Meritocracy

The coronavirus pandemic—and the Trump administration’s failed response to it—dominated Sunday night’s debate between former Vice President Joe Biden and Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders. But one of the debate’s more intriguing moments came during a discussion about something that didn’t call panic to mind: Women and their potential role in…

They may live in a technology-fuelled future, but they’re still doing ATM smash-and-grabs. (Photo: John P. Johnson, HBO) Westworld returned with its season three premiere on Monday and the question on everybody’s lips was: Where the hell is Westworld? This might be a series about a Western-style theme park filled…

Have questions about your finances related to the coronavirus outbreak? Email them to reporter Alicia Adamczyk at alicia.adamczyk@nbcuni.com.A week ago, Nicole Brewer was looking forward to attending a conference at Princeton University and spending a day at the Yale School of Drama.As a freelance theater director and educator, the 37-year-old…

Washington DC, National Academy of Science, Boardroom with Founders' Portrait, Albert Herter. (Photo ... by: Jeffrey Greenberg/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) Universal Images Group via Getty Images Building a board environment that enables debate, discussion, and a leadership style that allows for possible disagreement or ideas to discuss tradeoffs…

Hilary Mantel writes a fall she must have dreaded in The Mirror and the Light. Photo illustration by Slate Slate has relationships with various online retailers. If you buy something through our links, Slate may earn an affiliate commission. We update links when possible, but note that deals can expire…

Written by Anil Dharker | Updated: March 12, 2020 11:06:15 am UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi and former Congress president Rahul Gandhi. (File Photo)It’s now been eight months since Rahul Gandhi’s resignation as Congress president. In the long and eventful months since then, supine Congressmen (also known as “loyalists”) have done…

Posted by Mike LaChance    Wednesday, March 11, 2020 at 12:00pm | 3/11/2020 - 12:00pm “in an effort to ensure those making hiring decisions at the school keep diversity and equity in mind throughout the process” Does this mean potential hires will now need the approval of a diversity administrator…

An organisation – company, party, club etc – is as good as the people in it. But what they don’t teach you at IIM Hogwarts is that the people in the organisation – company, party, club etc – are as good as its organisational functioning allows them to be. The…

Joey Garrison USA TODAYPublished 1:36 PM EDT Mar 11, 2020BOSTON – One year ago Thursday, FBI agents raided million-dollar homes belonging to a who's-who among the rich and elite, in some cases entering mansions early in the morning with guns drawn. They arrested major financial investors, real estate developers, CEOs, a partner of an international law firm, a Napa…

"It's very important that women keep upgrading themselves," Nupur Kulshrestha saidNew Delhi: Nupur Kulshrestha becomes the first woman to be promoted as DIG of Indian Coast Guard.Feeling elated, she thanked the service for considering her meritocracy and taking women ahead."I joined the service in 1999 and became the first woman…