Equity

In her new book, author and PhD student Anna Gifty Opoku-Agyeman looks at how both gender and race cost Black women — and how policy can help address those costs.

Starting in November, New Mexico will offer free care to all families regardless of their income.

A justice-tech startup is harnessing AI to help people clear old arrests and convictions for low-level crimes.

The number of people who have spent six months or more looking for work has been rising.

Hiring in health care has helped propel the job market, but that momentum is slowing.

Linda Griffith, bioengineer and director of MIT's Center for Gynepathology Research, is working to grow human tissue on bits of plastic to better understand and treat systemic gynecological diseases, including endometriosis.

Women are more likely than men to use buy now, pay later services, even though men carry more total debt.

During the pandemic, mothers saw a dramatic increase in workforce participation levels. however, since the beginning of 2025, those levels have seen continuous declines eliminating their pandemic gains.

Over the last few years, FEMA’s BRIC program has awarded $4.5 billion worth of grants intended to help communities prepare for future disasters. But with the Trump administration eying the program for cuts, what happens if that money goes away?

Ivan Penn of the New York Times discusses his reporting on how big tech’s AI data centers are raising electricity costs for households and small businesses.