Politics Jul 15 GOP state attorneys general shift affirmative action battle lines to the workplace By Wyatte Grantham-Philips, Geoff Mulvihill, Associated Press
Health Mar 17 Watch 6:29 Twin doctors combat systemic racism and lack of access in health care March is Women's History Month, and to mark the occasion, Amna Nawaz introduces us to a pair of modern-day history makers: the Blackstock sisters. They're physicians who have dedicated themselves to working at the intersection of medicine, health equity and… By Amna Nawaz, Lorna Baldwin
Politics Oct 09 Watch 6:34 Why Nevada’s Culinary Union isn’t buying Medicare for All In Nevada, a majority-Latino, majority-female union reflects the changing face of U.S. organized labor and the state's increasingly diverse population. Last year, the union was also the most effective Latino voter turnout operation in the state, where Democrats won up… By John Yang
Nation Mar 05 Twitter chat: What’s behind the tech industry’s gender gap? As of 2013, women held 57 percent of jobs in the U.S. workforce, however, they held only 26 percent of computing jobs. What's the reason for the tech industry’s gender gap? Join us for a Twitter chat on the topic… By Nora Daly
Nation Feb 20 How a bad commute is worse for women than men Women feel the psychological impact of commuting four times as strongly as men. The effect can limit their job prospects, research finds. By Meghan Walsh, OZY
Jan 05 Why we think the way we do about men, women and work By Mukesh Eswaran Should women work outside the home? Are they more competitive than men? Our attitudes toward these questions are invariably conditioned by social norms. That's why, argues Mukesh Eswaran, gender matters in economics. He's the author of the textbook of the… Continue reading
Sep 11 Twitter Chat: Does think tank diversity matter? By Nora Daly Think tanks play a considerable role in determining the national agenda and organizing conversations around key issues. As such, it is important to ask, how balanced are their research teams?… Continue reading
Aug 06 How ‘Lehman Siblings’ might have stemmed the financial crisis By Sallie Krawcheck Former Citigroup CFO Sallie Krawcheck calls diversification "the one free appetizer in investing." That applies not only to the stock composition of a portfolio, but to the gender makeup of a company. Bringing more women into the room, she says,… Continue reading