This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. My oldest son, a junior at an elite university in California, went to a traditional college prep high school where he claims he was imminently prepared for post-secondary studies but…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As Americans’ average life expectancy has been generally trending longer for decades, some experts have urged people to delay retirement and work longer, and many policies have been developed to incentivize this…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Women’s labor force participation has stagnated and reversed since 2000. The gap between wages of men and women has fallen over the past several decades, but a significant gender wage gap…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Two University of North Carolina graduate students were curious: Were female school superintendents earning less than their male counterparts? Considering longstanding gender pay gaps across the economy, they expected to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Since the early 2000s, “returnships,” a term trademarked by Goldman Sachs in 2008, have been part of the solution to the puzzling challenge of how to get women back into…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Women hold two-thirds of the jobs in the harshest category of work, according to new report on Washington workers during the pandemic. The researchers looked at data on demographics, working…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Sixty-two percent of women in the green building industry report the pandemic has negatively affected their workplace equity, according to a recent U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) survey of 500 women. A…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. On the outskirts of Rantoul, in east-central Illinois, about 100 migrant farmworkers are living at an old hotel in a sleepy part of town. Every day at the crack of…
CWI Labs and WorkingNation have invited experts in workforce development, labor economics, aging, racial equity and policy to discuss the challenges before our Nation. And, most importantly, to introduce thought-provoking…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. According to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), the U.S. spends roughly 0.1% of its GDP on active labor market policies (such as job search assistance or job training),…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Hispanic Heritage Month is a time when Latinos celebrate our cultural values and share our heritage. We tell the stories of the leaders who paved the way for us and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. COVID-19 is hard on women because the U.S. economy is hard on women, and this virus excels at taking existing tensions and ratcheting them up. Millions of women were already…