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26 Meta employees accuse Mark Zuckerberg of using AI to target 8,000 layoffs against workers on medical, parental or family leave
By Barbara Ortutay, Alexandra Olson and The Associated PressJuly 15, 2026
Jessica Thompson poses outside her home.
Future of Work
Today’s Equal Pay Day. Women and men still disagree about who has more economic opportunities
By Alexandra Olson, Claire Savage, Linley Sanders and The Associated PressMarch 26, 2026
Erika McEntarfer, the BLS head fired by Trump, got bipartisan support in her 2024 confirmation with votes from JD Vance and Marco Rubio
Politics
Erika McEntarfer, the BLS head fired by Trump, got bipartisan support in her 2024 confirmation with votes from JD Vance and Marco Rubio
By Fatima Hussein, Alexandra Olson and The Associated PressAugust 3, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump reacts to a reporter's question
Politics
Federal judge halts parts of Trump’s anti-DEI executive orders that require contractors and grant recipients to certify compliance
By Claire Savage, Alexandra Olson and The Associated PressMarch 28, 2025
US President Donald Trump walks on the South Lawn of the White House
Politics
Trump fires 2 Democratic commissioners at agency that enforces civil rights laws in the workplace
By Alexandra Olson, Claire Savage and The Associated PressJanuary 29, 2025
Trump administration directs all federal DEI staff be put on leave in preparation for being laid off
Politics
Trump administration directs all federal DEI staff be put on leave in preparation for being laid off
By Alexandra Olson, Zeke Miller and The Associated PressJanuary 22, 2025
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Lifestyle
Economists say America’s gender wage gap is getting worse again—the first major setback for working women in 20 years
By Alexandra Olson, Claire Savage and The Associated PressOctober 16, 2024
Lilly Ledbetter
Leadership
Lilly Ledbetter, whose fight for equal pay led to the 2009 Fair Pay Act, dies at 86
By Alexandra Olson and The Associated PressOctober 15, 2024
o-founders and CEOs of The Fearless Fund Arian Simone, center left, and Ayana Parsons, center right, speak to journalists outside the James Lawrence King Federal Building in Miami.
Finance
VC firm forced to close Black women’s grant program after lawsuit from conservative activists
By Alexandra Olson and The Associated PressSeptember 11, 2024
people on picket line
Finance
Some hotel workers clean up 17 rooms each shift and are going on strike
By Alexandra Olson and The Associated PressSeptember 1, 2024
Fearless Fund co-founder steps down as operating chief as firm fights conservative backlash against diversity programs
Finance
Fearless Fund co-founder steps down as operating chief as firm fights conservative backlash against diversity programs
By Alexandra Olson and The Associated PressJune 26, 2024
Arian Simone, in a pink suit, addresses a crown in front of the Supreme Court
Finance
A Florida appeals court ruled that Fearless Fund’s grant program for Black women business owners violates the Civil Rights Act
By Alexandra Olson and The Associated PressJune 3, 2024
Mother's Day
Success
America proudly celebrates Mother’s Day but it’s still the only industrialized company to lack a national paid maternity leave policy
By Alexandra Olson, Claire Savage and The Associated PressMay 13, 2024
DEI backlash has companies quietly changing their programs to avoid wave of lawsuits alleging discrimination
Success
DEI backlash has companies quietly changing their programs to avoid wave of lawsuits alleging discrimination
By Alexandra Olson, Haleluya Hadero, Anne D'Innocenzio and The Associated PressJanuary 15, 2024
DEI opponents are using a Civil Rights Act section to go after a VC fund that invests in businesses owned by women of color: ‘It’s a very clever game plan’
Leadership
DEI opponents are using a Civil Rights Act section to go after a VC fund that invests in businesses owned by women of color: ‘It’s a very clever game plan’
By Anne D'Innocenzio, Alexandra Olson and The Associated PressJanuary 14, 2024
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Mark Cuban says he has the solution to growing income inequality, and it's to reward every employee—from CEO to janitor—with company stockplaceholder alt text
By Sasha RogelbergJuly 20, 2026
Success
‘I want to die broke’: Billionaire philanthropist Denny Sanford dies after giving away $4 billionplaceholder alt text
By Sydney LakeJuly 20, 2026
AI
'Dr. Doom' Nouriel Roubini says we're headed for universal basic income or 'some form of socialism' as AI revolutionizes work—He calls that optimisticplaceholder alt text
By Jason MaJuly 18, 2026
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