The North Carolina law not only codifies discrimination into law, it teaches and validates hate.
How are Muslim Americans doing financially? Muslim American income and education levels generally mirror the mainstream public. 27 percent own their own businesses. 23 percent are job creators, employing more than 5 people full-time.
A native of Argentina, Lissa is fluent in three languages: Spanish, English and Italian. Friendly, confident and always smiling, Lissa enjoys skiing and horseback riding, both of which she prefers doing with her children. Below is my interview with this inspiring, hard-working and devoted Latina mom.
Women have been steadily breaking down stereotypes and boundaries by joining the male dominated tech industry. According to a report prepared by Crunc...
Unarguably the greatest storyteller to ever touch a microphone, Biggie Smalls ushered in the golden era of hip hop. His messages weren't always perfectly wrapped in the neatest packages, but they were there if you opened your mind to receive them.
Do a little research and survey your male counterparts about the frequency their customers ask for modified pricing for the services or goods that they provide. You will get the answer to this question when you compare their response to what is actually taking place at the negotiation table in your business.
"I've always considered myself a political activist and the business was second. We have to have a business so we can have the freedom to do our political work."
The college gap is widening. Since 1970, bachelor degrees among the nation's most affluent students have catapulted from 40 percent to 77 percent -- and barely moved from a scant 6 percent to 9 percent, among the nation's lowest-income students. But there is a simple, affordable and proven solution to closing the degree divide.
I too want queerness to be more than about just sex -- because living in a world where Republican candidates still reduce our community to animalistic, immoral heathens, it does us no favors to reduce ourselves to this one tiny piece of who we are.
Cinema is no doubt an elitist form of art -- and then you get this black woman, daughter of a housemaid, saying she wants to become a director. It was definitely difficult.
Here in Florida, we passed a constitutional amendment 14 years ago to offer free, voluntary pre-k programs to every 4-year-old in the state. This initiative has never been fully funded. In fact, our state is ranked as amongst the worst in the nation for per-pupil funding for pre-k.
I have always been asked how I started my business. People who work with me feel and have mentioned how clear/confident and focused I am. Its true now...
By Fred Schonenberg, Founder of VentureFuel Much has been made of the lack of female founders in the tech space. With that comes the need to encour...
After a night of sulking, you eventually accept your lot, and begin performing an autopsy on exactly what happened during that interview. You ask yourself what went wrong. Was it my outfit? Did I stutter? Did my leg shake? Countless questions race through your mind, but the central question still remains -- I bombed the interview, now what?
The research shows that there's a clear opportunity for forward-thinking companies operating in Brazil to position themselves as allies of the LGBT community -- an investment that will pay off handsomely.
While I've certainly experienced discrimination, it usually hasn't been at the hands of fellow technologists, who can sympathize with what it's like to be "different" in a society that too often stigmatizes those who don't fit some mythical all-American football player/cheerleader norm.