The Real Problem With the 'Babies Are a Focus-Killer' Theory: Bad for Business
Yes, hedge-fund billionaire Paul Tudor Jones's recent remarks were crude and sexist—but they're based on an outdated definition of success. More »
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Anne-Marie Slaughter is the Bert G. Kerstetter '66 University Professor of Politics and International Affairs at Princeton University. She was previously the director of policy planning for the U.S. State Department and dean of Princeton's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. More
Yes, hedge-fund billionaire Paul Tudor Jones's recent remarks were crude and sexist—but they're based on an outdated definition of success. More »
An inventory of strategies that could improve the situation of America's working parents, from the beginning of their children's lives to their end of their own More »
Housedude? Homemaker? Hands-on dad? More »
As women are experiencing the satisfaction that comes from a professional career, men should also get to know the joy of investing in home life. More »
What I learned from traveling around the country for a week, talking to groups of people about their careers More »
Her decision to ban telecommuting is deeply unpopular, but it could be necessary to save the company she's been hired to lead. More »
New research suggests that more high-achieving young people are ruling out parenthood in favor of having careers. More »
Everyone knows about army wives—now we need a new generation of army husbands. More »
Caring for children and other loved ones makes it harder for women (and some men) to keep up. More »
The majority of women favor tougher laws, while 50 percent of men oppose them. More »
Reconsidering how we think about public figures' personal responsibilities More »
Women add a crucial diversity of perspective on tricky strategy problems. More »
The author of The Atlantic's explosive cover story shares what she's learned More »
It’s time to stop fooling ourselves, says a woman who left a position of power: the women who have managed to be both mothers and top professionals are superhuman, rich, or self-employed. If we truly believe in equal opportunity for all women, here’s what has to change.
Allowing the violence to go on could have worse consequences than an intervention, though only one that meets certain conditions. More »
The power of many can accomplish more than any one can do alone -- and that distinction is different than the traditional classification of hard and soft power More »
Preparing for civil war may be the only remaining way to avert it More »
In a rapidly changing world of complex systems, small shifts can produce very big consequences. Here are some ways that local institutions and social networks are already working along the Rio Grande border More »
Though the two movements have many differences, they share the same fundamental drivers: a deep sense of injustice and invisibility More »
