‘I am so lost’Mr. Young, the vendor hired by State Farm to arrange repairs to Ms. Burgess’s home, has seen insurers lowballing other Black customers and lobbied on their behalf […]
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Back to news homePinterest Settles Gender Discrimination Suit for $22.5 Million
Ms. Vinick added that companies would have to take gender discrimination claims seriously and not view them as “ones that can be settled for ‘nuisance value.’”Pinterest, a virtual pinboard company, […]
Google Researcher Says She Was Fired Over Paper Highlighting Bias in A.I.
A well-respected Google researcher said she was fired by the company after criticizing its approach to minority hiring and the biases built into today’s artificial intelligence systems.Timnit Gebru, who was […]
‘Tokenized’: Inside Black Workers’ Struggles at Coinbase
SAN FRANCISCO — One by one, they left. Some quit. Others were fired. All were Black.The 15 people worked at Coinbase, the most valuable U.S. cryptocurrency start-up, where they represented […]
Racism Impoverishes the Whole Economy
Discrimination hurts just about everyone, not only its direct victims. New research shows that while the immediate targets of racism are unquestionably hurt the most, discrimination inflicts a staggering cost […]
The President vs. the American Media
The president has some bones to pick with the American media: about our “bias,” our obsession with racism, our views on terrorism, our reluctance to express solidarity, even for a […]
Uber Eats faces discrimination allegations over free delivery from Black-owned restaurants
Uber says it has received more than 8,500 demands for arbitration as a result of it ditching delivery fees for some Black-owned restaurants via Uber Eats. Uber Eats made this […]
What Counts as Race Discrimination? A Suit Against JPMorgan Is a Test
Over 18 years of working as a secretary at JPMorgan Chase, Wanda Wilson had learned to brush aside remarks directed at her race. “Wanda, do you mind if I tell […]