Fighting Inequality

Leadership

What Is the Difference Between Equality and Equity? Here's What You Need to Know.

Many people get overwhelmed with diversity language. Just two letters in the difference between equality and equity spell out two very different approaches — here's how you can understand how they're different.

Money & Finance

The Decentralization of Monopolized Marketplaces - How Technology Will Succeed Where Politics is Failing

The blockchain will decentralize established economic structures and return profits and power to the people.

Leadership

Disruption to the Rescue

In matters both mundane and critical, it can be easier to simply go with the flow, but to create true waves of innovation, it's vital to disrupt the status quo.

Marketing

20 Brands That Are Actually Making Progress on their Commitments to Serving the Black Community

Let's take a moment to acknowledge and learn from brands that are taking the steps to authentically serve the Black community. Here are 20 brands I'm watching.

Business News

Is the Future of Business Going to Be as Diverse as We Think?

Veteran diversity consultant Dee C. Marshall has worked with everyone from members of Congress to tech-policy makers to make sure the answer is "yes," and she tells us whether we're getting close.

Business News

Apple Reveals $100 Million Plan to Combat Racism

The initiative aims to dismantle "systemic barriers" to opportunity and fight injustice.

Leadership

Free Webinar | July 20: How to Navigate the Challenges of Racism at Work

Join our panel of experts discuss how they have navigated racism in the professional space and what entrepreneurs and business owners need to do to combat/prevent racism at work.

Business News

Apple, Comcast, Alphabet Among Big Companies Pledging Money to Fight Inequality

But not all Fortune 100 companies are donating, nor is the money consistent with company coffers. In fact, a few tech billionaires have donated more than some companies.

Business News

Aunt Jemima's Logo Has Changed 6 Times, and Its History Is Rooted in Racial Stereotypes and Slavery

Check out how the brand started and evolved over 130 years.

Operations & Logistics

To Understand the Riots, Consider the 'Valuation' of Black Lives

The CEO of the Association for Enterprise Opportunity contextualizes the unrest in stark financial terms.

Diversity

Debunking the Myths of Racial Equity: What Entrepreneurs Need to Know

A culture of belonging in the company is nice but what matters is guaranteeing parity in income and equity for Black, Latinx and women team members.

News and Trends

Why LGBTI Equality Still a Distant Dream at the Workplace

WEF and global businesses joined hands at Davos to accelerate workplace inclusion of LGBTI community

Business News

15 Things Men Say That Get on Women's Nerves

There is a communications gap between men and women at least as large, and vexing to women, as the pay gap.

Business News

Women and the LGBT Community Are Natural Allies

When it comes to the workplace, women and the LGBT community are looking up at the same glass ceiling.

Starting a Business

Inequality Is Rising. What Start-ups Can Do?

Start-ups are better placed to act, as by genesis, they challenge the traditional or status-quo.