4+ hour, 38+ min ago  (1549+ words) In 1966, the newly-established Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued a rule to tackle entrenched discrimination on the job. Every year, companies with a hundred or more workers would turn over to the government information about the race, ethnicity, sex and job…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (819+ words) Jason Walsman first moved to Pittsburgh in 2020 to take a research position at the University of Pittsburgh. He liked the region so much that when his next job offer came from the University of California Santa Barbara, he stayed in…...

2+ mon, 1+ day ago  (1575+ words) In late February, Andrea Lucas sent a letter to the leaders of Fortune 500 companies. The Trump-appointed chair of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) framed it as a friendly reminder of where she stood on a hot-button issue: diversity, equity…...

2+ mon, 3+ hour ago  (856+ words) NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell says he has no plans to end the league's Rooney Rule despite recent objections from Florida's attorney general, who wrote that the league's minority hiring guidelines violate Florida state law. Goodell " speaking on Tuesday at the…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (883+ words) Some 1, 400 small businesses in Pennsylvania that are owned by women or minorities face a difficult challenge: They have to prove all over again that they are eligible for a program meant to help disadvantaged business owners " only this time without…...

3+ mon, 3+ day ago  (417+ words) After months of backlash, including from some Republicans, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth seems to be easing off his effort to sever the Pentagon's century-long relationship with Scouting America, the youth organization formerly known as the Boy Scouts. Documents reviewed by…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago  (540+ words) U. S. colleges received more than 5 billion dollars in reportable foreign gifts and contracts in 2025, according to a new website from the U. S. Education Department. The release is part of a push by the Trump administration to make foreign influence in colleges and…...

11+ mon, 2+ week ago  (165+ words) Colleges and universities have had to adjust their admissions processes after the Supreme Court struck down race-based affirmative action a couple of years ago. Author Richard Kahlenberg argues that. .. - On Air Now Playing WESA " Pittsburgh's NPR News Station - On Air…...

7+ mon, 1+ week ago  (418+ words) A federal judge ordered the Department of Defense Monday to return books about gender and race back to five school libraries on military bases. In April, 12 students at schools on military bases in Virginia, Kentucky, Italy and Japan claimed their…...

8+ mon, 3+ day ago  (1035+ words) When I married my wife, Jennie, we were in love with little concern about how our racial differences would affect our relationship. But I hadn't anticipated the work it would take to be in an interracial couple. I'm Black, white…...