By Jon Marcus Former students can be hard to track down and have jobs and families that make it tough for them to find the time and money to go back to college. And they often aren’t eligible for financial aid. Meanwhile, few institutions offer [...]

But a community conditioning itself to accept abuse out of racial solidarity is not only unacceptable, it’s also further jeopardizing the safety and well-being of black women and girls. According to the Institute for Women’s Policy Research, more than 20 percent of black women are raped [...]

By Gabrielle Moss And Jessica Milli, study director at the Institute for Women's Policy Research, points to a factor that has nothing to do with leaning in, out, or sideways: women are still expected to perform the majority of domestic labor, including childcare, in our country, because [...]

By Danielle Kwateng-Clark As reported by the Institute for Women’s Policy Research, more than 20 percent of Black women are raped during their lifetimes—a higher share than among women overall. Furthermore, Dr. Gail Wyatt, a professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences at UCLA who's written extensively [...]

We are stronger financially when we share what we know. As women, we live longer, but generally spend fewer years in the workforce. We still make about 80 cents for every dollar a man makes, according to the Institute for Women’s Policy Research. We’re taking on greater [...]

By Vanessa Taylor Other factors, such as race and sexuality, impact rates of sexual assault, as well. As noted by the Institute for Women's Policy Research, black women are impacted by sexual violence at higher rates than women generally. #MeToo's founder Tarana Burke expressed some concerns around [...]