Most states have had a woman serve as governor, but California is in the minority despite its progressive-minded electorate. Women who have reached the top elsewhere saw familiar roadblocks.

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A much-needed, nuanced conversation about masculinity and feminism today.

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A much-needed, nuanced conversation about masculinity and feminism today.

A much-needed, nuanced conversation about masculinity and feminism today.

The moms are not happy.

More and more, smaller families and a more manageable work-life balance are the goal.

Responses to a guest essay by Molly Jong-Fast, “I Tried to Become My Mother and Ended Up Becoming Myself.” Also: President Trump in China; a gift to Big Tobacco.

Some of this country’s most prominent girl bosses sound like they don’t even know how to read the room.

M. Gessen and Rachel Louise Snyder on the parallels between authoritarianism and domestic violence.

Readers offer their theories in response to a guest essay.