Claire Howorth

The Top 10 Non-Fiction Books of 2017

Political news dominated not only headlines in 2017, but the biggest, splashiest book titles of the year as well, from Ta-Nehisi Coates reflecting on the Obama-Trump continuum to Hillary Clinton answering for herself the cries...

By Claire Howorth November 21, 2017

Motherhood Is Hard to Get Wrong. So Why Do So Many Moms Feel So Bad About Themselves?

Motherhood is supposed to be all about love and joy. So why do so many moms feel so bad?

By Claire Howorth October 19, 2017

Review: We Were Eight Years In Power By Ta-Nehisi Coates

What was the price of achieving a black ambition as old as the country itself?

By Claire Howorth October 12, 2017

This Week in Motto: The Bully at Work

Is it a man or a woman?

By Claire Howorth August 11, 2017

This Week in Motto: Do You Speak Up?

At the office

By Claire Howorth June 30, 2017

This Week in Motto: Vacation Hacks

Easy & fun

By Claire Howorth June 23, 2017

This Week in Motto: Your Dad

Father's Day

By Claire Howorth June 16, 2017

This Week in Motto: Do You Feel Like a Fraud?

Impostor syndrome

By Claire Howorth June 2, 2017

Bill Gates Discusses His Lifelong Love for Books and Reading

'Reading fuels a sense of curiosity about the world'

By Claire Howorth and Samuel P. Jacobs May 22, 2017

This Week in Motto: The Big Fight

Democrats and the abortion debate

By Claire Howorth May 19, 2017

This Week in Motto: Our Mothers

Looking back, thinking forward

By Claire Howorth May 12, 2017

This Week in Motto: Does It Happen in Your Office?

It's more common than you think

By Claire Howorth April 21, 2017

This Week in Motto: Your Core Confidence

An essential

By Claire Howorth April 14, 2017

David Grann’s Killers of the Flower Moon Is Unsurprisingly Extraordinary

A cinematic book about the murders of the Osage tribe and the formation of the FBI

By Claire Howorth April 13, 2017

Gen. Colin Powell On His New Effort to Help Kids Succeed

'We want them to learn not only reading and math but fairness, caring, self-respect, family commitment and civic duty.'

By Claire Howorth April 13, 2017

This Week in Motto: What We're Getting Wrong

Relive this week's top stories

By Claire Howorth March 31, 2017

This Week in Motto: The Joys and Challenges of Motherhood

Kate Middleton acknowledged this week that parenting was difficult

By Claire Howorth March 24, 2017

This Week In Motto: Tell Us Your Story

And read our best pieces from the past week

By Claire Howorth March 17, 2017

Book Review: Hari Kunzru's 'White Tears' Is Beautiful and Strange

'A drugged-out, spoiled-rotten treatise on race, class and poverty of the soul'

By Claire Howorth March 16, 2017

This Week in Motto: The Barriers to Addressing Sexual Harassment at Work

The fine print that can keep discrimination in the dark

By Claire Howorth March 10, 2017

9½ Things You Should Never Say or Do to a Pregnant Woman (And 1 You Should)

You might want to just zip it

By Claire Howorth March 9, 2017

I Bullied Myself Into Breastfeeding

It's just one more way of putting women in their place

By Claire Howorth March 8, 2017

This Week in Motto: Finding Love in Grief

What we can learn from Beau Biden's widow dating his brother

By Claire Howorth March 3, 2017

This Week in Motto: What Does Feminism Mean to You?

To us it means equality

By Claire Howorth February 24, 2017

Finding Your Community

Introducing the Together tour

By Callie Schweitzer and Claire Howorth September 21, 2016

Chelsea Clinton and Ivanka Trump Make 'Postpartum' Look Easy

And that's a complicated fact

By Claire Howorth July 29, 2016

Demi Lovato to DNC: 'I Am Living With Mental Illness'

"Too many Americans from all walks of life don't get help either because they fear the stigma or they can not afford treatment"

By Claire Howorth July 25, 2016

New York State of Mind

The shifting winds of fortune in the city that never sleeps comprise a special canon, and its latest entrant is Stephanie Danler's debut novel, Sweetbitter. Tess, an urban parvenu and "backwaiter" for a restaurant that...

By Claire Howorth May 19, 2016

Fewer Babies During Recession Could Hurt Economy

A post-recession reluctance to have more kids combined with our changing culture may put a years-long dent in the economy

By Claire Howorth May 10, 2016

The 50 Most Influential Gadgets of All Time

The tech that forever changed the way we live, work, and play

By Lisa Eadicicco , Matt Peckham , Alex Fitzpatrick , John Patrick Pullen , Victor Luckerson and Claire Howorth May 3, 2016

9 Questions With Mindy Kaling

The creator and star of The Mindy Project talks about her new book, Why Not Me?, her dream guest star and the importance of two minutes

By Claire Howorth August 27, 2015

In The Unfortunates, the Fall of a High-Society Dynasty

A family takes a tumble in Sophie McManus’s debut novel

By Claire Howorth June 18, 2015

Chris O'Dowd Had No Doubt Ireland Would Legalize Same-Sex Marriage

He said a "yes" vote is a sign Ireland "is escaping the clutches of the Catholic Church, finally"

By Claire Howorth and Olivia B. Waxman May 23, 2015

10 Questions With Chris O’Dowd

Irish funnyman Chris O'Dowd on tasty wallpaper, imaginary friends and his Hulu show turned YA book series

By Claire Howorth May 7, 2015

I Bullied Myself Into Breastfeeding

Isn’t the strident case for breastfeeding just one more way of putting women in their place—as selfless slaves to the furthering of the human race rather than members of it?

By Claire Howorth March 19, 2015

9½ Things You Should Never Say or Do to a Pregnant Woman (And 1 You Should)

1. Do not say "Wow, you must have twins in there!" or "Did you swallow a basketball?" or “I don’t see any evidence!” In fact, do not comment on size, period. (Ever. Gestational status notwithstanding.)...

By Claire Howorth December 1, 2014

Butt Out! In Defense of Hot Moms

We Americans like our Moms and Wives a certain way—and only that way

By Claire Howorth November 14, 2014

10 Questions With Mick Fleetwood

The drumming icon talks about Fleetwood Mac’s reunion, his new memoir and the need to be hot

By Claire Howorth October 23, 2014

Harvest Boon: 7 Great Fall Books

A month of reaping great reads

By Eliza Gray and Claire Howorth October 2, 2014

A Zagat Guide to 'Hard Choices'—According to Amazon Reviewers

Hillary Clinton's new book already has as many reviews as the hottest restaurant—so why not harness the "wisdom" of the online bookseller's crowd?

By Claire Howorth June 11, 2014