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Economist Claudia Goldin wins Nobel Prize for work on gender gap

Goldin is the third woman so far to be awarded the prestigious economics prize.

Al Jazeera · Oct 9, 2023

Economics Nobel Prize goes to Claudia Goldin, an expert on women at work

Harvard University's Claudia Goldin has won the 2023 Nobel Prize in Economics for her research on women in the labor market. She studies the causes of the persistent pay gap between men and women.

WEKU · Oct 9, 2023

US professor Claudia Goldin wins Nobel economics prize for work on women's labour

The Nobel economics prize was awarded Monday to Harvard University professor Claudia Goldin for research that has advanced the understanding of the gender gap in the labor market.

France 24 · Oct 9, 2023

Highly principled libertarian or ruthlessly ambitious kook: Who is the GOP’s new darling, Vivek Ramaswamy?

‘I think if Donald Trump offered Ramaswamy the position of vice president, he would kill his own dog to have that job,’ Rick Wilson tells Gustaf Kilander

The Independent UK · Sep 26, 2023

Ford's Theatre tickets from the night Lincoln was assassinated sell for $262,500

The two tickets match the marks of what's thought to be the only other used ticket from the night John Wilkes Booth shot Lincoln on April 14, 1865.

WEKU · Sep 26, 2023

Margaret Henry obituary

Other lives: Film-maker and teacher who worked on documentaries that highlighted racial injustice

The Guardian - UK · Sep 21, 2023

Every player in Boston Celtics history who wore No. 4

Today's installment focuses on the 30 players who wore No. 4 over the years as of September 2023.

USA Today Sports Media Group · Sep 19, 2023

Prehistoric women were hunters, too

Sex may not have determined prehistoric labor roles as once thought, which has stark implications for society today

Salon · Sep 16, 2023

A constitutional revolution is underway at the Supreme Court, as the conservative supermajority rewrites basic understandings of the roots of US law

In a 2006 episode of the television show “Boston Legal,” conservative lawyer Denny Crane asserted that he had a constitutional right to carry a concealed firearm: “And the Supreme Court is going to say so, just as soon as they overturn Roe v. Wade.”

The Conversation · Sep 13, 2023

Threats like AI-aided bioweapons confound policymakers - Roll Call

AI-generated biothreats are among risks that the White House, U.S. lawmakers and foreign officials are working furiously to prevent.

Roll Call · Sep 12, 2023