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When you connect diversity to business outcomes, "people pay attention"

Dec 13, 2019
Women and people of color are dramatically underrepresented in the financial services industry, especially among certified financial planners — just 1.5% of CFPs are black, 2% are Hispanic or Latino and 23% are women.
Companies can take steps to close the racial pay gap, starting with collecting the data.
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Corporate America's diversity and inclusion falls short for black employees

Dec 10, 2019
Black millennials are increasingly leaving the corporate world to start their own businesses.
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Why one children's company is betting on cultural pride

The co-founders of Encantos Media want to make diverse kids' content for multicultural families like theirs.
Steven Wolfe Pereira and Susie Jaramillo at Encantos Media's Manhattan office.
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The real reason our workplaces aren't getting more diverse

Oct 22, 2019
Companies and institutions have invested billions in making themselves more diverse. So why isn't it working?
Working late? More workers are eligible for overtime in 2020. Above, an office building in Chicago, Illinois.
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LSAT or GRE? Some law schools say giving applicants an option may improve diversity

Aug 28, 2019
Some law schools are expanding entrance exam options as a way to try and encourage more diverse students to apply.

Real diversity or "racial outsourcing"?

Jul 24, 2019
Are companies putting an undue burden on black employees to reach "diversity"?
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What's driving presidential campaigns to hire more diverse staff?

Jun 7, 2019
More women and people of color are occupying top-tier Congressional campaign roles.
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) talks with a member of her staff while meeting with leaders from historically black colleges and universities in Washington, D.C. in February.
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How the founder of Latina magazine is diversifying Hollywood

May 16, 2019
But Christy Haubegger tackled the magazine industry first.
Christy Haubegger in 2018.
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Before facial recognition tech can be fair, it needs to be diverse

Feb 18, 2019
A new data set aims to help researchers measure diversity in faces.
Current facial recognition technology identifies white men far more accurately than it does black women.
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Meet the company training up more diverse startup founders

Nov 15, 2018
Founder Gym offers tools for anyone who wants to start a venture-backed company.
A man looks at his computer at a Starbucks coffee shop in Washington, DC on October 18, 2018.
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