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Tesla’s Sexism Case Exposes This Overlooked Reason for the Gender Gap

By Heidi Hartmann Another day, another high-profile case of sexism at a major company. Late last month, former Tesla engineer AJ Vandermeyden spoke to The Guardian about a lawsuit she filed last year against the company, citing sexual harassment and pay discrimination. She still works [...]

March 13, 2017|Categories: Press Hits|

The pay gap could vanish for all women — sometime in the 23rd century

By Jon Swartz and Charisse Jones The numbers are glaring: Women make up half the U.S. college-educated workforce but those with full-time jobs were on average paid 80 cents for every dollar earned by men in nearly every occupation for which there was sufficient earnings data in 2015, according [...]

March 13, 2017|Categories: Press Hits|

Baby boomers ruined America, according to this Generation X author

By Jillian Berman "Before the baby boomers came around, the so-called Greatest Generation came of age in a time of war and depression and learned firsthand the benefits of social solidarity and so they continued to invest in society throughout their lives, Gibney said. Younger [...]

March 12, 2017|Categories: Press Hits|

Why it’s so important for girls to find role models in female scientists

By Alessandra Potenza Wonder Women is a collection of stories of 25 women doctors, mathematicians, spies and forgers, writers, soldiers, inventors, and other pioneers in STEM, not just in the United States but all over the world. Maggs, a video game writer and author, made [...]

March 8, 2017|Categories: Press Hits|