WHY WE NEED TO REIMAGINE MASCULINITY
Newsweek September 20, 2010 By Andrew Romano What’s the matter with men? For years, the media have delivered the direst of prognoses. Men are “in decline.” Guys are getting “stiffed.” The “war on boys” has begun. And so on. This summer, The Atlantic’s Hanna Rosin went so far as to declare that “The End of Men” is upon us. There’s …
County supervisors approve new grants worth $1.2 million
The San Diego Union-Tribune December 5, 2017 By Jeff McDonald The Board of Supervisors awarded 37 grants totaling $1.2 million under a program that allows elected officials to direct millions of tax dollars to charities and to public agencies across San Diego County. The grants were the latest made under the Neighborhood Reinvestment Program, a $10 million annual project that …
“First Big 2017 Win For Shareholders And Women On Gender Pay Equity” As Starbucks Responds To Investor Pressure
Arjuna Capital, Boston Apr 27, 2017, 13:15 ET BOSTON, April 27, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Arjuna Capital announced today that it has withdrawn a gender pay equity shareholder resolution targeting Starbucks. Arjuna took the action since Starbucks released data on gender-based compensation. A report released today by Starbucks states: “Male and female partners who perform similar work are paid within …
Lawsuit Presses the Issue of Lower Pay for Female Law Partners
The New York Times May 7, 2017 By Elizabeth Olson By all accounts, Mary T. Yelenick had a stellar career at Chadbourne & Parke, the New York law firm where she spent 35 years, rising to the position of chairwoman for the product liability practice. She retired in December to words of praise from the firm. But in March she …
Computer Science: Reprogramming Bias
Princeton Alumni Weekly June 7, 2017 By Josephine Wolff As imperfect creators, can humans keep prejudice out of artificial intelligence? One goal of artificial intelligence (AI) is to make computers better able to imitate human reasoning and tasks — but there are downsides to teaching machines to mimic humans too closely, according to a paper published in Science in April …
Why Women Aren’t C.E.O.s, According to Women Who Almost Were
The New York Times July 21, 2017 Susan Chira It’s not a pipeline problem. It’s about loneliness, competition and deeply rooted barriers. The impact of gender is hard to pin down decisively. But after years of biting their tongues, believing their ranks would swell if they simply worked hard, many senior women in business are concluding that the barriers are …
California bosses can no longer ask you about your previous salary
The Orange County Register PUBLISHED: October 12, 2017 at 6:15 pm | UPDATED: October 13, 2017 at 8:49 am By Margot Roosevelt | mroosevelt@scng.com A landmark new law designed to narrow the gender pay gap in the nation’s most populous state bars California employers from inquiring about applicants’ previous salaries and benefits. The salary privacy bill, was enacted by Gov. …
From Aggressive Overtures to Sexual Assault: Harvey Weinstein’s Accusers Tell Their Stories
Multiple women share harrowing accounts of sexual assault and harassment by the film executive. The New Yorker October 23, 2017 By Ronan Farrow This story was first published on newyorker.com on October 10, 2017, at 10:47 A.M. The version below appears in the October 23, 2017, issue. 1. Since the establishment of the first studios, a century ago, there have …