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WRITTEN BY ALICIA TATONE

On Tuesday, Mr. Biden announced that Senator Kamala Harris would become the first woman of color to be selected for a major party ticket, and the third woman ever. Before then, Ms. Harris had not actually said…

WRITTEN BY SOO YOUN

The latest Instagram trend — women posting beautiful black-and-white pictures of themselves with the hashtags #ChallengeAccepted and #WomenSupportingWomen — has been snowballing this week, hinting at a show of female…

WRITTEN BY ALISON GOLDMAN  Working from home during the past few months hasn’t been, well, remotely easy for many women. Women report handling more housework. With schools closed, moms have provided the bulk of child care, and are also…

The pandemic has many of us handling work, school, and family matters all from one place: home. How are these new work-family arrangements affecting employees, and how can organizations best support their people? Stanford University’s Shelley…

WRITTEN BY SANDRA FEDER

For the first time in modern history, three of our major social institutions—work, school, and family life—are all happening in one physical place: our homes. And that shift may have a greater adverse effect on…