“Women of color continue to deal with some of the workplace’s most entrenched hurdles, such as pay inequities and near invisibility in top leadership roles, as well as daunting roadblocks that stifle the meaningful dialogue that would help make real progress…”
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This Maker Is Helping to Build a More Inclusive Movement | Next City
“Once I got out there and started doing shows and markets, I started to notice there was a lack of representation of makers of color, and also makers who were maybe single mothers…”
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An Epic Supreme Court Decision on Employment | The Atlantic
The 5-4 ruling in Epic Systems Corp. v. Lewis could weaken workplace protections—and the justices on both sides knew it.
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The Report on Race That Shook America | The Atlantic
It came out in 1968—yet little has changed since the Kerner Commission denounced “white racism.”
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Julie Washington’s Quest to Get Schools to Respect African-American English | The Atlantic
The speech pathologist believes that helping kids switch seamlessly between dialects is a key to their success.
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MALVEAUX: Behind the Black Unemployment Rate | The Washington Informer
Would 45 and his minions be celebrating if Whites had the same employment situation as African Americans?
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Why I Chose a Historically Black College | The New York Times
There is something powerful about attending an institution that was built for you.
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African-American unemployment hit record low December 2017 | The Philadelphia Tribune
WASHINGTON (AP) — Years of steady hiring and economic growth have delivered a cumulative benefit for at least one group that hasn’t always shared in America’s prosperity.
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Spike Lee discusses terrorism, race and his work at Virginia Film Festival | Richmond Times-Dispatch
“Terrorism is terrorism,” Lee said Saturday afternoon just prior to screening his 1997 documentary, “4 Little Girls,” for a standing-room-only audience at the Paramount Theater.
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Black D.C. Org. Honors Public Relations Guru Ofield Dukes | AFRO
“My father taught me that we are Black first and foremost. As Black people, he understood that it is our obligation to pursue excellence in every endeavor,…”
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