From the muse authored by Suzanne Gelb: “Forty percent of Americans leave unused paid vacation time on the table every year. Why? People are afraid of being replaced or they’re afraid of their work piling up while they’re gone. These fears are understandable, but most of the time, they’re not grounded in reality. They’re what psychologists like […]
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Research: Women Ask for Raises as Often as Men, but Are Less Likely to Get Them
From Harvard Business Review authored by Benjamin Artz, Amanda Goodall, and Andrew J. Oswald: “It’s a concrete fact that women earn less than men do. The true gender pay-gap is not known with certainty, but, when comparing equally qualified people doing the same job, most estimates by labor economists put it at 10% – 20%. The crucial […]
5 Kennedy-authored Supreme Court rulings that changed America
From CNN authored by Eric Levenson and Emanuella Grinberg: “Name a major political issue from the past few decades, and chances are that Justice Anthony Kennedy authored the landmark decision on it during his time on the Supreme Court. Since his ascension to the court in 1988, Kennedy has authored some of the judicial body’s […]
How a Gift From Kate Spade Helped This Young Woman Succeed at Her First Big Job
From TIME authored by Alix Langone: “Tassion Minor was gearing up for her upcoming summer internship in New York City when she realized she didn’t have many office-ready outfits in her closet at home in New Orleans. “I was being exposed to different professional opportunities, many of which required me to dress in business attire, […]
How the ’90s Tricked Women Into Thinking They’d Gained Gender Equality
From TIME authored by Allison Yarrow: “As the 90s dawned things were looking up for women. Daughters of second-wave feminism came of age and chose new paths unavailable to their mothers: delaying marriage and children, pursuing higher education, joining the workforce, and assuming independence and identities outside of the home. The gaps between men and women in education “have […]
Thousands of Migrant Children Are Being Separated From Their Families at the Border. Here’s How to Help Them
From TIME authored by Alix Langone: “Nearly 2,000 migrant children have been separated from their parents at the border as part of the Trump administration’s controversial “zero-tolerance” policy on border crossings — and many people are still looking for ways to help the families, even as the White House acted to adjust that policy on Wednesday. President […]
Professor Carol M. Suzuki Presents “Promoting Student Learning and Breastfeeding Behind Bars Through Multi-Faceted Social Justice Advocacy”
From The University of New Mexico authored by Hannah Farrington: ‘The 2018 AALS Conference on Clinical Legal Education, held in Chicago, IL, from April 29th to May 2nd, provided, according to Professor Carol Suzuki, “An opportunity for me to share with legal clinicians around the country the collaborative work that some students in the UNM […]
NEWS Infant Ripped From Mother’s Breast At Immigration Detention Center, Mother Handcuffed For Resisting
From Scary Mommy authored by Cassandra Stone: “The separation of young children and their families at immigration detention centers is a prime example of how the United States is currently failing humanity, and this latest story is no exception. While being detained in Texas, a mother says federal authorities removed her nursing infant right from her breast. […]
We asked 10 kids to “draw a leader”–here’s what they did
From Fast Company authored by Vivian Giang: “Kids have a lot of traits commonly identified in good leaders–brilliantly perceptive, brutally honest, ruthlessly observant, steadily curious. So when we saw the The New York Times article reporting that executives–regardless of their own gender–generally drew a man when asked to draw a leader, we wondered when that bias starts and what lessons […]
Toddler racks up miles as world traveler
From WFAA authored by Kevin Reece: “If you are one of those people who brags about your airline frequent flyer miles and all the free stuff they give you, stop. A toddler in north Dallas is putting all of us to shame. His name is Oliver, he’s 21-months old, and his story goes like this. […]
