Kelsey Butler

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  • A man holding a babyLifestyle

    New York dads forgo $1.6 billion in paid state leave, study says

    By Kelsey Butler and Bloomberg
  • A woman is sitting at a desk in front of an open laptop, holding a manual breast pump in one hand and a baby bottle in the other. The image captures the balance of multitasking between professional duties and motherhood, highlighting the challenges faced by working moms who pump breast milk.Health

    Startup promises to save working moms up to 23 days a year in office breast-pumping time

    By Kelsey Butler and Bloomberg
  • SHANGHAI, CHINA – MAY 12: A visitor tries BYD Fangchengbao Bao 5 during the Exposition on China Brand 2024 at Shanghai World Expo Exhibition and Convention Center on May 12, 2024 in Shanghai, China. (Photo by VCG/VCG via Getty Images)Tech

    BYD has been frozen out of the U.S. market so it’s debuting its first hybrid pickup truck in Mexico

    By Kelsey Butler and Bloomberg
  • Working parentSuccess

    From cash stipends to ‘It’s OK days’: The cost of child care crisis is making parental benefits the top issue for over half of companies

    By Kelsey Butler and Bloomberg
  • NEW YORK, NEW YORK – JANUARY 04: Founder and president of the National Action Network (NAN) Rev. Al Sharpton gives remarks to members of the media as members of NAN hold a protest outside the office of hedge fund billionaire Bill Ackman on January 04, 2024 in New York City. Rev. Sharpton held a protest outside the office Ackman, who is a Harvard alum, after the resignation of Claudine Gay as president of the school. Sharpton states that Ackman led campaign against former President Gay “not because of her leadership or credentials but because he felt she was a DEI hire.” (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)Finance

    Al Sharpton takes aim at billionaire Bill Ackman for his war against Harvard’s president and ‘all that the civil rights community has been fighting for’

    By Kelsey Butler, Annie Massa, and others
  • ORANGE COUNTY, CA – MAY 05: Simon and Brittany Cheng, 31, interact with their 15-month-old daughter Rylan at home in Anaheim on Wednesday, May 5, 2021 in Orange County, CA. Brittany has decided not to go back to work as an occupational therapist in Whittier schools and instead has started her own business, Wayz To Play, which offers parenting workshops. (Dania Maxwell / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)MPW

    If U.S women were paid for their time spent on child and family care, they’d each earn an extra $4,600 annually

    By Kelsey Butler and Bloomberg
  • Düsseldorf, NRW, Deutschland, Business, Arbeit, w46, Werbeagentur. Loft, modern, Büro, Office, StilHealth

    Failing to accommodate worker menopause costs the U.S. economy more than $25 billion a year

    By Kelsey Butler and Bloomberg
  • A mother holding her baby.Health

    ‘My entire life is held together with Scotch tape’: Here’s why 2022 was absolutely brutal for working moms

    By Kelsey Butler and Bloomberg
  • Mifepristone (Mifeprex) and Misoprostol, the two drugs used in a medication abortion, are seen at the Women’s Reproductive Clinic, which provides legal medication abortion services, in Santa Teresa, New Mexico, on June 17, 2022. Mifepristone is taken first to stop the pregnancy, followed by Misoprostol to induce bleeding. – In the wake of Friday’s ruling by the US Supreme Court striking down Roe v Wade and the federally protected right to an abortion, women from Texas and other states are traveling to clinics like the Women’s Reproductive Health Clinic in New Mexico for legal abortion services under the state’s more liberal laws. – RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE (Photo by Robyn Beck / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE (Photo by ROBYN BECK/AFP via Getty Images)Health

    Startup Choix to sell abortion pills to non-pregnant people who want to stockpile for the future

    By Kelsey Butler and Bloomberg
  • Olathe, KANSAS – AUGUST 01: Young supporters of the Vote Yes to a Constitutional Amendment on Abortion hold up signs along 135th Street on August 01, 2022 in Olathe, Kansas. On August 2, voters will vote on whether or not to remove protection for abortion from the state constitution. (Photo by Kyle Rivas/Getty Images)Politics

    Kansas voted to reject a ban on abortion earlier this month. Even after a recount, anti-abortion activists vow to fight results

    By Kelsey Butler and Bloomberg
  • Elon MuskLeadership

    One day after confirming he secretly fathered twins, Elon Musk vows to ‘significantly’ boost childcare benefits at his companies

    By Kelsey Butler and Bloomberg
  • Whole Woman’s Health clinic in San AntonioHealth

    A Texas abortion clinic provider is moving to New Mexico after Roe v. Wade ruling

    By Kelsey Butler and Bloomberg
  • National Rallies For Abortion RightsHealth

    Planned Parenthood of Montana will stop giving abortion pill to some out-of-state women after Roe ruling

    By Kelsey Butler and Bloomberg
  • Pro-choice demonstrator in Washington D.CSuccess

    Yelp joins Citigroup and Apple in covering travel costs for workers seeking abortions

    By Kelsey Butler and Bloomberg
  • DHNCHHARE KHOL, ORLANDO, FLORIDA, UNITED STATES – 2022/01/04: COVID-19 home rapid test kits are seen on a shelf at a Walmart Neighborhood Market in Orlando, Florida. Walmart and Kroger are raising the price for the hard-to-find BinaxNOW rapid tests after the directive from the White House to sell them at cost has expired. Test kits that were formerly sold for $14 will now retail for $19.88 at Walmart and $23.99 at Kroger. (Photo by Paul Hennessy/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)Health

    Looking for an at-home COVID test? Digital marketplaces are listing kits at up to three times the retail price

    By Kelsey Butler and Bloomberg