Footnotes From the Archives News in Brief The U.S. Soccer Federation Claims the Women’s Team Actually Earns More Than the Men’s Team, Prompting Backlash Both the men's and women's national teams have disputed the USSF's claims. Kelley Czajka
According to Research News in Brief New Female Scientists Get $40,000 Less in Federal Grants Than New Male Ones, Study Finds Bias in funding is an underappreciated barrier for women and underrepresented minorities in science. Francie Diep
Social Justice BBC Editor Quits, Citing Gender Discrimination in Pay Though editor Carrie Gracie was offered a raise, she felt it did nothing to address the systemic nature of the BBC's pay-gap problem. Francie Diep
Social Justice Following a Pay Gap Controversy, the BBC Finds Women Are Paid 9 Percent Less Than Men The BBC did not, however, analyze the pay of senior managers, on-air editors, presenters, or correspondents. Katie Kilkenny
News in Brief Many Wives Make More Than Their Spouses, but We Probably Shouldn’t Call Them ‘Breadwinners’ They still don’t make as much as the men who are primary earners. By Philip N. Cohen Telephone… Pacific Standard Staff