Employers can’t pay women less because of their salary history

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit sided with the California math consultant at the center of Rizo v. Fresno County Office of Education, which argued that considering prior compensation when setting a worker’s pay perpetuates gender disparities and defies the spirit of the Equal Pay Act.

That 10 year baby window is the key to the women’s pay gap

One of the biggest causes of the gender pay gap? Having a baby between the ages of 25 and 35. Timing makes a big difference in the effect of childbearing on a woman’s earning prospects, research shows. Even in families in which both parents work full time, women spend almost double the time as men on child care and housework.

The Nancy Pelosi problem

The first female speaker of the House has become the most effec­tive congressional leader of modern times—and, not coinciden­tally, the most vilified. Her experience offers an irony and a warning: For women politicians to succeed, they must defeat and outmaneuver men. Yet the better at it they are, the more detested they become.

30 diverse tech company boards worth recognizing

From the  list of 30 companies who meet #BoardForward minimum of diversity, we have also identified 6 companies (3 public and 3 private) who went above and beyond — and are truly worth celebrating: Stitch Fix, Hewlett-Packard, Verizon, Kickstarter, SurveyMonkey, Slack.

From bootstrapped to $1.15B IPO with Therese Tucker of BlackLine

Don’t miss this fantastic podcast interview with Therese Tucker, BlackLine CEO and founder, by investor and founder of Backstage Capital Arlan Hamilton – about entrepreneurship, pride, taking her company public (“it’s like a wedding!”), not raising capital and more.

The Parkland kids kept checking their privilege in front of hundreds of thousands at #MarchForOurLives last weekend

11 year old Naomi Wadler spoke on behalf of all of the “African-American girls whose stories don’t make the front page of every national newspaper.” She led a walkout at her elementary school on March 14 as part of the national effort to bring attention to gun violence in American schools. She said she and her peers stood outside for 18 minutes, a minute longer than many schools around the country had planned to walkout. They added a minute, she said, for Courtlin Arrington, a black girl who was killed in a school shooting in Alabama after the massacre in Parkland.