Economy

Why Employers Should Want Their Workers Using Contraception Why Employers Should Want Their Workers Using Contraception

Widespread use of the Pill for family planning purposes has allowed women to flood the workforce.

Mar 14, 2012 / Bryce Covert

The Shecovery Meets a Swift Demise The Shecovery Meets a Swift Demise

Still no good news for women in the recovery.

Mar 13, 2012 / Bryce Covert

Faced With Unequal Pay, Some Women Opt Out Faced With Unequal Pay, Some Women Opt Out

Here’s another sign that higher education may not be a panacea for women in the workforce.

Mar 13, 2012 / Bryce Covert

Have We Gone From a Mancession to a Shecovery? Not Quite. Have We Gone From a Mancession to a Shecovery? Not Quite.

A closer look shows that women are still getting left out of the economic recovery.

Mar 12, 2012 / Bryce Covert

Tens of Thousands Rally in Wisconsin for Labor Rights and Democracy Tens of Thousands Rally in Wisconsin for Labor Rights and Democracy

Largest rally in a year sees Wisconsin protest movement on message and on the march—backing the recall and removal of an anti-labor governor and demanding restoration of coll...

Mar 11, 2012 / John Nichols

The Occupy Spring: Jeremy Brecher

The Occupy Spring: Jeremy Brecher The Occupy Spring: Jeremy Brecher

The way humans wreck the earth parallels the way the 1 percent treats the 99 percent.

Mar 9, 2012 / Francis Reynolds

Katrina vanden Heuvel: This Will Be a Historic Year for Women Katrina vanden Heuvel: This Will Be a Historic Year for Women

The Republicans are trying to overturn decades of women’s rights victories.

Mar 9, 2012 / Press Room

This Week in Poverty: Welfare Reform—From Bad to Worse This Week in Poverty: Welfare Reform—From Bad to Worse

Just when you thought things couldn’t get any worse for poor people.

Mar 9, 2012 / Greg Kaufmann

Remembering Lucy Gonzales Parsons This International Women’s Day Remembering Lucy Gonzales Parsons This International Women’s Day

Workers shouldn’t “strike and go out and starve, but strike and remain in and take possession of the necessary property of production.” So believed Lucy Gonzales ...

Mar 8, 2012 / Laura Flanders

Just How Out of Touch Are the Romneys? Just How Out of Touch Are the Romneys?

If Romney wins Ohio, he’ll be in a good position to win the nomination. But that doesn’t mean voters like him.

Mar 6, 2012 / Press Room

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