Brendan McDermid/Reuters A new study by Goldman Sachs found that companies with more women in management and board positions outperformed their more male-led counterparts. In a basket of 600 European
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The First Female Recession Threatens to Wipe Out Decades of Progress for U.S. Women
Women helped pull the U.S. economy out of the last recession. This time around they are falling behind. The pandemic is disproportionately affecting women and threatening to wipe out decades
Continue reading »California Deputies Shot in Apparent Ambush in Patrol Car
Compton, Calif. (AP) — The shooting of two Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies in an apparent ambush prompted a manhunt for the shooter, reaction from the president and protests outside
Continue reading »J. Jill Gets Lenders Consent, Averting Bankruptcy Filing
Women’s clothing chain J. Jill Inc. said it has obtained a consent from lenders to extend certain maturities of its term loans, helping the struggling retailer avert a bankruptcy filing.
Continue reading »Oscars’ New Rules Will Require Award Hopefuls to Be More Diverse
Starting in 2024, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will only give the top Oscar to movies that are more diverse — either on screen or behind the
Continue reading »Brown Emails Muse on the Ivy ‘Killing’ Sports Gender-Equity Pact
A decades-old legal fight over gender equity in sports at Brown University heated up this week with the disclosure of internal emails that included a discussion of upending a landmark
Continue reading »Women have had the right to vote for 100 years. Here's why that vote matters this election.
Today marks the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment, when white women won the right to vote. It took decades longer until women became a major voting bloc, after women
Continue reading »Kamala Harris Is ‘Something You Cry About’ for Black Female Executives
Few Black women have made it to the top. Only one has made it to a U.S. presidential ticket. Democratic vice presidential candidate Kamala Harris’s ascension makes her the first Black female nominee of
Continue reading »Americans Aren’t Making Babies, and That’s Bad for the Economy
SHARE THIS ARTICLE Pandas and white rhinos aren’t the only creatures that are unsuccessful at mating in captivity. The folk wisdom that humans will copulate when left with nothing else
Continue reading »A Decade’s Worth of Progress for Working Women Evaporated Overnight
SHARE THIS ARTICLE Ashley Reckdenwald loves her job. But the reality of the pandemic is that someone has to stay home with the kids. Reckdenwald, a physician assistant in Princeton
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