Why is there still a gender pay gap in 2024?
By Claire Savage | Associated Press CHICAGO — Not even education can close the pay gap that persists between women and men, according to a recent U.S. Census Bureau report. …
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Business is booming for DEI lawyers as corporate America asks ‘what’s legal?’
Simone Foxman | Bloomberg News (TNS) The furor over corporate diversity, equity and inclusion programs has turned so explosive that it’s never been busier for specialists on the topic. Some …
Judge who dismissed case against violent California white supremacist is no stranger to tough decisions
A recent surprise ruling throwing out criminal charges against the purported founder of a Southern California-based white supremacist group over concerns that prosecutors didn’t pursue similar cases against left-wing Antifa …
Santa Cruz police arrests ‘Black Lives Matter’ mural vandal
SANTA CRUZ — The Santa Cruz Police Department has identified 49-year-old Santa Cruz County resident Taj Blum as the scooter-riding, paint-dumping vandal who defaced the “Black Lives Matter” mural in …
Award-winning Bay Area librarian and TikTok star resigns
Mychal Threets, a Solano County librarian who went viral on Tik-Tok earlier this year, has resigned from his post at the Fairfield site to focus on his mental health. After …
California school district’s critical race theory ban, transgender notification policy stand for now, judge rules
A judge won’t block Temecula schools’ critical race theory ban and transgender notification policy. Riverside Superior Court Judge Eric Keen on Friday morning, Feb. 23, denied requests for court orders …
Violent California white supremacist group founder back in federal custody after brief release from lockup
The purported founder of a Southern California-based militant white supremacist group was re-arrested on Thursday — the same day that 9th Circuit Court of Appeals judges reversed his release from …
SJSU’s apology for 1942 role in citizens’ detentions
Just one day after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, President Franklin D. Roosevelt appeared in the House of Representatives to address a joint session of …
Judge dismisses lawsuit challenging name change for UC San Francisco’s former Hastings law school – The Mercury News
SAN FRANCISCO — A judge has thrown out a lawsuit that sought to block the University of California from renaming the former Hastings College of the Law because its namesake …
Oakland clinic wants to improve care for Black babies, families
As a Black mother, Hope Williams-Burt always felt as if she had to fight to get her doctors to listen to her. One health care worker even criticized the way …