…That’s the title of this column by Slate’s Dahlia Lithwick. She wants to know: “What’s the real story behind Elizabeth Vargas‘ departure from World News Tonight?” She writes:
“At the core of all this chatter is also an interesting and unspoken problem about pregnancy and maternity — and the ways in which women who are fully competent to do any job, at any other time — may nevertheless falter or choose to rejigger their priorities for a few years. There were days during my pregnancies when I couldn’t even rinse and spit, much less cover a major news story.”
Here’s the full column…
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