Rise of Le Pen shows scale of polarization

Rise of Le Pen shows scale of polarization

Demonstrators take part in a rally against the far right following the announcement of the results of the first round of the French parliamentary elections at Place de la Republique in Paris on June 30, 2024. Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images “We’re scared of what might happen,” Amel, 34, told CNBC ahead of the … Read more

Tractor Supply ends DEI, Pride support and carbon goals

Tractor Supply ends DEI, Pride support and carbon goals

Shoppers are seen at the parking lot of a Tractor Supply Co. store near Bloomsburg.  Paul Weaver | SOPA Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Tractor Supply, a retail chain that sells home improvement equipment, livestock and agricultural supplies for farmers and pet owners, is eliminating diversity, equity and inclusion roles; withdrawing carbon emission goals; … Read more

2024 election cycle offers hope for 134 year global gender gap

2024 election cycle offers hope for 134 year global gender gap

Women stand in a queue to cast their votes at a polling station in Saroi village, Bhadohi district in India’s Uttar Pradesh state on May 25, 2024, during the sixth phase of voting in India’s general election. Niharika Kulkarni | Afp | Getty Images The 2024 bumper election year presents a unique opportunity to make … Read more

Pregnancy discrimination ‘still rampant’ in corporate America: author

Pregnancy discrimination ‘still rampant’ in corporate America: author

Fatcamera | E+ | Getty Images To understand why women are still fighting to catch up to men economically, author Josie Cox turns to the past. She doesn’t have to look too far back. The Women’s Business Ownership Act, which allowed women to obtain business financing without a male co-signer, didn’t pass until 1988, Cox, … Read more

Cop violated body camera rules, chief says

Cop violated body camera rules, chief says

Scottie Scheffler arrives to the course during the second round of the PGA Championship at Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Kentucky, on May 17, 2024. Ben Jared | PGA Tour | Getty Images A Louisville, Kentucky, police detective violated department policy by not activating his body camera during his controversial arrest of Scottie Scheffler last … Read more

Biden confronts Gaza, 2024 election weak spots in Morehouse speech

Biden confronts Gaza, 2024 election weak spots in Morehouse speech

U.S. President Joe Biden addresses Morehouse College graduates during a commencement ceremony in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S., May 19. Elizabeth Frantz | Reuters President Joe Biden on Sunday addressed the war in Gaza and discussed his investments in Black communities during a commencement speech at Morehouse College, part of a larger effort to reinvigorate the voter … Read more

Dozens of former employees plan to sue Bowlero for discrimination

Dozens of former employees plan to sue Bowlero for discrimination

Dozens of former employees who say they were fired from Bowlero based on their age or out of retaliation plan to sue the bowling chain after the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission closed its case against the company, the attorney representing the claimants said Monday. Bowlero, the world’s largest owner and operator of bowling centers, … Read more

Trump campaign lawyers seek to quit discrimination case

Trump campaign lawyers seek to quit discrimination case

Presidential candidate Donald Trump gestures in a press conference unveiling his comprehensive tax reform plan at Trump Tower.  Andy Katz | Lightrocket | Getty Images A federal judge in New York scheduled a closed-door meeting Wednesday afternoon on a request by lawyers for Donald Trump’s presidential campaign to withdraw from a gender discrimination lawsuit filed … Read more

Google and the conversation topic many Americans want banned at work

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

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