Economy
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Advocacy Group: Three Americans Without Health Insurance Die Every Hour
According to “Dying for Coverage,” the latest report by Families USA, 72 Americans die each day, 500 Americans die every week and approximately Americans 2,175 die each...
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Female Doctors Paid Less Than Male Counterparts, Study Finds
Lead author Dr. Reshma Jagsi, a breast cancer radiation specialist and researcher at the University of Michigan, publicly released findings of a study about pay differences...
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Our American Future: A Disadvantaged Majority?
By Bryan M-C Epps This year’s presidential election is set to be the most important one for all those who plan to be part of...
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Worry and anxiety have worn me down to the bone
There was no rug on the floor and the old lady from downstairs would crawl up on her hands through the wood and show up...
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Rising Obesity Rates Prompt Call for Serious Policy Changes
In an ambitious 478-page report, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) refutes the idea that obesity is largely the result of a lack of willpower on the...
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Creating a Biological Underclass: A Reality of Poverty for HIV+ Women
By Sonia Rastogi Hype of the HIV epidemic in the U.S. has died down in the media and in the minds of many Americans. What...
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Gender Taxes: American Women Are $1.5 Million Poorer By Age 65
By Joseph de la Torre Dwyer Every single working day of the year, American women pay a 22.6 percent gender tax on their income. By...
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Women Running: Tomeka Hart
Name: Tomeka Hart Candidate for: U.S. House of Representatives, District 9 (Tennessee) Interviewed by: Tamura A. Lomax Why are you running for office? I am a...
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Women's Lower Status Puts Asia's Future at Risk
The Asia Society survey on women’s status in health, education, economic activity and political leadership urges improvements to ensure the region benefits fully from its underused...
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Women Miss Out on Job Growth
The “mancession” has morphed into the “hecovery,” leaving women workers largely in the dust. The share of adult women who are employed is lower than...
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Moms: 'I Can't Afford to Work'
After factoring in the rising cost of child care, the daily commute and other work-related expenses, a growing number of mothers are figuring out...
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Female War Veterans More Likely to Become Homeless
Once primarily male veteran problems, homelessness and economic struggles are escalating among female veterans, whose numbers have grown during the past decade of U.S. wars...
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How Much is Your Vagina Costing You?
Given the national debate regarding birth control coverage, it’s increasingly clear that many people have no idea how much it costs it to own a...
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Banks Neglect Foreclosed Homes in Minority Neighborhoods
Banks are doing a much better job maintaining homes seized in foreclosures in predominantly white neighborhoods than in mostly black and Latino neighborhoods, according to...
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Gender Equity Still Requires a Focus on the “Second Shift”
By Joseph de la Torre Dwyer Lucky enough to attend college, I sat in a first-year seminar meant to expose students to a variety of...
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DC Female Condom Programs Saves Taxpayers Millions
A program in Washington DC, which gives female condoms to residents at no cost, saved $6 million in medical costs its initial year. During the...
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The WealthyTarget Bangladeshi's Poor for Organs
Wealthy people are bypassing donor lists by paying off poor people in Bangladesh into selling their organs. An investigative paper, authored by anthropologist Monir Moniruzzaman, examined illegal...
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World Water Day: Clean Water Empowers Women, Girls
March 22 is World Water Day, but for many people around the world, securing safe drinking water is still not obtainable. While unsafe water effects...