Gayle Tzemach Lemmon

Gayle Tzemach Lemmon is contributing editor-at-large for Newsweek and The Daily Beast, and deputy director of the Council on Foreign Relations' Women and Foreign Policy program. Her most recent book is The Dressmaker of Khair Khana.

No, the War on Terror Isn't Ending

No, the War on Terror Isn't Ending

We're constraining, but not stopping, the use of targeted drone strikes. More »

Worrying Signs Afghan Women's Rights Will Slip After U.S. Departure

Worrying Signs Afghan Women's Rights Will Slip After U.S. Departure

A law to protect women failed to pass parliament this weekend, sparking fears that the country's conservative forces want to roll back the clock on gender. More »

The Hillary Doctrine: Women's Rights Are a National Security Issue

The Hillary Doctrine: Women's Rights Are a National Security Issue

"The countries that threaten regional and global peace are the very places where women and girls are deprived of dignity and opportunity," Clinton said in a speech last week. More »

Suddenly, Sheryl Sandberg's Critics Care About Working-Class Women

Suddenly, Sheryl Sandberg's Critics Care About Working-Class Women

Influential news outlets generally ignore the needs of struggling families. More »

Sheryl Sandberg's Radically Realistic 'And' Solution for Working Mothers

Sheryl Sandberg's Radically Realistic 'And' Solution for Working Mothers

The Facebook COO's new book proposes that women opt out of the parent-or-careerwoman binary and choose both. More »

The Pregnancy Penalty: How Working Women Pay for Having Kids

The Pregnancy Penalty: How Working Women Pay for Having Kids

Expecting mothers are seen as less competent and more irrational than their peers. More »

'This Guy Hates Us': Why Wall Street Turned Against Obama

'This Guy Hates Us': Why Wall Street Turned Against Obama

Investors supported the president in 2008, but financiers I spoke with have decided that the man who rescued the economy isn't the right one to lead its recovery. (They also think he's a little mean.) More »

A Woman's Right to Choose (Not to Breastfeed)

A Woman's Right to Choose (Not to Breastfeed)

New York City's new pro-breast milk policy stigmatizes infant formula and limits access to it, effectively revoking women's freedom to feed their babies as they choose. More »

Stop Worrying About Yahoo's Pregnant CEO!

Stop Worrying About Yahoo's Pregnant CEO!

Babies have a knack for coming at unexpected times, and women find ways to make things work. A brilliant manager like Marissa Mayer should be no exception. More »

America's Silent Crisis: The Plight of the Single (Working!) Mother

America's Silent Crisis: The Plight of the Single (Working!) Mother

As marriage declines among the lower-income, single-parent families are becoming a new norm. And that parent is overwhelmingly a mother with a job. More »

We Need to Tell Girls They Can Have It All (Even If They Can't)

We Need to Tell Girls They Can Have It All (Even If They Can't)

In all this talk about work-life balance, we may be forgetting how few women actually make it to the top. More »

'I'm Not Your Wife!' A New Study Points to a Hidden Form of Sexism

'I'm Not Your Wife!' A New Study Points to a Hidden Form of Sexism

Men may be subconsciously looking at women through the lenses of their own marriages. More »

In Praise of Single Mothers

In Praise of Single Mothers

Politicians have accused them of destroying "the fabric of this country." In fact, as one daughter attests, their powerful example is holding society together. More »

How My Mother Beat the Public School System

How My Mother Beat the Public School System

Long before school choice, here's how one woman in a downtrodden district managed to get a good education for her child. More »

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