Where are the women candidates?

Oct 1, 2024
Women are more than half the population, and underrepresented at every level of government. To fix this, more women need to run for office. 
Texas 34th Congressional District candidate Mayra Flores, left, and Maryland U.S. Senate candidate Angela Alsobrooks, right, are two of the women running for office in 2024. (Getty Images)
Getty Images

Let's do the numbers on women in politics

Sep 24, 2024
Beyond the intrinsic value of gender parity in politics, there's evidence that getting more women elected and politically active makes good economic sense too. Let's do the numbers. 
Getty Images

How trailblazing women fought for a place on Wall Street

Sep 12, 2024
The new book "She-Wolves: The Untold History of Women on Wall Street" chronicles the barriers women had to break down to become part of major financial institutions.
It wasn't until 1976 that the first woman traded stocks on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange.
Spencer Platt/Getty Images

What if teens ran the government?

Sep 10, 2024
In "Boys State" and "Girls State," young politicos simulate democracy during a weeklong camp.
Apple via IMDB

In 2023, women's gains in corporate C-suites were reversed

Apr 4, 2024
Women, including CEOs, are sometimes hit harder by unfavorable economic conditions.
gradyreese/Getty Images

Before the glass ceiling, women face "broken rung" on corporate ladder

Oct 15, 2019
For every 100 men, only 72 women are promoted to manager positions.
Zackary Drucker/Broadly

Automation's gender divide

Jun 5, 2019
While both men and women have essentially the same odds of automation taking their jobs, women could face a tougher transition to new jobs.
A pharmacy technician prepares prescriptions for packaging and shipping after being filled on an automated line at the central pharmacy of Intermountain Heathcare in 2018 in Midvale, Utah.
George Frey/Getty Images

For public good, not for profit.

Identity and economic choice

May 8, 2019
How gender identity affects the way we think about the economy.
A transmasculine person takes money out of their wallet.
Zackary Drucker/Broadly/The Gender Spectrum Collection

Bills on family leave proposed with female voters in mind

Mar 18, 2019
With divided government, getting family-leave or sick-day bills out of Congress and to the president is highly unlikely before the 2020 election.
U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) speaks during a news conference February 12, 2019 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. Gillibrand and Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) held a news conference to introduce the "Family and Medical Insurance Leave Act," or FAMILY Act.
Alex Wong/Getty Images

What it is like to be a female economist

A Washington Post reporter talks about the "seemingly minor sexist moments" at the biggest gathering of economists in the U.S.
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, left, and former chairs Janet Yellen and Ben Bernanke participate in a panel discussion at the American Economic Association conference on Jan. 4 in Atlanta.
Jessica McGowan/Getty Images