would give new mothers six weeks off with pay -- less than the minimum 14 weeks recommended by the United Nations’ International Labor Organization and far less than what professional women get in Western Europe. [...]