Bridget Ansel is Equitable Growth’s Assistant Editor for Publications and Development. Prior to joining the team, Bridget worked as a research assistant for the Georgetown University History Department and held internships at the Treasury Department and with Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL). Bridget graduated from Georgetown University in 2013 with degrees in History and Government.
The Trump administration announced this past week that it is halting the implementation of an Obama-era rule that would have required U.S. employers with 100 or more employees to report s...
Scholars have long thought about how our jobs shape our identities both in an out of the workplace. But a new paper shows the extent to which one’s job—or lack thereof—also impacts the ro...
Women of all races in the United States don’t get paid as much as men for doing the same job, but the financial discrepancies for black women are especially troubling. That’s not just in ...
The U.S. unemployment rate now stands at 4.9 percent, a seemingly healthy level last experienced prior to the Great Recession of 2007-2009. Yet what is not reflected in this statistic is ...
Workers in the United States have long lamented the grind of the 9-to-5 work day, evidenced through songs and movies, books, and self-help authorities who promise that freedom (and maybe ...
Any parent can tell you that children are expensive. Childcare, the endless diaper supply, and cute onesies add up to a startling $12,500 in the first year alone, according to the most re...
A young woman entering the job market today anywhere around the globe can expect to work on average four years more than her male counterpart over a lifetime, according to a new report by...
Working too few hours to make ends meet. Scrambling to arrange childcare around a schedule that is constantly shifting. Commuting to work only to be sent home without pay. These are some ...
With a growing number of state and local governments in the United States raising their minimum wage, policymakers in Washington are once again examining the possible consequences of rais...
Your family background plays an important role in determining your future. And hundreds of studies prove it. In lieu of the old American “pull-yourself-up-by-your-bootstraps” adage, socia...
After the Bureau of Labor Statistics announced earlier this month that employers added 321,000 jobs in November—the most in nearly three years—journalists and pundits alike reacted with a...
