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# Jay Newton-Small


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Newton-Small, a TIME contributor, is the CEO of MemoryWell and author of [_Broad Influence_](https://www.amazon.com/Broad-Influence-Women-Changing-America/dp/1618931555)


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* ![Jay Newton-Small and father](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7db8b439d3aa4694/698a0634b21a9c5ae0502b32/dad-me-me12-e1574093945623.jpg?branch=production&width=1440&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Nov 20, 2019  
### [How to Keep Alzheimer’s From Bringing About the Zombie Apocalypse](https://time.com/5731578/alzheimers-caregiving-crisis/)  
[HEALTH](/section/health/)
* ![Miami Prepares For First Democratic Debates Of The 2020 Presidential Election](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcdaad1c0e7a1fb3e/6989ff0ab3fce327e50c521b/2020-democratic-primary-june-26.jpg?branch=production&width=1440&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jun 26, 2019  
### [The First 2020 Democratic Primary Debate Will Almost Certainly Skip A Key Healthcare Issue](https://time.com/5614083/2020-democratic-debate-healthcare/)  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)
* ![An old woman uses a walker](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt40f7187c8f53ce96/69894516db2987d37f261d28/elderly-caregiving-caregivers-baby-boomers.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Feb 15, 2019  
### [A Growing American Crisis: Who Will Care for the Baby Boomers?](https://time.com/5529152/elderly-caregiving-baby-boomers-unpaid-caregivers-crisis/)  
Tens of millions of caregivers are already unpaid and overwhelmed  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)
* ![Woman using laptop in a cafe](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8f9c18e13bcef766/6989290b656a3f74dfbd3b02/woman-typing-on-computer.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Feb 27, 2018  
### [Silicon Valley Is a Boys Club. But This City Is Surprisingly Good for Women in Tech](https://time.com/5171318/women-tech-silicon-valley-washington-dc/)  
"Here women-run companies can grow big"  
[U.S.](/section/us/)
* ![Women's March on Washington - March](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt70ac2e376c2c042c/6988e51de76ad2c13762fe2f/what-happens-when-women-reach-critical-mass-influence.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Nov 9, 2017  
### [What Happens When Women Reach a Critical Mass of Influence](https://time.com/5016735/when-women-reach-a-critical-mass-of-influence/)  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)  
* ![TIMEPOL Election](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt317ec914943f7c02/6988ada18e060153d14682de/election-donald-trump-dina-litovsky-121.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Nov 10, 2016  
### [Why So Many Women Abandoned Hillary Clinton](https://time.com/4566748/hillary-clinton-firewall-women/)  
The candidate expected—and needed—them to elect America's first female president  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)
* ![GOP Presidential Nominee Donald Trump Campaigns In Charlotte, North Carolina](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdae66130f2e9d021/6988aa54fb4eac3a4188f810/donald-trump-women-voters-support-lose-losing-lost-election-hillary-clinton.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Oct 17, 2016  
### [Why Donald Trump Has Already Lost](https://time.com/4533794/donald-trump-women-support/)  
His support amongst white women is cratering  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)
* ![Donald Trump in Virginia Beach, VA, on Sept. 6, 2016 \(L\); Hillary Clinton on her campaign plane en route to Iowa, on Sept. 5, 2016.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltef258d12c5560aa8/6988a53297cdffe5896adb8d/trump-clinton1.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Sep 8, 2016  
### [Here’s What Happens If the Electoral College Ties](https://time.com/4482377/electoral-college-tie/)  
It's unlikely, but still possible  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)
* ![Dengue fever, Chikungunya virus and Zika virus.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbe0ffbdbe6087429/6988a492cd1bba630c7022d3/zika-florida-mosquito.jpg?branch=production&width=1440&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Sep 7, 2016  
### [Here's Why Zika Funding Is Stalled](https://time.com/4481394/zika-funding-congress-stalled/)  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)
* ![U.S. Capitol Dome](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt75b71a74d5fd7488/6988a416f887dc8653e9739c/us-capitol-dc.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Sep 6, 2016  
### [Congress Returns to a Stalemate Over Spending](https://time.com/4479327/congress-september-spending-shutdown/)  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)  
* ![Sen John McCain campaigns for re election to the Senate at Coca Cola bottling plant in Tempe, Ariz. on Aug. 23, 2016.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9613b10333abbc89/6988a431f887dc44a5e973c8/congressional-primary-john-mccain.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Aug 30, 2016  
### [How Tuesday's Primaries Reflect the 2016 Elections](https://time.com/4471668/john-mccain-debbie-wasserman-schultz/)  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)
* ![Sen. John McCain speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on April 28, 2016.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte3fd60abca6879d0/6988a376fb4eac6eab88ed9c/john-mccain1.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Aug 23, 2016  
### [GOP Candidates Calculate Whether to Cut Ties With Trump](https://time.com/4462244/donald-trump-republican-candidates-senate-house/)  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)
* ![Police Officer](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6f5286a872eaad4e/6988a0fb428a9e238bcd3c14/washington-dc-police-isis.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Aug 18, 2016  
### [What My Week of Jury Duty Taught Me About Race](https://time.com/4448516/jury-duty-race/)  
Not everyone on the jury saw our case about assault the same way  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)
* ![Donald Trump speaks to voters during a campaign event at Briar Woods High School, on Aug. 2, 2016 in Ashburn, Va.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt940f3ee7769b3b81/6988a0df0b72e33dfd6ea838/donald-trump-3.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Aug 2, 2016  
### [Khizr Khan Feels Sorry for GOPers Who Support Trump](https://time.com/4436076/khizr-khan-donald-trump-john-mccain/)  
“It is so sad"  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)
* ![DEM 2016 Convention](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta6ab3be330d845f8/6988a0383c1639329145e495/hillary-clinton11.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jul 29, 2016  
### [Hillary Clinton’s Acceptance Speech Delivery Gets Panned on Twitter](https://time.com/4430082/dnc-hillary-clinton-speech-2/)  
Everyone's a critic  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)

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