Our mission to help you navigate the new normal is fueled by subscribers. To enjoy unlimited access to our journalism, subscribe today.It’s always been a challenge for the health care system that much of what affects a person’s health happens outside the doctor’s office—and beyond the...
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The net worth of a typical Black family is only 10% of that of the typical white family, and the unemployment rate for Black Americans consistently has been double that of white Americans for four decades. These are just two of the outcomes resulting from longstanding systemic disadvantages that...
Why companies must take a stand on racism and social issues, according to a Fortune 500 CEO
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In a departure from the historical norm, under which companies abstained from commenting on socio-political issues lest they alienate consumers, corporations spoke out one after the other against racism, and in some cases against police brutality, following the death of George Floyd in May.They...
Subscribe to CEO Daily for must-read business insights from Fortune CEO Alan Murray, delivered free to your inbox.To Emmanuel Faber, CEO of food giant Danone, the coronavirus pandemic is a reason to accelerate social and environmental impact goals, not abandon them in the name of his company’s...
A double digit unemployment rate is the norm for Black Americans and a rarity for white Americans
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Subscribe to How To Reopen, our weekly newsletter on what it takes to reboot business in the midst of a pandemic.On Friday the unemployment rate fell from 13.3% to 11.1% as employers continue to rehire staff. But the economic impacts of the pandemic are still hitting communities of color harder...
When country singer Rissi Palmer was working on her debut album, she wanted a song like Gretchen Wilson’s “Redneck Woman,” a song that would introduce her and tell her story to fans.On her 2007 debut single, “Country Girl,” she celebrated her country roots while explaining that she...
Unilever Plc plans to rename Fair & Lovely, a melanin-suppressing face cream that’s one of its best-sellers in India, as the backlash against branding that trades off racial stereotypes spreads beyond the U.S.The Anglo-Dutch conglomerate, which derives more than $500 million in annual...
Americans’ outlook on the national economy has improved somewhat from its lowest points during the early weeks of the coronavirus pandemic, but a new poll suggests Democrats and Republicans are living in alternate economic realities amid the sharpest recession in the nation’s...
The Coven’s founders on helping protesters, pivoting after the pandemic, and surviving the reckoning for coworking offices
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This is an installment of Startup Year One, a special series of interviews with founders about the major lessons they have learned in the immediate aftermath of their businesses’ first year of operation.This year began auspiciously for The Coven, a Minneapolis-based women’s coworking...
Halfway through the extended effort to count every U.S. resident, civil rights leaders worry that minority communities are falling behind in responding to the 2020 census.With outreach efforts to motivate minority responses upended by a global pandemic, both the National Urban League and the...
It’s tempting to think that the coronavirus pandemic sees no color. This is, after all, a pathogen. A virus. A virus infects a host, and it spreads with no regard for who or what unto it may latch.But the numbers tell a different story—a tale that’s a depressing continuation of...
Racism, recession, coronavirus: How employers are addressing this ‘unparalleled’ era of employee anguish
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Our mission to help you navigate the new normal is fueled by subscribers. To enjoy unlimited access to our journalism, subscribe today.A global pandemic, an economic implosion, and a national reckoning over systemic racism have created a brutal combination of stresses for Americans in the...
Subscribe to How To Reopen, our weekly newsletter on what it takes to reboot business in the midst of a pandemic.While small businesses across the country struggle amid shutdowns, the brunt of the impact has fallen on black-owned businesses. According to a recent study for the National Bureau of...
As racist practices in some workplaces have come to light, companies are being scrutinized now for how they’re practicing allyship. Certainly posting a black square to Instagram is not enough. As organizations speak out against racial injustice, many have been accused of performative...
The recent Black Lives Matter protests in the U.K., sparked initially by George Floyd’s killing in the U.S, have brought renewed attention to Britain’s historic role in slavery. On Thursday, insurance market Lloyd’s of London became one of the first British firms to issue a formal apology...
Taco Bell’s ‘Black Lives Matter’ controversy shows how easily corporations can stumble on race issues
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Our mission to help you navigate the new normal is fueled by subscribers. To enjoy unlimited access to our journalism, subscribe today.Taco Bell was getting quite the beating on social media on Thursday after a Facebook video made last week by a man who said he was fired from an Ohio franchise...
Subscribe to raceAhead, a newsletter on race, culture and diversity in corporate America.Giving employees a day off may not seem like the top way for multi-billion-dollar companies to fight systemic racism. But a new trend in corporate America—the declaration of June 19, or Juneteenth, as a...
Our mission to help you navigate the new normal is fueled by subscribers. To enjoy unlimited access to our journalism, subscribe today.Netflix CEO Reed Hastings and his wife, philanthropist Patty Quillin, announced today that they have made a personal donation of $120 million to fund...
After George Floyd’s death at the hands of a white police officer in May, protests against systemic racism have geared up again across the country, prompting companies to speak out in support of racial justice. They’re sharing lengthy statements declaring “black lives matter” to staff and...
The Lazarus-like resurrection of former vice president Joe Biden’s presidential campaign rests on his strong support in the Black community—specifically from Majority Whip James Clyburn and the South Carolina Black community, who helped deliver Biden’s first major primary victory, and from...
African Americans are disproportionately likely to say a family member or close friend has died of COVID-19 or respiratory illness since March, according to a series of surveys conducted since April that lays bare how black Americans have borne the brunt of the pandemic.Eleven percent of...
America is at a tipping point, as we face the greatest crises since the Great Depression. We are confronting four crises simultaneously that are inextricably intertwined: racial tensions revealed in the aftermath of George Floyd’s killing; the ongoing spread of COVID-19; the ensuing economic...
Britain’s ethnic minorities are succumbing to COVID-19 in overwhelming numbers, a controversial report shows
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Ethnic minorities in the U.K. are far more likely to fall ill and die from COVID-19, the government said Tuesday, reinforcing months of reports from media, think tanks and healthcare officials that the impact on the Black, Asian, and minority ethnic (BAME) community in Britain has been...