This past week has been nothing short of amazing for ballet dancer Misty Copeland. She recently made history as the first African-American woman to become…
Amid demands by civil rights leaders and others for employers to improve foundering diversity on Silicon Valley, Facebook has been slow to build a workforce…
If you Google Map “nigga house,” this is what you’ll find. America. pic.twitter.com/YWRO1OiYgc — deray mckesson (@deray) May 19, 2015 Internet juggernaut Google is apologizing…
After executives were slammed last year over low diversity numbers, Google is stepping up to help make Silicon Valley less homogenous and spread the wealth…
Where do the most racists live in America? If you’re a person of color, you might say, (clearing throat loudly), everywhere. But a new study…
A former female software engineer is proposing a class-action lawsuit against Twitter, claiming the microblogging service uses a secretive promotion process geared toward men, according…
A group of Black state lawmakers is stepping up pressure on Google, Facebook, Twitter and others to diversify their workforces in 2015 through more robust…
Jobs in science, technology, engineering and mathematics are projected to grow by 17 percent by 2018, compared to 9.8 percent for jobs in other fields,…
There is hardly any mystery to the idea that robust racial and gender diversity in Silicon Valley is paltry at best; however, Google‘s recent…
A Fox News reporter was spied on by the FBI over allegations of espionage. According to the Los Angeles Times, agents secured search warrants to monitor two-day’s worth of the reporters personal emails in 2010, access of which was granted by Google. The search engine giant was ordered not to disclose its actions. Although not identified in an affidavit, […]
Google is offering scholarships to African Americans, Hispanics and women who are interested in the field of computer technology. Google will be offering $10,000 a year to students planning on attending 4-year universities in fields related to computer science and computer engineering. SEE ALSO: Young Futurists Of 2012 Black Web 2.0 Reports: Applicants should demonstrate […]
For some time now, white supremacists have been buying web domains relating to Martin Luther King. Now they have managed to get one of their site into the first page of Martin Luther King’s Google ranking. On site that disrespects King has even managed to outrank the official Martin Luther King Site on Google. The […]
