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College Baseball Intent on Increasing Black Players, Coaches
Baseball remains one of the least racially diverse college sports. There were fewer than two dozen Black players — and no Black head coaches or assistant coaches — among the eight teams that made it to the College World Series.
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These Are the 5 Biggest Signs of a Toxic Workplace
When people quit due to a toxic work culture, it’s as much of a human cost as it is a business one.
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The Gender Wage Gap Could Cost Women Millions When They Retire
Lower earnings mean women miss out on an opportunity to invest and save for retirement, according to a new analysis from the Center for American Progress.
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Cathie Wood Has Been a Magnet for Criticism. She Blames Her Contrarian Views, Not Her Gender
When Cathie Wood reflects on her career, she said she attributes any professional marginalization to her contrarian views rather than her gender.
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Nearly Three Decades After Her First Nomination, Jane Campion Becomes Third Woman to Win Best Director Oscar
Jane Campion made history at the 2022 Oscars as the third woman to ever win best director. Campion’s ‘The Power of The Dog’ raked in 3 Academy Awards on Sunday.
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Here's Where Hollywood's Efforts to Improve Diversity Really Stand in 2022
UCLA’s annual Hollywood Diversity report shows where women and people of color have made progress, and where there’s still room for growth.
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ESG Benchmarks Need to Be More Standardized, Says S&P Global CEO
Investors are still confused when it comes to understanding a fund’s environmental, social and governance, or ESG, factors. Here’s one proposal that could help.
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5 Money-Saving Tips From a TikTok Lawyer Who Reads the Fine Print
Reading the fine print means you could save money, according to Erika Kullberg, lawyer and founder of Plug and Law.
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This 31-Year-Old Quit Her $150,000-A-Year Tech Job to Start an Equal Pay App: Here's How She Got Started
31-year-old Christen Nino De Guzman helped launch content creator programs at tech companies like Instagram and TikTok. But the pay inequality she saw in the industry inspired her to quit her $150,000-a-year job and launch an app called Clara, which lets influencers share the value of their brand deals.
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Domee Shi Was a Pixar Intern 11 Years Ago—Now She's the First Woman to Solo-Direct a Feature There
Domee Shi won an Oscar for her 2018 Pixar short “Bao.”
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Why This CEO Is Using Stereotyping as a ‘Superpower'
M&T Bank’s Rene Jones and Pinnacle Group’s Nina Vaca share how their personal experiences shaped their leadership mentality.
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JPMorgan Says Labor Shortage Requires Unconventional Hiring, Including People With Criminal Records
Companies can deal with global labor shortages in part by tapping the neurodiverse and people with criminal backgrounds, JPMorgan says.
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These Are 5 Common Challenges Every Entrepreneur Faces — Here's How to Prepare for Them
A successful entrepreneur must have a playbook for how to scale their business, according to Zuleyka Strasner, founder and CEO of Zero Grocery.
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Black Women Have Been Hit ‘Especially Hard' by Pandemic Job Losses–and They're Still Behind in Recovery
Nearly 30% of Black women who are unemployed have been out of work for six months or longer, according to the National Women’s Law Center.
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This University-Led Accelerator Is Funding Diverse Start-Ups in St. Louis
The University of Missouri-St. Louis Business School’s DEI accelerator is taking a new approach to funding start-ups and creating generational wealth.
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Feeding America's CEO on Overcoming Imposter Syndrome in Her Career: ‘Being Someone Else Was Not Working'
Babineaux-Fontenot worked at Walmart for 13 years before she became the CEO of Feeding America, which is the largest hunger-relief organization in the U.S.
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Inside the Greenwood Project's Mission to Create a More Diverse Wall Street
Greenwood Project works with companies including Charles Schwab and Morgan Stanley to offer Black and Latino students access to careers in financial services.
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Anthony Mays Is Using His Experience as a Black Tech Employee to Help Others Through the Door
Mays was a key voice for diversity and inclusion at Google. Now, he wants to use what he’s learned to increase representation.
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Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to Become First Black Woman Nominated to the Supreme Court
President Joe Biden will nominate Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court, making her the first Black woman nominated to the Court.
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Black Employees Make Up Just 7.4% of the Tech Workforce — These Nonprofits Are Working to Change That
Black talent is still extremely underrepresented in the industry. A new JFF report highlights the importance of expanding tech opportunities for Black Americans