How The Pandemic Is Making The Gender Pay Gap Worse
In-person service jobs, which have been hit hard by the pandemic, are disproportionately done by women. Yet the unemployment rate is only part of the story.
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Do Men Have It Easier? Your Politics Might Determine How You Answer
Democrats were more than twice as likely as Republicans to say that the country hasn't gone far enough in achieving gender equality, according to a new survey from Pew.
Racial Disparities In Wages Boil Down To One Thing: Discrimination
A new study found that a major reason for the gap in wages between black and white workers is what's left over after controlling for variables like education and experience.
States Not Waiting To Close Gender Wage Gap
Efforts to close the pay gap between men and women have gone nowhere in Congress, but states are forging ahead with a string of equal pay laws. And new proposals are being debated in two dozen states.