From Forbes authored by Christina Vuleta: “This month in honor of National Mentor Month, we’re sharing the stories of women who are creating new models of mentorship. Like the fast, fluid world we live in, mentorship today takes many shapes and sizes. Increasingly it is more about experience than it is about age. It’s about wisdom […]
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‘It’s About Making History.’ These Athletes Are Breaking Barriers at the 2018 Winter Olympics
From TIME authored by Jennifer Calfas: “Erin Jackson never expected to qualify for the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea. The inline skater, who was accustomed to racing on wheels, had just four months of training in long-track speedskating before she hit the ice at the U.S. speedskating trials in early January. She hoped to someday […]
What A Badass Olympic Skier Can Teach Us About Work-Life Balance
From Five Thirty Eight authored by Christie Aschwanden: “Team USA has sent 20 fathers to Pyeongchang, but only one mother: Kikkan Randall. A three-time winner of cross-country skiing’s World Cup sprint title, Randall was part of a baby boom that happened after the 2014 Sochi Olympics, when four of the sport’s top athletes took time off from racing […]
Apple Is Partnering With Malala’s Non-Profit to Educate More Than 100,000 Girls
From TIME authored by Katie Reilly: “Apple is partnering with Malala Fund to educate more than 100,000 girls around the world, the company announced Monday. Malala Fund — the nonprofit founded by education activist and Nobel Peace Prizewinner Malala Yousafzai — aims to ensure that girls around the world have access to 12 years of education. Yousafzai, now a student at Oxford University, […]
How To Block Out Negativity During Bar Prep
From Above the Law authored by Kerriann Stout: “When it comes to bar prep concerns, everyone worries about finding time to learn all the law. For once, I will skip the opportunity to lecture you on the importance of practice questions. Just kidding. Practice questions are the single most important thing you can do to pass […]
She’s Not Laughing’: In Davos, Taking on Sexual Harassment
From The New York Times authored by Tiffany Hsu: “Looking back on nearly three decades in the tech sector, Peggy Johnson recalled how she and other women used to steer clear of leering colleagues by taking the long way to their desks, and how they felt pressured to laugh at inappropriate jokes in the office. […]
Sen. Tammy Duckworth is pregnant; would be first senator to give birth in office
From CNN authored by Daniella Diaz: “Sen. Tammy Duckworth will make history when she becomes the first sitting senator in history to give birth later this year, her office said Tuesday. The Illinois Democrat announced she is expecting her second child in the spring. “Bryan and I are thrilled that our family is getting a […]
Traveling lawyers get new protections in device searches at border
From ABA Journal authored by Lee Rawles: “Hundreds of American lawyers will be traveling to Vancouver, British Columbia, for the upcoming ABA Midyear Meeting. As they pass through U.S. and Canadian customs, they and their electronic devices can be searched. But through the efforts of the ABA, the Department of Homeland Security has recently clarified its […]
Fired for being pregnant: Another kind of discrimination women face at work
From CNN authored by Elissa Strauss: “In June, Whitney Tomlinson felt nauseated at work. She was pregnant at the time and was experiencing the condition commonly, and misleadingly, known as morning sickness. Hormone-induced nausea doesn’t know what time of day it is. Tomlinson, a 30-year-old single mother and packer at a Walmart Distribution Center in […]
Moms are punished in the workplace, even when we own the business
From The Washington Post authored by Amy Nelson: “It is 11 p.m. My phone battery is dying. I am sitting at Gate A10 at San Francisco International Airport holding my 9-week-old baby, surrounded by a laptop and a breast pump. A voice overhead announces that my flight will take off two hours and 10 minutes […]
