A Woman’s Nation Changes Everything : Women as half of all workers changes everything, and is the key piece to understanding why we are in a transformational moment.

Our Working Nation: Report from Heather Boushey and Ann O'Leary on how working women are reshaping America’s families and economy and what it means for policymakers.

The Three Faces of Work-Family Conflict: The poor, the professionals, and the missing middle need policies that allow them to achieve the American Dream, write Heather Boushey and Joan C. Williams in this report.

Advancing the Economic Security of Unmarried Women: A report by Liz Weiss and Page Gardner outlines an economic security agenda for unmarried women with a focus on key areas of legislation in the 111th Congress.

“Sisters Are Doin’ It for Themselves,” But Could Use Some Help: Joy Moses, Jacquelyn Boggess, and Jill Groblewski explain how supporting responsible fatherhood and related programs and services helps low-income mothers.

Opening Doors to Women in the Workforce: Liz Wess explains why the Workforce Investment Act doesn’t always work for women and how Congress can improve it in this year’s reauthorization.

Middle-Class Economic Security Begins with Paycheck Fairness: The White House should be commended for its recent efforts to help middle-class families, says Heather Boushey. We need to continue this momentum by passing key legislation.

The Perfect Gift for Father's Day: The Obama administration's new approach to improving relationships between fathers and their children could just be the help many families need, writes Joy Moses.

Celebrating Father's Day Through Family Policy : Policies that address the needs of low-income fathers can help families celebrate a more joyous Father’s Day, write Joy Moses and Alex Cardenas.

Low-Income Fathers Need to Get Connected: Report from Joy Moses shows how helping low-income fathers will benefit children and families.

Unmarried Women Continue to See High Unemployment in April: Unmarried women’s high and extended unemployment last month makes the need for congressional action on jobs even more urgent, write Heather Boushey and Liz Weiss.

Making COBRA More Equal: New bill would correct a longstanding inequality by allowing partners and other beneficiaries to access health care after a break in coverage, write Liz Weiss and Josh Rosenthal.

Families Can’t Afford the Gender Wage Gap : Heather Boushey, Jessica Arons, and Lauren Smith discuss the wage inequalities that perpetuate between men and women this Equal Pay Day 2010.

Unemployment Is About Families, Too: Today’s job numbers don’t tell the full story of how high unemployment disproportionately affects low-income men and their families, writes Joy Moses.

Strengthening the Middle Class: Ensuring Equal Pay for Women: CAP Senior Economist Heather Boushey testifies before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Unmarried and Uninsured: An issue brief from Liz Weiss, Ellen-Marie Whelan, and Jessica Arons explores the barriers single women face in the health insurance market.

Family Income Free Fall: Heather Boushey analyzes new Census data and discusses the need for policies that boost employment in the short term and create sustainable growth in the long term.

Interactive Graphic: Equal Work Without Equal Pay: Women are close to surpassing men in the U.S. workforce. But this historic shift is not evidence of workplace equality, writes Heather Boushey.

The Right Benefits for a Changing Workforce: Ann O'Leary discusses how the federal government can promote much-needed family-friendly workplace policies to help America's workforce.

Labor Pains: Policymakers must ensure economic security for pregnant women and new mothers, write Melissa Alpert and Alexandra Cawthorne in the first of a new series from CAP.

Interactive Graphic: More Families Must Rely on Women Wage Earners: The pace of job losses over the past three months has slowed, but men are still losing three-out-of-every four jobs, writes Heather Boushey.

Making Government Work for Families: Report from Ann O’Leary discusses the federal government’s role as employer and contractor in improving family-friendly policies.

Women Breadwinners, Men Unemployed: The Great Recession is 19 months old now and is increasingly hurting families who must rely more and more on wives’ incomes to stay afloat, writes Heather Boushey.

Paid Parental Leave Helps Families and the Economy: The Federal Employee Paid Parental Leave Act gives the federal government an opportunity to serve as a model employer, writes Ann O’Leary.

Helping Breadwinners When It Can’t Wait: Heather Boushey lays out a progressive program that would guarantee Americans access to paid family and medical leave, giving a boost to workers, employers, and the economy.

Why We Need Paid Family and Medical Leave: Heather Boushey explains why we need paid family and medical leave, what such a program would look like, and how we could pay for it.

Women Breadwinners More Important than Ever : Men are still hit harder by the recession than women, leaving even more women to be primary breadwinners, writes Heather Boushey.

Why Aren’t We There Yet?: An Equal Pay Day 2009 primer on the wage gap from Jessica Arons, Heather Boushey, and Lauren Smith.

Will Economic Trends Change Family Dynamics?: CAP Action's Heather Boushey testifies to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on how women's increasing role as the family breadwinner may necessitate policy changes.

Encouraging Family-Friendly Workplace Policies: CAPAF Senior Economist Heather Boushey testifies before the House Committee on Education and Labor on how workplaces can help families.

Compromising Women’s Jobs: The Senate compromise legislation to stimulate our economy sacrifices women’s jobs on the altar of centrism, writes Heather Boushey.

Equal Pay for Breadwinners: New report from Heather Boushey finds that more men are jobless while women earn less for equal work.

Fair Pay Is Critical as the Recession Deepens: Congress is taking up key equal pay legislation just when Americans need it the most, writes Heather Boushey.

Standing in the Way of Fair Pay: Jessica Arons discusses why the career wage gap matters and how to ensure equal pay for women.

Fair Pay is a Better Way: Fair wages are a better way to improve women's economic security than government promotion of marriage, write Jessica Arons and Alexandra Cawthorne.

Proposed Welfare Reform Changes Put Working Moms in a Bind: As Congress considers welfare reform's track record, let's look at what really helped low-income families find jobs and care for their families.