Culture
Audio Recording: Engendering Change Podcast
What do gender roles mean for business? What effect does the increasing visibility of women on boards have on women?
Working Women Survive, But Can They Thrive?
Alieza Durana seeks to answer just that question.
What Women Want Isn’t to Run for Office (But It Can Be)
Alieza Durana examines what women of the voter and candidate variety are looking for in 2016.
Why Scandinavian Women Build Bigger Businesses Than Americans
In honor of global entrepreneur week, Nanette Fondas and Elizabeth Weingarten unpack a new study that says there are more women entrepreneur
You and That Crazy Uncle You Only See at Thanksgiving Maybe Sort of Agree with Each Other
Jane Greenway Carr analyses a new study that suggests you and your (insert opposite political ideology here) family members have more in com
Men Prioritize Family Time More Than Women. Yes, You Read That Right.
Elizabeth Weingarten unpacks a new study that suggests men prioritize home and family over work more than women.
We Need to Care about Care
Jane Greenway Carr writes on a new book--and conversation on gender equality, work, and care--by Anne-Marie Slaughter.
New America Appoints Brigid Schulte as New Breadwinning and Caregiving Director
New America is delighted to announce the appointment of Brigid Schulte as the new director of our Breadwinning and Caregiving program.
Does Anxiety—Or Its Politics—Have a Gender?
Reproductive rights. Equal pay. A strong posture against terrorism? Jane Carr examines whether and why anxiety over national security is a w
What We Know (and Don’t) about Part-Time Work
To make better public policy for Americans working part-time jobs, we have recognize that they're not all the same. Experts at a recent New
Chipping at the Polish
What is the price of low-cost luxury? New York Times reporter Sarah Maslin Nir probes the scope and stakes in the wake of Unvarnished, her e
Promoting Gender Equality in Afghanistan and around the World
We're at a critical moment in the movement for women's rights in Afghanistan, say experts working on the ground who spoke recently at New Am
Audio Recording: Unvarnished Podcast
Sarah Maslin Nir's "Unvarnished" series on NYC nail salons is a lesson in the power of careful reporting.