From Glamour authored by Abby Gardner: “Over the weekend, Olympic sprinter Allyson Felix won her 12th gold medal at a track-and-field World Championship—breaking a record formerly held by Usain Bolt, the runner often referred to as the world’s fastest man. Felix, 33, took the world medal-count record from Bolt in Doha after a 4 x 400 mixed-gender […]
Monthly Archives: October 2019
We need to stop treating mentally ill people like criminals
From The Hill authored by Jackie Lacy: “At a time when homelessness in California has reached a point of crisis, criminal justice leaders need to finally address the way we treat the mentally ill and how our institutions respond to incidents of mental health crisis. The criminal justice system needs to better treat people living […]
Investors May Prefer Companies With More Women In The Workforce
From NPR authored by Peter Talbot: “You have $1, and you’re thinking about investing it in the stock market. All you know about the company you’re going to invest in is that it’s a tech company with more women on its workforce than the average tech firm. How much of your dollar do you invest? […]
The NFL Team Run by Women
From The Wall Street Journal authored by Andrew Beaton: “Catherine Carlson was surprised when she scanned the room at her first executive meeting as a senior vice president with the Philadelphia Eagles this spring. “I’m looking around,” she says. “And there are four other women at the senior leadership table.” The Eagles front-office is an […]
Why It Matters That ‘Emily Doe’ in the Brock Turner Case Is Asian-American
From The New York Times authored by Lisa Ko: “When Emily Doe’s victim impact statement was published on BuzzFeed in June 2016, I read it in one breathless sitting. The previous day, she had read her statement at the sentencing hearing for Brock Turner, who was found guilty of three counts of felony sexual assault by […]
Back-to-School Night Is Hard for Single Parents
From The Atlantic authored by Alia Wong: “Susan Dynarski’s husband always took the lead at their kids’ school events, asking questions, getting updates, and advocating for their success. When Dynarski, whose job as a professor at the University of Michigan requires a lot of travel, wasn’t relying on her husband’s “social capital” at these gatherings, […]
