For years I would wake up at 5:30 in the morning every Black Friday, leaving the kids with my mother-in-law, and get to the mall by 6:15 am. Every year, I would return six or seven hours later, loaded down with presents, and my mother-in-law would say, “There you are! I took care of your [...]
Once a year or so, a study or trend piece comes out about why women are bad to work for. Like Good Morning America’s “Bad Female Boss? She May Have Queen Bee Syndrome.” Or The Daily Mail’s “Men are the best bosses: Women at the top are just too moody (and it’s women themselves who [...]
Cross-posted from New Deal 2.0. When the second Google hit (after Wikipedia) for “corporate cronyism” links to a speech by Sarah Palin, you know why progressives need Occupy Wall Street. Occupy Wall Street’s power lies in the “We are the 99%” theme. The poignant and evocative stories on the Tumblr of that name feature hard-working, settled, [...]
Cross-posted from New Deal 2.0. Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s mother left her with two key pieces of advice: Be independent, and be a lady. She’s both. I was able to talk with the Justice about everything from her mother to the role of international law in American courts to her now infamous plane ride on Thursday [...]
Cross-posted from New Deal 2.0. In the debate over work-life balance, there’s one argument we can’t seem to move past: Women have made a choice to have kids. Now they have to live with their decision and all of its consequences. But this argument rests on an underlying assumption that, when challenged, just doesn’t hold [...]
Cross-posted from New Deal 2.0. When Sekiko Garrison told former boss Michael Bloomberg she was pregnant, his answer was simple: “Kill it.” Allowing mothers flexible work arrangements, he commented, was like allowing a man time off to practice his golf swing. The CEO who took over when Bloomberg left the company demanded that managers “get [...]
This week’s Time Magazine cover story, “Chore Wars,” is a wake-up call for those who think men and women are approaching parity, at home and in the workplace. After the huge steps made towards equality in the latter half of the 20th century, progress is stalling out. </em> Of course, that’s not how the magazine [...]
While New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman recently described the Tea Party as an American Hezbollah, Islamic terrorists would not have much clout without their funders in Saudi Arabia and Iran. So, too, the Republican right would be impotent without its behind-the-scenes creators. A small number of incredibly wealthy businessmen — the principle beneficiaries of [...]
Last Monday, unions and employers came together to make work-life balance a reality for hourly workers. The common assumption is that workplace flexibility is impractical for hourly workers. Not so: On Monday, models emerged to offer workplace flexibility in three contexts where it might seem impossible: health care, restaurants and small business. Jennifer Piallat, owner [...]
Google +, Google’s new social network, was launched last month to much fanfare as an invitation-only service. According to early data, membership in the first few weeks was a much as 90% male. Now it’s more like a 75/25 split – better, but nowhere near parity. A popular meme earlier this week compared the service [...]
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