I won't lie. Families are working hard, too often in an uphill battle, to make ends meet.

The numbers are bleak. Having a baby in our nation right now triggers a domino effect for many working families that leads to poverty. The added cost of a new child, along...

Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer ignited a social media and traditional media firestorm when she announced that she's having twins and will be taking limited time off after the birth of her babies. (After the birth of her son in 2012, Mayer took two weeks of paid...

It's a head/desk day. A day when heads are banging on desks across our nation in frustration.

Why?

Because today is #EqualPayDay -- the day that symbolizes how far into 2015 that all women on average have to work to earn what men earned in 2014....

All eyes are on the U.S. Supreme Court today as they hear the case of Peggy Young vs. UPS. Peggy asked for reasonable accommodations in her scope of work when she became pregnant and her doctor noted that she could no longer lift more than 20 lbs. Instead of accommodations,...

Despite what's making the headlines, the outcome of Congressional races are not the whole story coming out of election night. There was more to this election than meets the eye, or than is being covered in traditional media.

Core economic security policies won in cities and states across the...

This week Satya Nadella, Microsoft's chief executive, shared what he really thought about gender equality, saying that women shouldn't ask for raises.

Instead, Nadella suggested, women should have "faith in the system" and rely on "karma" to get equal pay for equal work. The not-so-subtle message was...

It's not a bad dream, an Onion article, or some kind of lame joke: The U.S. Supreme Court just ruled this week that some bosses can make your birth control decisions for you.

Outrageous.

In fact, the Hobby Lobby ruling was a huge slap in the face to...

#MomsEqualPay Day is this week: The day that marks how far into 2014 moms have to work to earn what dads earned in 2013. And, in a twisted coincidence, #MomsEqualPay Day falls just a few days before Father's Day.

Here's a showstopper: Working mothers typically are paid just...

This Mother's Day, celebrities, politicians, and others including First Lady Michelle Obama, Arianna Huffington, Christy Turlington Burns, Mayim Bialik, Representative Cathy McMorris-Rodgers, Leader Nancy Pelosi, Emily Saliers (of the Indigo Girls), CraigsList founder Craig Newmark and others are sharing the important lessons they learned from their mothers in the first-ever...

Confession: I grew up believing that women had mostly achieved equality in the workplace and the world.

But when my first child was born, I quickly learned that I was mistaken. My son was absolutely amazing, and he was also born with an immune system deficiency. I had to leave...

Last night was a game changer. Economic policies that advance women and families broke out of their traditional silo in a big way in President Obama's State of the Union speech.

"Today, women make up about half our workforce. But they still make 77 cents for every dollar...

When the first lady is attacked for embracing her role as "mom-in-chief" -- despite her leadership in key policy areas like stemming the childhood obesity epidemic, increasing access to healthy food and aiding military families and veterans -- it's time to call foul.

The headline for Michelle Cottle's recent article...

Games are a time-honored way of expanding people's knowledge.

My mom, who was a single mother throughout my elementary school years, played games with my brother and I in the grocery store when we were young to help make the price right for purchasing our family food on a very...

Moms and dads are the first line of defense when it comes to making sure our children live healthy lives. At home, we do all we can to make sure that the meals and snacks they eat are nutritious, but our children aren't always at home or in our care....

Deep breath. Count to 10. Can't. Believe. He. Really. Said. That.

Yesterday at a Washington Post event, Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant (R) said that America is so "mediocre" in educational outcomes because "mom is in the workplace."

... oh REALLY?!

There is steam coming out of...

Women comprise only 18 percent of Congress. Women comprise 0 percent of the "Gang of Eight" Senators who are drafting immigration reform policy right now. Yet, over 50 percent of all immigrants are women; and if you add children, then that group accounts for two-thirds of all immigrants...

Childcare costs more than college. Mothers with equal resumes are hired 80 percent less of the time than non-mothers and are offered lower starting salaries. It costs over $200,000 to raise one child from birth to age 18 (not including college).

All of...

As we celebrated our loved ones with chocolates, flowers and sometimes even pink cards with massive glitter this week, I can't help but also think of the families who are missing people due to gun violence -- and about the importance of making our communities safer for everyone.

To...

Today, we remember the many veterans who have sacrificed for our country and those who are currently serving far away from family, friends and the comforts of home. Such service can never be repaid. We also extend our thanks to the senior retired military leaders who have joined moms in...

There's an elephant in the living room, and she's getting impatient. While many politicians stand ready to support the stabilizing impact and economic importance of gender equality overseas; too often those same politicians turn their backs on gender equality policies here at home. In the last debate, for example, which...