A proposal to extend overtime pay eligibility to millions of workers would have its biggest impact on single mothers and women of color, according to a study published Tuesday by the Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR) and the advocacy group MomsRising. [...] Changing overtime [...]

Democrats vying for the White House are promoting an unusual way to slash the cost of college for millions of American students: invest in daycare. Slightly more than a quarter of undergraduates in the United States are raising children. That’s about 4.8 million degree seekers who’ve [...]

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 [...]