The Lies American Culture Tells Women
Growing up, women were fed a steady diet of mixed messages of what motherhood entailed. I discovered I needed to define what it meant for me.
Women’s Work
Why Can’t American Workers Just Relax?
More and more countries around the world are giving their citizens the "right to disconnect" from work. Will the workaholic U.S. be left behind?
Why We Still Think Caregiving Isn’t a Job
Our struggle to value caregiving has capitalist roots, but changing economic policy starts with dismantling the idea of caregiving as the altruistic woman’s responsibility.
The Retirement Crisis for Women of Color
There’s long been a gender disparity for women in retirement. But for women of color, racial inequities that prevent them from building and sustaining wealth cripple their financial security.
Our Childcare Crisis Is an Economic Crisis
The pandemic has made an already huge issue dire for working women, hurting Black and brown women the most.
What Gaslighting Taught Me About Leadership
Nandini Jammi co-founded the ad accountability platform, Sleeping Giants, but never felt she got the credit. Now she's building a business centered on personal power.
The Future of Work Is Already Here
We Are Rosie’s Stephanie Nadi Olson built a business with diversity, inclusion, and life balance in mind. As COVID-19 has changed everything about work, hers is the model to follow.
Nurses On COVID-19 Frontline Risk It All
For an El Paso nurse, leaving her family to treat patients in New York City, the epicenter of the Coronavirus outbreak, isn’t a choice at all. It’s her calling.
The Sacrifice of Speaking Up
Harvey Weinstein is now a convicted rapist—and we owe that to the silence-breakers. But we also owe them something more: the ability to work without fear of being perceived as “difficult” or “dangerous.” We owe them their lives back.
When a $200 Raise Can Ruin Your Life
More states are increasing their minimum wage to help low-income workers. But the outdated federal social benefits system is pushing many off public assistance—and deeper into poverty.