- Confirmations continue. The Senate confirmed Jennifer Granholm, the former governor of Michigan and an advocate of renewable energy, as energy secretary yesterday. Dr. Rachel Levine, the former secretary of health for Pennsylvania, answered questions as President Biden's nominee for assistant secretary of health. Levine would be the first openly transgender federal official confirmed by the Senate, and Sen. Rand Paul asked her about "genital mutilation"—to which Levine said she would be happy to discuss the "complex and nuanced" field of transgender medicine with him. Katherine Tai also testified as the pick for U.S. trade representative. 

- Measuring is a must. Katica Roy, an economist and the CEO of Pipeline Equity, writes for Fortune about how important it is that companies measure—and report—diversity metrics. Those efforts are especially important after a year in which the U.S. backslid 22 years on the gender pay gap and 32 years on the labor force participation rate of women, she says. Fortune

- Reason for the run. Decades ago, women who served in Congress were often the widows of congressmen who'd died. The practice is, tragically, returning this year amid the coronavirus pandemic. Susan Wright and Julia Letlow are both running for their late husbands' former seats (those of Rep. Ron Wright in Texas and Rep.-elect Luke Letlow in Louisiana). Wall Street Journal 

- Paid labor. A Beijing divorce court ordered that husband pay his wife for the domestic work she did throughout their marriage. The payment was a sum of 50,000 yuan, or $7,700, for five years of labor. The judge said that while a division of assets is usually based on the split of tangible property, "housework constitutes intangible property value." BBC

MOVERS AND SHAKERS: Outdoor Voices hired Gabrielle Conforti, Urban Outfitters president, as CEO. Martha Stewart joins the board of BurgerFi. Debbie Clifford is stepping down from her role as SurveyMonkey CFO to return to Autodesk, where she was formerly a VP, in the CFO role. Deloitte promoted Amy Chronic to vice chairman and leader of its oil, gas, and chemicals sector. ServiceNow chief customer and partner officer Lara Caimi joins the board of Confluent. Barbara Yastine, former CEO of Ally Bank, joins the board of One Finance. Organic Valley promoted Kate Campbell to VP of business insights and data science; Jaclyn Cardin to VP of integrated brand marketing; and Jennifer Lilla to VP of accounting and financial reporting. ING promoted France head of wholesale banking Anne-Sophie Castelnau to global head of sustainability. Metromile named Junna Ro general counsel. Executive search firm Marlin Hawk named Tracy Murdoch O’Such president for the Americas region. 

- What it'll take. Japanese former defense minister Tomomi Inada said in an interview, amid a controversy over sexism among the Tokyo Olympics committee, that nothing short of "total upheaval" could get a woman to the top of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party. "If the LDP hits a crisis, then women will be able to run," she said in an interview. "At the moment, the party doesn’t want to do anything that would involve extra effort." Bloomberg

- Landmark legislation. The House of Representatives yesterday passed the Equality Act, which would ban discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity in employment, housing, education, public accommodations, and more. The landmark LGBTQ rights legislation has passed the House before, but now has the support of the White House—although it still faces an uphill battle in the Senate. NBC News

- Anatomy of a breakup. What does a cofounder breakup actually look like? This story goes inside the messy split at the mental health startup Modern Health, cofounded by Erica Johnson and CEO Alyson Watson. Business Insider