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. […]
Category Archives: GA-Curated
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 […]
Anthony Bourdain, Kate Spade, and the Preventable Tragedies of Suicide
From The New Yorker authored by Andrew Solomon: “The pattern of highly accomplished and successful people committing suicide is transfixing. It assures the rest of us that a life of accolades is not all that it’s cracked up to be and that achieving more will not make us happier. At the same time, it reveals the […]
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. […]
If It Doesn’t Suck, It’s Not Worth Doing
From Inc. authored by Benjamin P. Hardy: “According to psychological research, the anticipation of an event is almost always more emotionally powerful than the event itself. The dread of asking your boss for a raise is paralyzing and can last months. Yet, once you get yourself to finally do it, it’s over before you know it. The excitement of attaining some object or objective […]
Law Student Who Took Final Exam While In Labor Has Now Graduated From Harvard Law School
From Above The Law authored by Kathryn Rubino: “This recent Harvard Law School’s Instagram account is going viral for all the right reasons. Briana Williams is part of the Harvard Law School Class of 2018, and as both a proud grad and a proud single mom, she posted pictures of herself and baby Evelyn — in an […]
The extraordinary courage of an ordinary woman: Lorena Weeks broke barriers for working women
From TimeLine authored by Meagan Day: “Lorena Weeks worked nearly all her life. When she was a child in Georgia, her father was killed in a sawmill accident, and her mother — 29 years old, with four children — struggled to make ends meet. She entered the workforce, and Lorena did, too. “I went to work at the five-and-ten-cent […]
It’s 2018. Why are women still giving their husbands control of the finances?
From CNN Money authored by Kelly Wallace: “Women are more educated, accomplished and empowered than ever before. But when it comes to married women investing and managing their money, it feels like we’re stuck in the 1950s. A new report from UBS found that 56% of married women leave investment and long-term financial planning decisions to their husbands, […]
Artist Reimagines Disney Princesses As Career Women And It’s Everything
From Scary Mommy authored by Christine Marfice: “Disney princesses are role models for a ton of kids, but there’s a big problem with that. So many of the classic princesses make catching a man one of their primary goals, but an artist used his talent to point out that there’s more to life than getting […]
Work, Sleep, Family, Fitness, or Friends: Pick 3
From Inc. authored by Jessica Stillman: “Endless ink (and pixel space) has been spent discussing the challenges of work-life balancefor founders. But entrepreneur and former Facebook director of market development (and Mark Zuckerberg sibling) Randi Zuckerberg managed to convey the challenges and tradeoffs of the entrepreneurial lifestyle in a rather more concise fashion on Twitter a few years back: […]
