Social Justice Americans Now Believe Women Are as Competent as Men—but Not as Ambitious A new study shows that some gender stereotypes have shifted significantly over the decades, while others remain stubbornly in place. Tom Jacobs
Social Justice Witty Women Are Less Likely to Get Promoted Than Men A new report finds that using humor in the workplace raises the status of male employees but has the opposite effect for women. Tom Jacobs
Economics Masculine Traits Are Still Linked to Leadership When defining an effective leader, traditionally feminine characteristics are considered secondary to attributes like assertiveness. Tom Jacobs
Environment The Environment of Social Justice There’s a significantly higher concentration of environmental hazards and degradation in black communities, but no leaders to work toward solutions. Rubin Patterson
News in Brief The Power of Female Leaders in Ethnically Diverse Countries New research shows that countries with a lot of ethnic diversity experience greater economic growth when they have a female head of state. Lisa Wade
Economics Your Moderately Narcissistic Boss Might Be a Great Leader A meta-analysis of previous studies shows that moderate self-obsession is positively correlated with effective leadership. Ryan Jacobs
News in Brief Members of Congress Are Elected to Represent, Not to Get Along Why attempts to characterize President Obama as a leader unable to cajole and intimidate our other elected officials are profoundly misguided. Seth Masket
Social Justice How Etsy Got Over Middle-School-Cafeteria Syndrome In the year after declaring diversity one of their core values, Etsy watched their female engineers drop to four out of 85. Michael Fitzgerald
Economics Marching to the Beat of A Different Drum Major In hunting for leadership potential, you might make sweet music by looking at marching bands — or at least the examples good ones set. Ritch K. Eich
News in Brief The Watchdogs of Academia A call on the professorial classes to help check abuses of governmental power. And to start confronting the Alberto Gonzaleses of the world — before they wreak havoc. John Mecklin