From The New York Times authored by Lydia Keisling: “I am typing this from inside an indoor playground in Portland. We are new to town, it’s the tail end of summer and my 4-year-old daughter can’t start her new preschool until next week. It’s also raining, and our house is full of boxes. We took […]
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Uber Has New Tools for Fighting Fake Drivers: PIN Codes, Smiling, Blinking, and—Eventually—Ultrasound Waves Sent From Riders’ Phones
From Fortune authored by Danielle Abril: “Uber is releasing five new features that aim to make its ride-hailing service safer for both riders and drivers who use its app. The latest features, which will roll out over the next couple of months, give riders a PIN number they can use to verify they’re getting in […]
GENDER EQUALITY IS WITHIN OUR REACH
From Harvard Business Review authored by Melinda Gates: “In January 2010, Rosie the Riveter appeared in the mailbox of my home near Seattle, flexing her iconic bicep on the cover of the Economist. The cover story struck a triumphant tone, reporting, “At a time when the world is short of causes for celebration, here is […]
Delta Flight With All-Woman Crew Brings 120 Girls To Visit NASA
From Scary Mommy authored by Julie Scagell: “Delta had reason to celebrate after another successful International Girls in Aviation Day success. This is the fifth time their WING (Women Inspiring our Next Generation) flight took off carrying 120 girls and an all-female crew to show the younger generation that a career in aviation is possible. The […]
Olympian Allyson Felix Broke a Record Held by Usain Bolt Just 10 Months After a C-section
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 […]
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 […]
Employers Used Facebook to Keep Women and Older Workers From Seeing Job Ads. The Federal Government Thinks That’s Illegal.
From ProPublica authored by Ariana Tobin: “Two years ago, ProPublica and The New York Times revealed that companies were posting discriminatory job ads on Facebook, using the social network’s targeting tools to keep older workers from seeing employment opportunities. Then we reported companies were using Facebook to exclude women from seeing job ads. Experts told us that it […]
Many U.S. women say their first sexual experience was forced
From The Seattle Times authored by Lindsey Tanner: “The first sexual experience for 1 in 16 U.S. women was forced or coerced intercourse in their early teens, encounters that for some may have had lasting health repercussions, a study suggests. The experiences amount to rape, the authors say, although they relied on a national survey […]
