The Best Articles in Equity & Inclusion

Now more than ever, it's important to look boldly at the reality of race and gender bias -- and understand how the two can combine to create even more harm. Kimberlé Crenshaw uses the term "intersectionality" to describe this phenomenon; as she says, if you're standing in the path of multiple forms of exclusion, you're likely to get hit by both. In this moving talk, she calls on us to bear witness to this reality and speak up for victims of prejudice.

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With tart humor, Hayley Yeates makes the case that investing in cultural diversity is just as important as fostering gender diversity.

Kaitlyn Knopp, founder & CEO of Pequity, shares tactical compensation advice for every startup stage — from initial leveling and comp philosophy, to negotiating offers, extending exercise windows, and…

Misguided assumptions about race are going mainstream, but hard facts can help you combat entrenched attitudes

June 16, 2019Before you start reading this blog post, please know that this is for folks who care about diversity and inclusion because it is the right thing to do. If you don't believe that…

The film Oppenheimer is approaching a worldwide gross of $1 billion, making it the highest-grossing biographical film on record. It’s a tragic irony that the scientific genius in whose shadow Oppen…

1. Once upon a time, around 2014, I began writing What’s Mine. It will be a novel about someone whose home gets invaded by this annoying person, I wrote to my agent. It turns out this annoying pers…

As organizations strive to make their workforces more diverse with respect to race, gender equity, and people with disabilities, leaders need to apply these same strategies to employees with different…

«great minds that do not think alike are more likely to yield towering innovations.»

A new book explains how devaluing emotional labor—disproportionately done by women and other disadvantaged groups—perpetuates inequality.

Implementation and accountability for inclusion practices live with the team, where real-time interaction happens and real work gets done. What the authors call Inclusive Teaming is not about having a…

Songwriting credits since 1958, broken down by gender

An optimistic take on technology and inequality.

Peter Thiel on multiculturalism as misdirection.

“Men don’t need ambition. They have privilege. They rise unless they work hard at sucking.”

Salon talks to former hosts who recall less resources and higher stakes. Executives expose the real problems with how legacy shows are built around men

Movement building requires a culture of listening—not mastery of the right language.

The US’s history of racism is fertile ground for fascism. Attacks on the courts, education, voting rights and women’s rights are steps to toppling democracy

«Though fascism involves disregard for human life, not all fascists are genocidal. Even Nazi Germany turned to genocide only relatively late in the regime’s rule.»