New Orleans Recently, I called out Florida and the efforts of Governor Ron DeSantis and his crew to try and put their finger on the scale to prejudice Florida voters in favor of choice on pregnancy by injecting a fake speculation of the cost to the state if the measure passed. I thought they …
Category: Women
Corporations Still Leaning Away from Women
Toronto This must be a painful report to issue for Leanin, the organization begun by former Facebook executive Sheryl Sanberg. A 10-year study begun in 2015 that looked at 1000 companies and how they handled moving women from entry levels forward found a dispiriting lack of progress. The study by McKinsey and Leanin.Org, as …
Florida State Money Thwarting Citizen Initiatives
New Orleans Not every state still enjoys the Progressive Era reform that embedded the initiative and referendum process in local and state politics in many US political jurisdictions. The preponderance of these systems exists in the West and South. The purpose of these democratic participation tools is to allow citizens to bring forward measures …