Investment in early education is not a Liberal or Conservative idea. Nor should it be decided along party lines..

Every time a woman leaves the workforce because she can't find or afford childcare, or she can't work out a flexible arrangement with her boss, or sh….

A desire to succeed in politics is propelled by these two seemingly contradictory forces, which frequently change places and sometimes coexist: to sa….

Why is computer science a good field for women? For one thing, thats where the jobs are, and for another, the pay is better than for many jobs, and f….

When we mention the 1 percent and the 99 percent, everybody now knows what we are talking about. It's part of our vocabulary. How quickly these numbe….

Volunteer activities can foster enormous leadership skills. The nonprofit professional volunteer world is a laboratory for self - realization..

Politics creates an almost endless time horizon into the future. ... As governor I had the incredible luxury of being able to dream on a grand scale.….

Common wisdom dictates that the vice president should provide balance to the ticket by representing a different part of the country, another set of e….

We continue to blame the poor for their own condition. They are lazy. We do not want to know that the poorest of the poor are toddlers under three ye….

If months were marked by colors, November in New England would be colored gray..

Legislative proposals that would enable an employer to determine whether or not a woman's insurance would cover the cost of birth control strikes wom….

Women in leadership cannot cry without raising a storm of commentary..

'Power' is an explosive word, particularly when applied to women..

It's time to recognize what compromise means: no side wins or loses all..

Most female CEOs have been more understanding than their male counterparts, of the stress that new mothers experience to 'do it all,' which often mea….

The Republican agenda is, and always has been, to repeal Roe v. Wade, and at the very least, erode it to the greatest extent possible..

If we are to create a new agenda for family/work policies, employers and employees have to take a seat at the same table and recognize their mutual g….

There are no more excuses for leaving women out of the inner circles of power. Qualified women are everywhere. Women are ready for leadership; they j….

To be political means to speak out, to risk being called 'catty', or worse. I don't hear men worrying about whether they may be right or not. They en….