- Click here to read Dina Bakst's comments in an ABC News story about discrimination against mothers at Goldman Sachs and Citigroup (March 29, 2010).

- Click here to read Dina Bakst's commentary on Forbes.com (May 8, 2009).

- Read our press release calling on Mayor Bloomberg and Commissioner Frieden to urge employers to provide paid sick days in response to the swine flu outbreak. 

- Read our open letter to  NYC Mayor Bloomberg and NYC Health Commissioner Frieden. (April 30, 2009)

- Click here to read Dina Bakst's blog post on part-time breadwinners in the new economy.

- Click here to read Phoebe Taubman's testimony about a proposed Act to Protect Family Caregivers in Maine.

- Click here to read Yolanda Wu's blog post on the Sloan Work and Family Research Network website on New York's Domestic Workers Bill of Rights.  

- Click here to read Phoebe Taubman's blog post on the website for the conference, "Opt-Out" or Pushed Out: Are Women Choosing to Leave the Legal Profession?, which will be held at Yale Law School on March 27th and 28th. (February 24, 2009)

-Click here to read Nancy Rankin's letter to the editor of the New York Times about paid sick days. (February 17, 2009) 

- Click here to read testimony delivered by Sherry Leiwant to the New Hampshire House Labor Committee about paid sick days and the right to request workplace flexibility (February 3, 2009).

- Click here to read ABB's profile in the Princeton Alumni Magazine (January 27, 2009).

- ABB letter to the editor about valuing caregiving work--"Invisible and Free Labor: The Role of Caregivers"--published in the New York Times (November 21, 2008).  Click here to read commentary by Dina Bakst and Phoebe Taubman. 

- Testimony before the New York State Assembly Standing Committee on Labor regarding domestic work (November 21, 2008).  Click here to read testimony delivered by Yolanda Wu. 

- Milwaukee paid sick days initiative passes (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Noveber 6, 2008).  Click here to read Sherry Leiwant's comments about the bill she helped to draft. 

- Testimony before the New York City Council about Flexible Workplaces (October 27, 2008).  Click here to read testimony delivered by Sherry Leiwant. 

 - Blog post about Governor Palin and work/family balance (MomsRising.org, September 26, 2008).  Click here to read commentary by Phoebe Taubman.

- Peaceful Revolution Blog Post (Huffington Post, August 13, 2008).  Click here to read commentary by Phoebe Taubman.

- Seeking A Just Balance: Law Students Weigh In On Work and Family (June 2008).  Click here to read our report and here to read our op-ed in the National Law Journal.  

- Paid Sick Leave (Sloan Work and Family Network News, May 2008).  Click here to read an interview with Sherry Leiwant. 

- Equal Pay for Mother's Day (Forbes.com May 8, 2008).  Click here to read commentary by Dina Bakst.

- New York City Council hearing on Fair Pay legislation (April 17, 2008).  ABB testimony on the motherhood wage gap.  Click here.

 - Op-ed for paid family leave in New York (El Diario March 14, 2008),  co-authored by A Better Balance and Manhattan Borough President Scott M. Stringer.  Click here to read the op-ed in Spanish.

-  The U.S. Department of Labor proposed changes to the Family and Medical Leave Act regulations.  On April 10, 2008, ABB submitted comments.   Read them here.

 -  Model legislation for advocates interested in launching a paid sick days campaign, as drafted by ABB and the National Partnership for Women and Families, with technical assistance from the San Francisco Office of Labor Standards and Enforcement.  For more information, please contact ABB's  Sherry Leiwant (sleiwant atabetterbalancedotorg or 212-749-4042) or the National Partnership's Sharyn Tejani (stejaniatnationalpartnershipdotorg or 202-986-2600).  

-  "A Working Balance: Supporting New York City's Families Through Paid Leave"  report, co-authored by ABB and the Office of Manhattan Borough President, Scott M. Stringer.   The report is based on the comments of focus group participants, whom we convened to help us understand  the role of, and need for, paid family leave and paid sick leave in New York City.  It includes stories from employees about the stress they endure when they are unable to miss work to care for an ill family member, recover from serious illness, or go to a meeting at their children's school.