SACRAMENTO — California moved closer Saturday to a first-in-the-nation law requiring corporate boards to include racial or sexual minorities, expanding on a new law that sets a similar requirement for including women directors. Supporters evoked both the coronavirus pandemic that is disproportionately affecting minorities and weeks of unrest and calls...
As US Deaths Mount, Virus Takes Outsize Toll on Minorities
As many as 215,000 more people than usual died in the U.S. during the first seven months of 2020, suggesting that the number of lives lost to the coronavirus is significantly higher than the official toll. And half the dead were people of color — Blacks, Hispanics, Native Americans and,...
Bipartisan Drumbeat Grows for Newsom to Delay Law Hurting ‘Millennials, Communities of Color’
A growing number of California legislators have asked Gov. Gavin Newsom to delay the implementation of a law that critics say will drive up home prices and discriminates against the poor and people of color. The opposition to Senate Bill 743 is bipartisan and includes Senators and Assemblymembers from all...
'Othered' in America: An Old Story, Still Playing out Daily
CHICAGO — Activist Hoda Katebi rarely takes a break from organizing. As tensions between the U.S. and Iran escalated in recent weeks, she became even busier. On a recent Sunday afternoon, the 25-year-old Iranian American sat in her Chicago apartment shifting between monitoring her Twitter feed, taking phone calls and...
3 Big Ways That the US Will Change Over the Next Decade
The U.S. has just entered the new decade of the 2020s. What does our country look like today, and what will it look like 10 years from now, on Jan. 1, 2030? Which demographic groups in the U.S. will grow the most, and which groups will not grow as much,...
Got a Small Business? Kaiser Permanente Wants to Hear From You.
Kaiser Permanente Fresno hopes to support the local economy with a new initiative giving small and diverse-owned businesses the opportunity to provide goods and services. Listen to this article: “We believe in supporting local businesses that reflect the community where our employees live and work,” said Wade Nogy, area manager...
Secret Documents Reveal How China Mass Detention Camps Work
The watch towers, double-locked doors and video surveillance in the Chinese camps are there “to prevent escapes.” Uighurs and other minorities held inside are scored on how well they speak the dominant Mandarin language and follow strict rules on everything down to bathing and using the toilet, scores that determine...
Facebook Charged With Housing Discrimination by HUD
NEW YORK — The federal government charged Facebook with high-tech housing discrimination Thursday for allegedly misusing its vaunted ability to deliver ads with surgical precision to certain groups of people and not others. The civil charges by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development could cost the social network millions...
'Turban Man' Is Latest Slur as Sikh Politicians Near & Far Fight Prejudice
New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir Grewal is on a mission to serve as a voice for minorities and fight federal legislation that negatively impacts U.S. immigrants. Along the way, he's encountering the same prejudices other Sikhs face. For example, on Wednesday, two talk-radio hosts in his home state repeatedly referred...
How Talented Kids From Low-Income Families Become 'Lost Einsteins'
Innovation is widely viewed as the engine of economic growth. To maximize innovation and growth, all of our brightest youth should have the opportunity to become inventors. But a study we recently conducted, jointly with Neviana Petkova of the U.S. Treasury, paints a very different picture. We found that a...