By Katie Kindelan The news for black women is not promising if nothing is done. Black women may not see equal pay until 2124 if current trends continue, the think tank Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR) found. In addition to deserving the right to be [...]

Women's rights activists celebrate Black Women Equal Pay day on Tuesday. On average black women earn about 63 cents to every dollar earned by a white non-Hispanic man, meaning it takes them seven additional months to earn the same amount an average white man earns [...]

By Natelegé Whaley All told, the pay gap means black women earn an average of $870,000 less over the course of their careers — a tremendous long-term impact, especially for black women with families. More than 80% of black women are household breadwinners and 60% [...]

By McKenna Moore Equal Pay Day for All is held in April, but it is important to distinguish the fact that black women make far less than women on the whole. Women earn 80 cents for every dollar that men make, but black women make [...]

By Areva Martin According to “The Status of Black Women in the United States,” Black women have been turning out for elections and voting at unprecedented rates; they’ve also made significant strides in earning undergraduate and advanced degrees and have been succeeding brilliantly in opening their [...]

By Ashley A. Smith Despite the importance of on-campus childcare facilities to student-parents, there has been a decline in the number of campuses that offer them as a resource, said Lindsey Reichlin Cruse, a senior research associate at the Institute for Women's Policy Research. In 2015, less [...]