Illumeably September 11, 2017 By Lana Gilbert The United States is often used as a model for democracy by other countries, yet there are some things the United States can borrow from other countries when it comes to parental leave. The United States has the world’s most powerful economy, but some major employee benefits are only reserved for America’s elite. …
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 …
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 …
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Capital, Boston Apr 27, 2017, 13:15 ET BOSTON, April 27, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Arjuna Capital announced today that it has withdrawn a gender pay equity shareholder resolution targeting Starbucks.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 …
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 …
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 …