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    Back to Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Anne-Marie Slaughter’s Unfinished Business

    Anne-Marie Slaughter provoked a national conversation about feminism when she decided to leave her high-powered position at the State Department to care for her family. A year after her departure, she wrote the most read article in the history of The Atlantic , titled “ Why Women Still Can’t Have It All .”

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    By Madeleine Brand • Oct 12, 2015 • 1 min read

    Anne-Marie Slaughter provoked a national conversation about feminism when she decided to leave her high-powered position at the State Department to care for her family.A year after her departure, she wrote the most read article in the history of The Atlantic, titled “Why Women Still Can’t Have It All.”

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    Motor Voter Act, Cherokee Ancestry, and Anne-Marie Slaughter's New Book
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    2. 9:53The Myth of Cherokee Blood
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    4. 27:31Anne-Marie Slaughter’s Unfinished BusinessYou’re reading this
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      Madeleine Brand

      Host, 'Press Play'

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      Producer, 'The Document'

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      Anna Scott

      Former KCRW Housing and Homelessness Reporter

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      Anne-Marie Slaughter

      Princeton University

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    The full episode

    4 of 4
    Motor Voter Act, Cherokee Ancestry, and Anne-Marie Slaughter's New Book
    1. 0:00How Will the Motor Voter Act Affect Voter Turnout?
    2. 9:53The Myth of Cherokee Blood
    3. 18:00TV Roundup: Crazy Ex-Girlfriend Debuts, Empire Returns
    4. 27:31Anne-Marie Slaughter’s Unfinished BusinessYou’re reading this
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