A new report finds that women have higher rates of poverty in every state. The GOP wants to widen the disparity

This version of the Violence Against Women Act would have taken the word "women" out of a major grant program

Is anyone surprised?

What if Washington were an action hero? With chainsaws? Netflix's patriotic cartoon gives answers we never wanted

Author Rose Hackman talks about emotional labor, and how it explains so many family and workplace gender inequities

Archaeologists are slowly unearthing the ghastly secrets of Cahokia, an ancient city under the American heartland

Mark Wahlberg and Denzel Washington are bank robbers in this violent '80s throwback -- and they're the good guys

Walk Up demands nothing of the policymakers who are actually in positions to make change

As yellow crazy ants spread across the globe, researchers are shocked by their strange genetics

There are women in the Senate, women heading studios and busloads of young women emerging from film school. So why are 96 percent of films directed by men?

Our readers weigh in on the Russia investigation, workplace diversity and the darkest holiday tale

The main character of "Moana" is a Disney princess who doesn't have a man and isn't looking for one

Asian actors play 1.3 percent of leading roles in films. Hollywood still doesn't understand why that's a problem

The story of the invention in America largely ignores the contributions of women and people of color

Production starts in March on the TV adaptation of the novel—let's hope it retains its wacked-out sense of place