BY TARA LAW  The Hope Center’s 2019 survey of 86,000 students at two- and four-year colleges found that 42% percent were food insecure, 46% were housing insecure, and 12% were homeless. All of these students will be at risk as schools close or consider closing student [...]

The pandemic is widening social and economic divisions that also make the virus deadlier, a self-reinforcing cycle that experts warn could have consequences for years to come. By Max Fisher and Emma Bubola This can affect everyone. One study in the United States found that state-mandated sick day [...]

Some big employers are adjusting their policies. But millions question whether their sick days will run out. By Kathryn Dill In 2019, more than 33 million U.S. workers had no access to sick leave, federal data show. Many of them are food and cleaning staff who are more [...]

By Lakshmi Gandhi Black women are starting successful businesses in the United States faster than the population at large — despite often lacking critical access to loans and venture capital funding. The State of Women-Owned Businesses Report, which is released annually by American Express, found that women of [...]

By Kerry Hannon “Growing the number of women in construction or the trades is no small feat,” said C. Nicole Mason, president and chief executive of the Institute for Women’s Policy Research. “It takes a tremendous amount of coordination between work-force development programs, labor unions, contractors and [...]