At a shelter in the Flushing area of New York, Hui Muslims who fled oppression in China are concerned about the president-elect’s vows to tighten asylum policy.
Category: Minorities
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Is the Awkward ‘Diversity Era’ of Hollywood Behind Us?
The past decade’s clumsiest attempts to cram new faces into old stories now feel like a moment, and a genre, of their own.
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Volkswagen Says It Is Exiting China’s Xinjiang Region After 12 Years
VW and its joint venture partner, SAIC Motor, are transferring an assembly plant and test tracks after years of criticism from human rights activists.
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‘A Rip-Off’: Students Secure a Final Settlement Against Walden University
A $28.5 million settlement in a class-action lawsuit against the university helped create a fresh precedent for prosecuting predatory advertising in for-profit education.
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How the ‘Glass Cliff Effect’ Sets Women Up for Failure
The term, which traces to 2005, describes a phenomenon where companies appoint women to leadership roles in moments of crisis, which can set them up for failure.
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‘Aging in Place, or Stuck in Place?’
Homeownership is not the boon to older Americans that it once was.
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What Researchers Discovered When They Sent 80,000 Fake Résumés to U.S. Jobs
Some companies discriminated against Black applicants much more than others, and H.R. practices made a big difference.
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Banks Sue Regulators Over Anti-Redlining Rule
A new lawsuit says federal agencies overstepped their authority in a rule forcing banks to do business in underserved communities.
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Rite Aid’s A.I. Facial Recognition Wrongly Tagged People of Color as Shoplifters
Under the terms of a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission, the pharmacy chain will be barred from using the technology as a surveillance tool for five years.