On Friday, some Silicon Valley technology companies began speaking out, too.Lyft’s chief executive, Logan Green, said the company would pay the legal costs of any drivers who faced lawsuits under […]
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Back to news homeAlibaba Faces Reckoning Over Harassment
At an employee dinner, women were told to rank the attractiveness of the men at the table. During a team-building exercise, a woman was pressured to straddle her male co-worker […]
Police in China Detain Canadian Pop Star Kris Wu on Suspicion of Rape
The police in Beijing said Saturday they had detained Kris Wu, a popular Canadian Chinese singer, on suspicion of rape amid a #MeToo controversy that has set off outrage in […]
From the Heart to Higher Education: The 2021 College Essays on Money
***Despite the loud busking music, arcade lights and swarms of people, it was hard to be distracted from the corner street stall serving steaming cupfuls of tteokbokki — a medley […]
For China’s Single Mothers, a Road to Recognition Paved With False Starts
For a few glorious weeks, Zou Xiaoqi, a single mother in Shanghai, felt accepted by her government.After giving birth in 2017, Ms. Zou, a financial worker, went to court to […]
The Economist Placing Value on Black Women’s Overlooked Work
The American economics profession has begun to grapple with the diversity problems in its field. In June, when Black Lives Matter protests swept across the United States and then the […]