Google and the conversation topic many Americans want banned at work

Hundreds of protestors including Google workers are gathered in front of Google’s San Francisco offices and shut down traffic at One Market Street block on Thursday evening, demanding an end to its work with the Israeli government, and to protest Israeli attacks on Gaza, in San Francisco, California, United States on December 14, 2023. Anadolu … Read more

Former Bowlero exec says company threatened to report him to FBI

The Bowlero location at Chelsea Piers in New York City. CNBC A former executive at Bowlero, the world’s largest owner and operator of bowling centers, has asked a court’s permission to countersue his former employer for extortion and retaliation, after an executive on a recorded call threatened to report him to the FBI if he … Read more

Iowa-South Carolina NCAA women’s final draws 18.7 million viewers

March Madness branded Powerade bottles before the game between the Maryland Terrapins and the South Carolina Gamecocks during the Elite Eight round of the 2023 NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament held at Bon Secours Wellness Arena in Greenville, South Carolina, on March 27, 2023 Grant Halverson | NCAA Photos | Getty Images The NCAA Women’s Championship … Read more

China hits back at U.S. for ‘slandering’ Hong Kong’s new security law

The flags of China and Hong Kong displayed in rows.  Bloomberg Creative | Bloomberg Creative Photos | Getty Images China’s embassy hit back against U.S. criticism of Hong Kong’s new national security law on Thursday, saying the U.S. should “respect China’s sovereignty.” Hong Kong lawmakers passed a new national security law on Tuesday which critics … Read more

Women’s sports executives weigh in on parity, media and NIL

Guard Caitlin Clark #22 of the Iowa Hawkeyes listens as the crowd cheers after breaking the NCAA women’s all-time scoring record during the game against the Michigan Wolverines at Carver-Hawkeye Arena on February 15, 2024 in Iowa City, Iowa.  Matthew Holst | Getty Images Women’s sports reached an inflection point in 2023, propelled by major … Read more

Tesla settles racial discrimination lawsuit

Workers assemble cars on the line at Tesla’s factory in Fremont. David Butow (Photo by David Butow/Corbis via Getty Images) David Butow | Corbis News | Getty Images Electric vehicle maker Tesla has settled a racist discrimination lawsuit in which a federal jury previously awarded $3.2 million in damages to Owen Diaz, a Black man … Read more

Ukraine’s female soldiers are battling against Russians and sexism

Female members of the Ukrainian Army’s 128th Carpathian Mountain Assault Brigade train in different combat scenarios as they prepare to join the frontline in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine on July 15, 2023.  Anadolu | Anadolu | Getty Images War, the military, combat, the frontline — all traditionally seen as a “man’s world” despite the many official and … Read more

Amazon to pay $1.9 million in contract worker exploitation settlement

Packages move along a conveyor belt at an Amazon Fulfillment center on Cyber Monday in Robbinsville, New Jersey, on Monday, Nov. 28, 2022. Stephanie Keith | Bloomberg | Getty Images Amazon will pay more than 700 migrant workers roughly $1.9 million to settle claims they suffered human rights abuses as a result of exploitative labor … Read more

Woman drops claim of Leon Black rape at Jeffrey Epstein mansion

FILE: Leon Black, chairman and chief executive officer of Apollo Global Management LLC, at the Milken Institute Global Conference in Beverly Hills, California, U.S., on Tuesday, May 1, 2018.  Patrick T. Fallon | Bloomberg | Getty Images A woman who had accused Apollo Global Management co-founder Leon Black of raping her at the New York … Read more

Appeals court to rehear Nasdaq diversity rule challenge

The Times Square NASDAQ MarketSite is seen on March 2, 2015 in New York City. Bryan Thomas | Getty Images A federal appeals court agreed to rehear a challenge by two conservative groups to Nasdaq’s board diversity rule related to the disclosure of women and minority membership on boards of companies listed on the stock … Read more