Hillary Clinton announced a new component to her $350 billion higher education plan Friday that targets the 4.8 million students who are also parents and among the most vulnerable to student loan debt. The 2016 Democratic front-runner wants to significantly boost federal funding for high-quality [...]

Overtime can make a big difference for people living paycheck to paycheck. And, according to a new report, a single change to the rules about who’s eligible for overtime pay would expand the number of low-wage workers who qualify for that extra pay by a [...]

This kind of action is particularly urgent as more students with young children are entering college, said Lindsey Reichlin, a research associate at the Institute for Women’s Policy Research. Many begin freshman year with more family responsibilities than, say, plans to attend fraternity parties. “It’s [...]

Women, on average, make only 78 cents for every dollar earned by men nationally, according to the Institute for Women’s Policy Research . That’s despite the fact that women comprise almost half of the U.S. workforce and are the equal or main breadwinners in four [...]

“The unequal division of household labor and caregiving responsibilities often can lead to women cutting back on her own work investment,” said Barbara Gault, the vice president and executive director at the Institute for Women’s Policy Research, a Washington-based think tank. “We need systemic changes [...]