Claire Suddath
Bloomberg
New York, NY, United States
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A Very Dangerous Place to Be Pregnant Is Getting Even Scarier
Texas leads the US in maternity ward closures, and nowhere is this more of an issue than in the western part of the state. → Read More
It’s Getting Harder to Be a Woman in America
The US welcomes the employment and economic advancement of women—yet doesn’t actually support them. We’ve finally hit a breaking point. → Read More
More Teachers Than Ever Are Considering Leaving the Profession
Another year of pandemic schooling is pushing many educators beyond burnout. They’re being reduced to ashes. → Read More
How High Child Care Costs Follow Women Throughout Their Lives
The most broken business in America is crushing parents and providers. → Read More
How Child Care Became the Most Broken Business in America
Biden has a plan to make day care more affordable for parents—if the providers don’t go out of business first. → Read More
Here’s What No Paid Parental Leave in the U.S. Looks Like
The reality for new parents is brutal and, at times, inhumane. → Read More
How Critical Race Theory Became a Political Target
Fights about how to understand America’s racial history are nothing new, and neither are moves by politicians to dictate what schools teach. But the vituperative debate over Critical Race Theory and the rush by some state legislatures and school boards to limit what students can hear are perhaps unprecedented. The politicians leading the charge say they are trying to protect children from… → Read More
Andrew Yang Hopes to Ride His Free-Money Plan to NYC’s City Hall
Yang wants to launch the largest basic income program in history. But would it work? → Read More
Closing the Racial Wealth Gap Starts With the Truth
My family owned slaves. I wanted to know more about that. → Read More
Why Are Americans Still Waiting for Paid Parental Leave?
The U.S. economy needs more babies, yet the country continues to put new families at a disadvantage. → Read More
The Case of the Empty Frames Remains Art World’s Biggest Mystery
Cops, criminals, journalists, and art sleuths—they’ve all failed to find the $500 million haul of the Gardner Museum theft. → Read More
During Coronavirus, the U.S. Safety Net Is Failing Workers
Stories from a country that was wildly unprepared for a pandemic. → Read More
For Bumble, the Future Isn’t Female, It’s Female Marketing
Whitney Wolfe Herd set out to build a safer dating app for women, but it’s not clear that she’s made a measurable difference. → Read More
For Bumble, the Future Isn’t Female, It’s Female Marketing
Whitney Wolfe Herd remembered the day she decided to go after dick pics. “It started with me barging into a meeting and being like, ‘Guys, we’re going to make a law, and we’re going to make dick pics illegal!’ ” she recalled. → Read More
Stacey Abrams, Leader in the Fight Against Voter Suppression
Her group—Fair Fight 2020—is spending $5 million before next year’s elections to make sure people can exercise their rights. → Read More
Volkswagen Hopes a Song Can Save Its Soul and Sell Electric Cars
American car buyers are a forgiving bunch. Although they all but abandoned Volkswagen in 2015 after the German car maker admitted to cheating on emissions tests, they didn’t stay mad for long. Within two years Volkswagen sales had recovered. → Read More
Beloved Nashville Anchor Sues Meredith for Age Discrimination
Local news anchors often achieve low-grade celebrity status around town, but Kalodimos was unusually beloved. One year, an elementary school included her name in a spelling bee.Kalodimos did much of her own reporting, investigating radioactive waste disposal, migrant worker conditions and even an ethically → Read More
Getting Rid of Swimsuits Was Just the Beginning
Miss America has been trying to evolve for the #MeToo era. It’ll have to do a lot more to fix a funding death spiral and an internal revolt. → Read More
Harley-Davidson Needs a New Generation of Riders
If it wants to survive Trump’s tariffs and an aging customer base, the company has to embrace a cultural change. → Read More
Harley-Davidson Needs a New Generation of Riders
The first thing you should do when you meet a Harley-Davidson rider is check the back of his—or her, but let’s be honest, it’s probably his—jacket. It might be a bald eagle atop the company’s logo to let everyone know this is a Harley guy—not a Honda guy, not a BMW guy, but a red-blooded, flag-waving → Read More