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Startups founded by women raised $1.9 billion in venture capital funding last year, or roughly 2% of the $85 billion raised overall, according to i... (2018)
“CHAIN MIGRATION”, the process by which American citizens and green-card holders (permanent residents) bring family members to the United States to... (2018)
Women entrepreneurs have quietly been accomplishing amazing things this year. (2017)
Age, experience, and hierarchical position undoubtedly influence digital behavior. Does gender influence our office’s electronic communications? Wh... (2017)
What other Europeans can learn from Spanish efforts to limit illegal migration. THE rubbish-strewn beach at Hann, a suburb of Dakar, Senegal’s c... (2017)
WITH home-made rabbit pâté and fresh cuts of meat, Rémy Mirleau’s boucherie typifies local France, like the tricolour above the town hall. But in T... (2017)
ALEXANDRA LORAS has lived in eight countries and visited 50-odd more. In most, any racism she might have experienced because of her black skin was ... (2017)
The company’s co-founder had been under increasing pressure, and several major investors demanded that he resign from the company immediately. (2017)
Kate Zernike’s “The Exceptions” tells the infuriating, inspiring story of the sexism faced by female scientists at M.I.T. — and how they fought back. (2023)
by Rashida Richardson, Jason Schultz, Kate Crawford :: SSRN In a research paper titled “Dirty Data, Bad Predictions,” lead author Rashida Richa... (2020)
Conditions that led to George Floyd’s death are not unique to Minneapolis and St. Paul. But there’s a reason why the Twin Cities triggered a nation... (2020)
New research suggests that Redoshi, who became a free woman in 1865, may have been the last living survivor of the trans-Atlantic slave trade. (2019)
Failing to identify and help poor and minority students isn’t just unfair. It also hurts growth. (2019)
Elpha wants to create a (highly networked and extremely valuable) online community of women in tech. (2019)
Asian-Americans have been among the most vocal opponents of affirmative action. But national surveys show that most favor it. (2018)
A joint brief by the seven other Ivies and nine private universities said that a ruling against Harvard’s admissions process would reverberate acro... (2018)
No conspiracy theory about minorities is too implausible to cause outrage "IT IS an unlikely weapon: a scuffed but sturdy Samsonite briefcase, s... (2018)
Barclays Plc pays female employees at its investment bank division just under half as much as male colleagues on average, highlighting the gender i... (2018)
LIFEGUARDS in Australia wear them. A mainstream British retailer sells a fashion version of them on the high street. (2018)
After marathon 'final' talks which stretched to almost three days European Union lawmakers have tonight clinched a political deal on a risk-based A... (2023)
Families were subjected to around-the-clock visits from deputies, who often arrived without evidence of a crime. As the Tampa Bay Times reports,... (2020)
Hey, GPT-3: Why are rabbits cute? “How are rabbits cute? Is it their big ears, or maybe they’re fluffy? Or is it the way they hop around? No, actua... (2020)
A formula for assessing the gravity of kidney disease is one of many that is adjusted for race. The practice can exacerbate health disparities. (2020)
According to survey of adults 18-39, 23% said they believed the Holocaust was a myth, had been exaggerated or they weren’t sure Almost a quarter... (2020)
Brazil's women's national players will be paid the same as male players for representing their country, says the CBF. (2020)
Given the magnitude of the Elaine Massacre, its absence from standard narratives in American history is striking. But it is important that we remem... (2020)
Not a lot is written about being a female founder and CEO. I used to believe that my journey as a startup founder was the same as any other founder... (2020)
On June 12, 2020, Knight Foundation announced its support for three national organizations that are committed to expanding opportunities and creati... (2020)
Black Americans have seen technology used to target them again and again. Stopping it means looking at the problem differently. (2020)
After nearly a week of protests against police brutality and the death of George Floyd, teachers are looking for lessons they can use to help stude... (2020)
Download a free audiobook and support TED-Ed's nonprofit mission: Check out Margaret Atwood's "The Handmaid's Tale… (2021)
This short film by Stanley Nelson explores the impact of bias within public accommodations as well as the possibilities for a better future. (2018)
Silicon Valley may be a place of incredible innovation, but some say what most needs to change is its own business culture. A new book called "Brot... (2018)
TED-Ed Published on Jan 25, 2018 When historians talk about the atrocities of the 20th century, we often think of those that took place during ... (2018)
How Can We Avoid the Mistakes of the Past? Eugenics is the idea that people can improve humanity by regulating who is allowed to reproduce and ... (2020)
Listen to this episode from 99% Invisible on Spotify. Computer algorithms now shape our world in profound and mostly invisible ways. They predict i... (2022)
Carla Harris talks to Freada Kapor Klein of the Kapor Capital, which invests in entrepreneurs who are women or from multicultural backgrounds. (2018)
Man's Search for Meaning has 231,979 ratings and 12,175 reviews. Frank said: After I read this book, which I finished many, many years ago, I had b... (2018)
The 1619 Project, inaugurated with a special issue of The New York Times Magazine, challenges us to reframe U.S. history by marking the year when t... (2020)
We believe people of all different backgrounds should have the opportunity to participate, shape, and succeed in the founding, funding, and buildin... (2018)