A new study details the increase in female job applicants (and hires) for senior management roles that were described as potentially including part-time, job-share, or other flexible work options. This could be a silver-lining of COVID-19. More employers recognize that at-home and non-traditional employment arrangements can work for businesses. That means that women (and men) who want or need those options are more likely to find such opportunities. Women who might otherwise have sidelined their careers while raising children are more likely to find ways to continue to work and climb the economic ladder. |
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According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Thanksgiving needs to be done differently this year. As COVID-19 numbers appear to be spiking, some Americans might see fit to heed this advice, cancel holiday plans, and hunker down with their immediate families or even (to the eager public health official), cancel the holiday altogether. Yet, most won’t do that because these recommendations come from what many Americans view as an untrustworthy source—the public health sector, which in the past four years and particularly during the COVID-caused shut downs, has shown itself to be both capricious and dishonest at a time when America needed their balanced and politics-free advice the most.
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The holidays are quickly approaching and many families will be sitting down to family dinners to celebrate.
Can you identify which of the following is not true about conventional fruits and vegetables sold in grocery stores?
A: All produce sold in grocery stores is safe for human consumption.
B: To avoid pesticide residue in your Thanksgiving meal, only buy organic products at the grocery store.
C: Humans can’t eat enough food to reach the dangerous level of pesticide residue set by the EPA.
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Shelby Steele Discusses His New Documentary “What Killed Michael Brown?”
   
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Less than a year ago, Gallup reported that U.S. economic confidence had reached its highest level since 2000, with a record-low percentage of Americans citing economic issues as the most important problem facing the country. We all know what happened next: The novel coronavirus erupted. To restore the tight labor market that prevailed before COVID-19, policymakers must first understand what actually happened during the pre-COVID economic expansion.
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Junk science apparently attracts trial lawyers the same way blood in the water attracts hungry sharks. Armed with faulty research that contradicts the larger body of evidence, these attorneys often walk off with millions in “legal fees.” As Roundup cases hopefully wind down, there are a growing number of lawsuits focused on ethylene oxide (EO) on the horizon. EO is a chemical used to sterilize more than 50% of the nation’s medical supplies—including masks, bandages, ventilators, and more.
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There is something entertaining about watching celebrities argue. Often, their squabbles are of no consequence, but every once in a while, the well-known take up something serious. In a recent Twitter back-and-forth, entrepreneurial business magnate Mark Cuban and singer John Legend treated us to a brief but important debate about private giving. The central question: Are our philanthropic dollars better spent supporting charity to feed the hungry or on political campaigns to change policy?
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This Giving Tuesday, we hope you give the gift of greater freedom, opportunity, and choices for women. Invest in IWF today. Your donation is tax deductible.
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