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Best Buy, Lyft, and Adobe are hiring more execs from marginalized backgrounds thanks in part to this woman
Cathrin Stickney of Parity.org is quietly working with top CEOs to diversify their boardrooms and C…
Marguerite Ward
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In most states, racial disparities lead to lower quality of healthcare for communities of color, new study finds
The report looked at factors driving the US healthcare system and found white people fared the best…
DeArbea Walker
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Jennifer Lawrence says she's happy with 'Don't Look Up' deal despite pay gap with Leonardo DiCaprio: 'Leo brings in more box office than I do'
Variety's annual report on acting salaries in Hollywood revealed that Lawrence was paid $5 million …
Ayomikun Adekaiyero
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Kirsten Dunst said the pay gap between her and Tobey Maguire in 'Spider-Man' was 'extreme'
Kirsten Dunst said when she initially discovered Maguire's salary, she "didn't even think about it."
Ashley Turner
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The Tulsa race massacre is still hampering Black homeownership - and not just in Oklahoma
The Tulsa Race Massacre worsened economic inequality through massive destruction of wealth and haun…
Ben Winck
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Advocates say Latinas who make less than their white colleagues are 'screaming into the void' on Equal Pay Day
Latinas still make less than white men. This Latina Equal Pay Day, here's what experts say can be d…
Gwen Aviles
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The so-called 'skills gap' doesn't hold American workers back - the way we value labor differently does
The idea anyone can start at a low-paying job and works their way up to the corporate boardroom "si…
Paul Constant
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Trump's former Surgeon General Jerome Adams says Biden officials must be more transparent to combat vaccine hesitancy
After leaving government in January, Adams has continued to be outspoken about public health issues…
John L. Dorman
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Businesses are desperate to hire, but Black workers' unemployment went up in August: 'It's not that you can't find anybody - you can't find the people you want'
It's "the self-evident discrimination in the labor market revealing itself," Howard University prof…
Juliana Kaplan,Andy Kiersz
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College campuses reopen as the Delta variant spreads. Experts say that can put students of color at risk
Experts tell Insider students of color face disparate academic, public health and economic risks as…
Gwen Aviles
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The 3-week strike at Frito-Lay highlights America's ugly labor problem - but one expert believes we've reached the turning point
"Employees have probably more strength than they've had in a number of years," says Jason Probst of…
Paul Constant
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The world will see a shortfall of 5 million girls over the next 10 years due to sex selective practices, study says
In 80 years, there may be a shortfall of 22 million girls born, disrupting gender balance, which ma…
Vanessa Gu
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20 federal agencies use facial recognition technologies that store billions of photos
The Government Accountability Office surveyed 42 federal agencies on their use and regulation of fa…
Morgan Keith
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Disparities are popping up in the vaccine push
These are the top stories written by Business Insider's healthcare team for the week ending January…
Lydia Ramsey Pflanzer
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Racial disparities have reduced Black life expectancy and left more than 3 million Black families in the US with a negative net worth, warns a new McKinsey report
A new McKinsey report released this week on the eve of the Juneteenth holiday has underscored the e…
Reed Alexander
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Black people are twice as likely to get COVID-19 as white people, according to the largest analysis of its kind
A meta-analysis including more than 18 million people found Black and Asian people were disproporti…
Anna Medaris Miller
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Fauci says the pandemic showed the 'undeniable effects of racism' on health and prospects for Americans of color
At Emory's graduation, Dr. Anthony Fauci said the pandemic cast light on disparities, and applauded…
Kelsie Sandoval
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Tell us your stories of salary disparities for Latina Equal Pay Day
On Latina Equal Pay Day, Latinas making less than their white colleagues share stories of the pay …
Gwen Aviles
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Challenging the massive gender imbalance on Wikipedia. Hundreds of dedicated volunteers are defying the sexists to write women back into history.
Only 18% of Wikipedia's biographies are about women. Volunteers from the 'Women in Red' project are…
Joshua Zitser
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Meet the Latina who created a Glassdoor-like app for content creators to address pay disparities
Christen Nino De Guzman, who's worked with content creators at TikTok and Instagram, recently launc…