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Economics

Where Are the Women and Minorities in Financial Planning?

A new crop of firms have focused their efforts on introducing a diverse clientele to financial services, and ensuring that women and minorities working within the industry have an opportunity to advance.

Tatiana Walk-Morris

Social Justice

Why Aren’t We Talking About Postpartum Mood Disorders in Immigrant Women?

A variety of factors, including shallow community networks and language barriers, can compound the effects of postpartum mood disorders among immigrant women. Yet the research still falls startlingly behind.

Pooja Makhijani

Social Justice

Abolition in the Now

A new campaign rooted in the South is getting mothers in prisons and jails across the country home for Mother’s Day.

Melissa Gira Grant

News in Brief

An Increase in Women Legislators Is Linked to Fewer Infant Deaths

Unequal treatment for women is bad for babies. While that equation may seem self-evident, newly published research brings…

Tom Jacobs

News in Brief

How to Pitch a Movie About the History of the Vibrator

Hysteria director Tanya Wexler reflects on the challenges she faced in funding a film about the history of the vibrator, and how the film shaped her career.

Katie Kilkenny