Category: WORKPLACE DISCRIMINATION

Steven Petrow, Opinion columnist Published 12:29 p.m. ET Dec. 16, 2019 | Updated 12:38 p.m. ET Dec. 16, 2019I’m a sucker for those sappy, unrealistic, woefully undiverse Hallmark Channel Christmas movies. Thankfully, queer couples finally make an appearance.“Mistakes are a fact of life. It is the response to error that counts,” wrote poet Nikki Giovanni.…

CLOSESAN FRANCISCO — Technology investor and entrepreneur Arlan Hamilton is funding a new scholarship for black undergraduate students at Oxford University, a first for the educational institution.The scholarship, partly named for Hamilton’s mother, will cover fees and living costs for one undergraduate student a year for three years beginning in 2020. The value of the…

Ronica Cleary, Opinion contributor Published 7:00 a.m. ET Nov. 22, 2019 I never wanted to be viewed as being less capable or less dedicated to my work just because I was a mother. Slowly, I’m learning there’s a balance.At a black-tie event in October, the room was filled with hundreds of people in glamorous clothes…

Peter Funt, Opinion contributor Published 4:00 a.m. ET Dec. 9, 2019 | Updated 12:15 p.m. ET Dec. 9, 2019CLOSEThe fact that no black candidate has qualified for the Los Angeles debate is no reflection on a diverse party that made Barack Obama president.Some Democrats are mired in misguided debate-stage correctness. The latest tempest: With Sen.…

Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY Published 11:00 a.m. ET Dec. 4, 2019 CLOSEAnne Hathaway didn’t have to dig deep for her latest role in “Dark Waters.” In Todd Haynes’ whistleblower drama (now playing in select theaters, expanding nationwide Friday), the Oscar winner plays the real-life Sarah Bilott, whose husband, lawyer Rob Bilott (Mark Ruffalo), helped expose decades…

CLOSE Gabrielle Union and Julianne Hough joined the show in Season 14. Simon Cowell, Howie Mandel and Terry Crews are expected to return, Variety reported. USA TODAYHoward Stern is pointing fingers in the ongoing “America’s Got Talent” drama over Gabrielle Union’s controversial exit. The former “AGT” judge and radio shock jock says Simon Cowell is to blame for…

CLOSECAMBRIDGE, Mass. —  Slogging through snow showers and slush, hundreds of Harvard University graduate student workers picketed Tuesday at Harvard Yard, as thousands went on strike seeking higher pay and other demands.It marked the first strike of graduate students on the Ivy League campus since 1973, when teaching fellows and  protested the university’s financial aid program. Dining hall workers staged a…

Johnny C. Taylor Jr., Special to USA TODAY Published 7:00 a.m. ET Nov. 19, 2019 | Updated 5:23 p.m. ET Nov. 19, 2019CLOSEJohnny C. Taylor Jr., a human resources expert, is tackling your questions as part of a series for USA TODAY. Taylor is president and CEO of the Society for Human Resource Management, the…

CLOSEJohnny C. Taylor Jr., a human resources expert, is tackling your questions as part of a series for USA TODAY. Taylor is president and CEO of the Society for Human Resource Management, the world’s largest HR professional society.The questions are submitted by readers, and Taylor’s answers below have been edited for length and clarity.Have a question? Do you…

JP Duffy, Opinion contributor Published 3:15 a.m. ET Dec. 4, 2019 | Updated 12:53 p.m. ET Dec. 4, 2019CLOSE Chick-fil-A said its foundation will “deepen its giving to a smaller number of organizations” by focusing on education, homelessness and hunger. USA TODAYAs a teenager, I was blessed to work in a place that sought to…