To answer that question, CNN reviewed more than 20 studies on the health impacts of parental leave on parent and child and talked to a handful of researchers. What we found is that most studies come to the same conclusion: Paid parental leave can have [...]

PolitiFact, however, argued that this was a hugely misleading read of job numbers. It blamed Obama's policies for job losses that started before Obama even took office. And it completely ignores the massive job losses that men suffered in the recession before Obama took office. [...]

PolitiFact, however, argued that this was a hugely misleading read of job numbers. It blamed Obama's policies for job losses that started before Obama even took office. And it completely ignores the massive job losses that men suffered in the recession before Obama took office. [...]

Although Lawless and Fox’s research describes the fundamental reasons that fewer women run for and serve in political offices, it does not describe why states like North Carolina have seen a decline in women candidates and elected officials. Today’s political climate of hyper-partisanship is identified [...]

Although Lawless and Fox’s research describes the fundamental reasons that fewer women run for and serve in political offices, it does not describe why states like North Carolina have seen a decline in women candidates and elected officials. Today’s political climate of hyper-partisanship is identified [...]

The U.S. Equal Pay Act was passed half a century ago but in 2014 women working full time in the United States were typically paid 79 cents for every dollar a man earned for equal work, according to the Institute for Women's Policy Research (IWPR). [...]