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It’s time for socially responsible business leaders to pay higher wages and offer better benefits.
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Housecleaning With Benefits
Alia, the new online benefits tool from National Domestic Workers Alliance, helps house cleaners accrue contributions from their clients to purchase insurance and receive paid time off.
Life Preservers at Sea
Proactiva Open Arms’ greatest threat to its rescue mission may not be the rough Mediterranean seas but European governments fearful of migrants seeking refuge in their countries.
The Fight to End Cash Bail
The Bail Project began as a simple idea by Bronx public defenders to set up a fund to protect their clients from the ravages of an unfair system. Now their advocacy is part of a vanguard to overhaul US criminal justice.
Incarceration and Unemployment
Being imprisoned hurts people’s prospects for employment by taking them out of the job market.
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The Bias of ‘Professionalism’ Standards
Professionalism has become coded language for white favoritism in workplace practices that more often than not leave behind people of color. This is the fourth of 10 articles in a special series about diversity, equity, and inclusion.
The Curb-Cut Effect
Laws and programs designed to benefit vulnerable groups, such as the disabled or people of color, often end up benefiting all of society.
What the Heck Does ‘Equity’ Mean?
A clear definition of equity would seem paramount to galvanizing philanthropy into action around this increasingly used term—but the field is only beginning to explore what it really means.
The Racism of the ‘Hard-to-Find’ Qualified Black Candidate Trope
Stereotypes and racial bias in hiring and promotion are damaging at personal, career, and organizational levels.
Web3 and the Trap of ‘For Good’
Because decentralization doesn’t necessarily mean redistributing power, Web3 must make values integral to the architecture.