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Biden’s efforts to invest in child care and paid leave may have largely failed, but advocates say they helped elevate the issues into a "political imperative."
Moms are still often laid off while on parental leave, pushed out of workplaces and subjected to stereotypes about their competency. But with few legal protections, attorneys say most cases go unreported.
Experts who study gender, race and media say the three firings speak to the reality of sexism in the news industry and how these attitudes can shape journalism.
Biden, as he launches his reelection bid, must convince voters to credit him for the rebound in women’s employment — and that he can achieve long-lasting progress on wage equality, leave and child care.
The survey’s findings align with years of research that LGBTQ+ people experience poverty at high rates, and investigates new aspects of queer economic insecurity.
Under the AAPI umbrella, there are some of the highest earners among women — and the lowest. That obscures the economic realities of Southeast Asian, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander women.
The administration announced public and private U.S. investment in closing the digital divide for women in Africa as the vice president spoke to five Ghanaian women entrepreneurs.
A research team asked women of all backgrounds across the nation what an economy built to work for women should look like.
Silicon Valley Bank was one of the few that would give venture-backed start-ups led by women, people of color and LGBTQ+ people a line of credit. After the bank’s collapse, they are now being hit the hardest.
In 2023, women are earning 77 cents for every dollar earned by White men. The gender pay gap has barely budged in 20 years.