Pay transparency doesn’t always help workers. That’s one of the findings of a new working paper, distributed by the National Bureau of Economic Research, that examines pay-transparency policies over the past two decades. While policies that help workers compare pay across different companies can encourage them to seek better salaries or positions, policies that let…
Stephanie O’Dell was working as a fashion stylist about six years ago when she noticed the huge void in advertising and marketing aimed toward older women. Driven by her own curiosity, she started a blog and talked to 100 women about their lives, fashion and everything in between. “I knew if I saw these women…
If the 10 occupations with the most women workers paid the same average wages as the top 10 fields for employing men, about 12 million women might’ve taken home an extra $96 billion in 2021, according to a new report from the National Partnership for Women & Families. “Women’s work has been undervalued for generations…
Homeownership rates have risen gradually across all racial and ethnic groups over the past decade since reaching historic lows in 2015 — but data show Black homeowners continue to lag well behind their peers, the National Association of Realtors said in a new report Thursday. In 2021, 44% of Black Americans owned their homes, compared…
Billionaire Elon Musk believes the media in the U.S. is racist. In a series of tweets on Sunday, Musk said that the media used to be racist against minority groups, but now it is racist against white people and Asian people. Musk was responding to a news story about Scott Adams, the creator of the…
Financial advisers and retirement coaches often have two words for people in their 50s and 60s concerned about retirement: Work longer. Doing so, they say, can boost their savings, help them receive larger Social Security benefits by delaying claiming them and provide something to do in unretirement. The realities of working longer “As it currently…
Black homeownership rates have been largely stagnant for decades, despite rising slightly in recent years, according to a new analysis from Apartment List. That’s bad news for closing the racial wealth gap. Currently, the Black homeownership rate is 44% — up from 40.8% in 2016, with the number of Black homeowners increasing by about 750,000 in…
The opinions expressed by contributors are their own and do not necessarily represent the views of RedState.com. Are Americans experiencing a bit of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) fatigue these days? After several years of cancel culture and “anti-racism” being wielded by the alt-left against nearly every American institution, it seems that at least the…
Babies born in the U.S. today are likely to live to be 76, on average, compared with just 47 in 1900. By 2040, life expectancy in the U.S. will climb to 79.8 years, according to the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation in Seattle. The U.S. today has more 60-year-olds than 6-year-olds. The country’s aging workforce requires organizations…
Tax season is starting for all Americans — but the tax code’s provisions play out very differently for white families compared to families of color, new research says. The tax benefits from some of the most advantageous parts of the federal income-tax code accrue disproportionately to white families, according to Treasury Department findings that show…
Gianno Caldwell is a Fox News contributor, author and activist. Raised on the south side of Chicago, Caldwell often credits his upbringing with helping him to be resilliant and driven. When his teenage brother was murdered by random gunfire on a Chicago street corner one Friday morning last summer, Caldwell became a passionate spokesperson for…
Two years after Martin Luther King Jr. described his famous dream at the 1963 March on Washington, he confessed to his congregation at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta that the “dream has often turned into a nightmare.” His dream was “shattered” by continued violence against civil-rights activists in the South, but also by the “sense…
Professional baseball, basketball, and football all heartily embraced the Black Lives Matter movement, but then there was hockey, which — let’s face it — is a white man’s sport. We learned in 2020 that there was such a thing as the Hockey Diversity Alliance, and the HDA is trying very hard to make hockey as…
Hi, MarketWatchers. Don’t miss these top stories. JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America and Wells Fargo earnings show the good, the bad and the ugly of people’s finances. So how are they holding up? The bank results come a day after December inflation data showed more signs of easing. Read More The stock market will be…
The Federal Trade Commission has started a preliminary investigation into possible price discrimination by beverage giants Coca-Cola Co. and PepsiCo Inc., according to a Politico report late Monday. Citing four people with knowledge of the probe, Politico reported that the companies are being investigated for potentially violating a little-used 1936 law that bans suppliers from…
Employers would be banned from making staff sign noncompete clauses, according to proposed rules that federal regulators say would boost worker pay and end a major drag on people who wish to change jobs, and stay in the same industry. The Federal Trade Commission released the proposed rules on Thursday designed to end worker noncompete…
Dana Pollard started a new job at the end of 2022, after spending three years recovering from a 2019 stroke. Pollard, 56, lives in Fort Worth, Texas, with his wife. After the stroke, he could not recognize her. He couldn’t remember things, and one side of his body was partially paralyzed. After months of physical…
Job-seekers around the nation are likely to receive more information about what a position pays within advertisements in 2023, as large states join a growing push toward pay transparency. New laws taking effect in California and Washington state on Jan. 1 require employers with at least 15 employees to disclose pay ranges for open positions….
There once existed a saying in America, based on the claim of a fast food commercial: “This isn’t Burger King; you don’t get it your way.” For those who missed 1974: The King may have ditched his slogan, but public education has increasingly adopted it. These days, teachers have been dethroned; students are substantially…
Apple Inc. is promising to limit its use of nondisclosure agreements and clarifying its policies on employees’ right to speak out in cases of discrimination and harassment after shareholders pressured the company about its practices. Apple AAPL, -0.34% on Friday released a report on its use of concealment clauses after 50.4% of the company’s investors…