From NPR authored by Colin Dwyer: “When Susan B. Anthony cast her ballot in the 1872 presidential election, it’s fairly safe to say the pioneering suffragist did not receive a sticker declaring, “I voted.” Instead of one of those little badges of civic honor, so ubiquitous in U.S. elections these days, Anthony received a pair […]
Category Archives: Leadership
O’Connor, Rehnquist And A Supreme Marriage Proposal
From NPR authored by Nina Totenberg: “Some personal secrets are so well-kept that even family and friends are oblivious. So it is with the story of the late Chief Justice William Rehnquist’s marriage proposal to a Stanford Law School classmate in the early 1950s. When 19-year-old Sandra Day entered Stanford Law School in 1949, her […]
Vote Like It Matters. Because Then It Will
From TIME authored by Nancy Gibbs: “Just because the Leading Man commands center stage, through all the acts of comedy and tragedy and farce, does not mean he gets to decide how the play turns out. Every year, come November, the audience becomes the actor. Young and old, red and blue–the stage is yours.The most […]
The Biggest Threat to Our Democracy Isn’t Hackers or Fake News. It’s Apathy.
From Fortune authored by Chip Bergh: “The headlines today are filled with talk about outside forces imperiling our democracy. But, the truth is that the biggest threat we are facing is us. It’s the apathy that keeps voters home in droves on Election Day, giving the U.S. one of the lowest voter turnout rates in […]
#This is 18
From The New York Times: “What does life look like for girls turning 18 in 2018? We gave young women photographers around the world an assignment: Show us 18 in your community. This is 18 — through girls’ eyes.” “When Malala Yousafzai turned 18, she opened a school for Syrian refugee girls, calling on leaders […]
The Campaign for Mobile-Phone Voting Is Getting a Midterm Test
From The New Yorker authored by Sue Halpern: “Bradley Tusk has a plan to fix American democracy. A former high-level staffer for Chuck Schumer and Michael Bloomberg, among others, Tusk has recently been using his political wits to help tech companies sidestep red tape and clear regulatory hurdles. As he recounts in his new book, “The […]
O’Connor Diagnosis Highlights ‘Inevitability’ of Dementia Among Lawyers
From The American Lawyer authored by Christine Simmons: “The news that former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor has dementia has brought renewed attention to the potential of age-related cognitive impairment in lawyers. While several in the industry say law firms are still underprepared to address a diagnosis among their lawyers, some recent initiatives can help firms […]
Silence and powerlessness go hand in hand – women’s voices must be heard
From The Guardian authored by Rebecca Solnit: “Silence is golden, or so I was told when I was young. Later, everything changed. Silence equals death, the queer activists fighting the neglect and repression around Aids shouted in the streets. Silence is the ocean of the unsaid, the unspeakable, the repressed, the erased, the unheard. It […]
How to Tell If Someone Is Manipulating You—And What to Do About It
From TIME authored by Cassie Shortsleeve: “If you’ve ever felt like something is off in a close relationship or casual encounter—you’re being pressured, controlled or even feel like you’re questioning yourself more than usual—it could be manipulation. “Manipulation is an emotionally unhealthy psychological strategy used by people who are incapable of asking for what they want and […]
Lady Gaga Opened Up About the “Tornado of Pain” Caused by Sexual Assault and Mental Health Issues
From Teen Vogue authored by Andrea Park: “In the past few years, Lady Gaga has spoken out time and again about the mental and physical pain she’s experienced due to her fibromyalgia, mental health issues, and ongoing trauma from the sexual assault she experienced at age 19. On Monday night, while being honored at Elle‘s Women in Hollywood event in Los […]
