The Cost Of The Iran War And Why Single Mothers May Feel Inflation First. Plus: Inside The Secret Language Of Work Welcome to this week’s ForbesWomen newsletter, which every Thursday brings news about the world’s top female entrepreneurs, leaders and investors straight to your inbox. The Cost Of The Iran War And Why Single Mothers May Feel Inflation First. Plus: Inside The Secret Language Of WorkThis is this week’s ForbesWomen newsletter, which every Thursday brings news about the world’s top female entrepreneurs, leaders and investors straight to your inbox. hursday marked Equal Pay Day—the point in the “new” year to which all women must work in order to earn what white men earned in the prior calendar year. That “all women” caveat is important: When you break down the data by groups, you can see that the pay gap is even larger for mothers and women of color. To wit: Mothers’ Equal Pay day is August 6 this year, while Black Women’s Equal Pay day is July 21, Latina Equal Pay day is October 8, and, researchers have been trying to determine the cause of the pay gap for years. And while some answers have been found , Elsesser points to a collection of new studies that can deepen our understanding of pay disparities between men and women.—but I will highlight one of the findings that particularly caught my eye. According to new research published in thejournal, women are often penalized, financially, when they team up with other women. The same is not true for men , but the researchers found that women working in all-women groups earn less than men working in all-male groups AND less than women working solo. “When women work together, people often assume they are teaming up to challenge men or change the rules, which can make others feel threatened—even if that’s not true,” says Mallory Decker, lead author of the study. “That perceived threat of collective action can lead decision-makers to value and pay all-women’s groups less, while all-men’s groups are seen as normal and beneficial, resulting in higher pay.” If this infuriates you… good. It’s easy to become numb to the pay gap , because we. But maybe the first steps towards lasting change is getting a little angry, shaking off the numbness, and asking real questions of your own organization and its pay practices.TEHRAN, IRAN - MARCH 02: A general view of Tehran with smoke visible in the distance after explosions were reported in the city, on March 02, 2026 in Tehran, Iran. has disrupted oil supplies moving through the Strait of Hormuz, one of the world’s most critical shipping routes for energy. As the conflict has escalated, oil prices surged above $100 per barrel, sending gasoline prices sharply higher and reviving fears of inflation. Disruptions to global shipping routes have also raised the cost of fertilizer which is an essential agricultural input.they are especially hard on single mothers , who are already among the most financially vulnerable groups in the United States. Nearly one in four single-mother families lives in poverty, a rate more than four times higher than married-couple households.to discuss the critical intersection of AI and enterprise resilience. She also revealed why she thinks it’s important to not just get 8 hours of sleep, but talk about it publicly, and have been a fixture of corporate America since the 1970s. Yet in recent months, companies have faced legal pressure and sweeping DEI rollbacks that have put ERGs andincluding estrogen patches. The removal of this warning paired with a surge in demand for medications for perimenopause and menopause has resulted in aAlso in late 2025 and beginning of 2026, the Department of Justice released millions of materials related to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. He has been a topic of national conversation for years now, butToxic masculine workplace norms—stoicism, suppressed emotion, linking long hours with commitment—drive employee turnover in roughly 3 out of every 10 toxic workplace situations.“The ‘secret language’ is a very subtle, razor-thin line that highly powerful communicators walk beautifully,” says Erin McGoff, author ofWhen it comes to couples and finances, tax season stress often triggers financial conflict, money arguments and money stress. Money anxiety is especially high when these times of economic uncertainty coincide with ongoing geopolitical instability, including the Iran conflict causing sharp increases in energy prices, impacting the cost of gas, food and transportation. The good news is that there are OpenAI made a splash last September with its standalone Sora app for AI video creation, which users initially swarmed to create silly memes, but the AI company announced this week that Sora was shutting down. Roughly how much did