Minnesota is the best state for women in America. That’s according to the Institute for Women’s Policy Research, a nonprofit that on Wednesday published the final two reports in a sprawling seven-part series exploring how women are faring in the states. The “Status of Women in the States” series , an update on [...]

How does your state stack up when it comes to supporting working moms and dads? A new report out Wednesday from the Institute for Women’s Policy Research rates the 50 states on a Work & Family Composite Index , which factors in access to paid [...]

For almost every student on campus, juggling classes and a part-time job may be a difficult task to undertake on a day-to-day basis. However, for Cal State L.A. students who are mothers, daily responsibilities do not stop with homework or a late night study session, [...]

South Dakota is the worst state for women’s reproductive rights, while Oregon ranks as the best, according to a new report . The Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR) released new data last week on reproductive rights, sexual violence, and women’s health as part of [...]

Rep. Gwen Moore had a confession to make: She had sold herself short. “I was the one who stayed up all night and wrote the brilliant speech,” she said Wednesday at a conference here. “ I was the one who crunched the numbers and made [...]

If the White House had relied on data to drive policy, My Brother’s Keeper should have included both genders, said a February report from the Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR), another think tank. The institute reviewed 114 data-based assertions made in a White House [...]