Category: WORKPLACE DISCRIMINATION

Jessica Guynn, USA TODAY Published 6:50 p.m. ET June 30, 2020 | Updated 8:08 p.m. ET June 30, 2020CLOSE Facebook says it will flag all “newsworthy” posts from politicians, including President Donald Trump, that may incite violence, suppress voting or break its other content rules. (June 26) AP DomesticFacebook has removed a network of accounts,…

CLOSE The Supreme Court ruling that affirmed that marriages between two men or two women were protected by the constitution marks its five year anniversary. USA TODAYA Supreme Court ruling legalizing same-sex marriage in 2015 brought hope for many couples, a sentiment of equality, and – perhaps above all else – an expectation for a better…

CLOSE Carolyn Wysinger is a teacher and activist who says Facebook censors her from discussing racism online, sometimes locking her out of her account. USA TODAYT’Nae Parker, a Black activist who’s been on Facebook since college, almost always has the app open on her phone, spending hours each day helping her community in South Carolina – that…

CLOSE After six years of pledges to close the racial gap, Facebook still struggles to hire, promote and retain Black and other underrepresented minorities. USA TODAYAfter years of pledges to close the racial gap, Facebook is still struggling to hire, promote and retain Black employees at a critical moment in corporate America’s reckoning with systemic inequities.From 2013…

OPINIONRichard Cordray, Opinion contributor Published 7:00 a.m. ET June 25, 2020 | Updated 7:30 a.m. ET June 25, 2020CLOSE The Supreme Court ruled LGBTQ workers cannot be fired under Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act. Trump appointee Neil Gorsuch wrote the decision. USA TODAYSupreme Court ruling in Bostock means means LGBTQ consumers cannot…

Dalvin Brown, USA TODAY Published 1:24 p.m. ET July 19, 2020 CLOSE After six years of pledges to close the racial gap, Facebook still struggles to hire, promote and retain Black and other underrepresented minorities. USA TODAYUber is the lastest company publicly pledging to increase Black representation within its ranks amid Black Lives Matter protests.The ride-hailing…

AutoplayShow ThumbnailsShow CaptionsLast SlideNext SlideThe FBI and Justice Department are assisting the Altoona Police Department’s investigation after a noose was found last month at a work site on the Facebook Data Center property in Altoona, Iowa.Altoona police officials say they contacted the FBI on June 19, the day the noose was found. The date coincided with Juneteenth, the…

CLOSE President Trump denies knowing about an intelligence report that said Russia paid a bounty to the Taliban to kill U.S. troops serving in Afghanistan. USA TODAYThe month of June saw coronavirus cases once again on the rise, 2020 presidential campaigns barrel ahead and the country reckoning protests against police brutality and racism. President Donald Trump kept an edge…

Editors, USA TODAY Published 4:12 a.m. ET June 26, 2020 | Updated 8:00 a.m. ET June 26, 2020CLOSEGeorge Floyd’s death: Minneapolis City Council to vote on ending police department?The Minneapolis City Council could vote as soon as Friday on whether to add an amendment to the city charter to dismantle the police department and introduce a new model on…

CLOSE The Supreme Court ruled on June 15 that the landmark civil rights law protects LGBTQ people from discrimination in the workplace. AP DomesticGrowing up in the Orthodox Jewish community, Daniel Atwood never had a Jewish LGBTQ person he could look up to. He long-awaited the moment he would be ordained as a rabbi.But after completing…