Tech’s Biggest Diversity Challenge: Silicon Valley SAN FRANCISCO — Can Google ever become a diverse company when most of its employees are based in Mountain View, a city that’s just two percent African-American? That’s a question one former employee is asking in a widely-circulating LinkedIn post Monday. A.J. Angus, an African-American man who worked at…
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Denied: Lack of Capital Stymies, or Ends Main Street Entrepreneurs’ Dreams
Underserved Business Owners Often Encounter Roadblocks in Securing Funding Kimberly N. Alleyne Reporting on Disparities This is part one is a series about capital access challenges among underserved entrepreneurs. Lasenta Lewis-Ellis decided to study architecture so she could build a house for her mother. With that dream in heart and a plan for the future…
Health Disparities Cause Financial Burdens for Families, Communities and Health Care System
By Kimberly N. Alleyne WASHINGTON—Health disparities are creating economic burdens for families, communities and the nation’s health care system. Across the country, infant mortality and chronic diseases continue to affect people of color at rates far higher than those for whites. In recent years, the focus has increased on the impact of disparities on…