Gender inequality

An excerpt from “Machiavelli for Women,” a new book by NPR’s Stacey Vanek Smith.

An industry stretched thin before the pandemic is now at a breaking point.

Male smokers who work for other male smokers get promoted faster, according to new research.

According to the Brookings Institution's Hamilton Project, unpaid household labor falls disproportionately to women between 16 and 24.

Female voice assistants could be encouraging us to issue orders to women.

When Thomas Page McBee started transitioning and taking testosterone, he didn’t just notice a difference in his vocal range. He also started tracking how people responded.

Wambach shares her personal struggles in new memoir, 'Forward'

The agency will release rates of poverty and health insurance coverage for 2015.

Women's education doesn't close the wage gap with men, study says.

The commission is holding a hearing this week to seek solutions. One idea: Keep women in the industry.