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Applying to Elite Top Universities in the USA - problems, scandals and gaming the system

Applying to Elite Top Universities in the USA - problems, scandals and gaming the system

Piketty - Wealth, Inequality, Taxes, Policy

Piketty - Wealth, Inequality, Taxes, Policy

Taxes, Policy, K-12 Education in the USA and Inequality

a collection of articles about Taxes, Policy, K-12 Education in the USA and Inequality

SAT preparation for College Enrollment, Admissions - University USA

SAT preparation for College Enrollment, Admissions at Universities in the USA

Homeless - Poverty in the USA - Wealth, Inequality, Taxes, and Policy

a collection about homeless in the USA - Wealth, Inequality, Taxes, and Policy

CEO pay - Wealth, Wages and Inequality

CEO pay - Wealth, Wages and Inequality

Gini Index - Wealth, Inequality, Business Taxes, and Policy

Gini Index - Wealth, Inequality, Business Taxes, and Policy

Police Reform and Criminal Justice in the USA

Police and Criminal Justice in the USA

History of Racial inequality in the USA

History of Racial inequality in the USA

Race and Criminal Justice in the USA

Race and Criminal Justice in the USA

Sexual assault issues on campus - University and College campus

Sexual assault issues on campus - University and College campus

Public land-grant universities in the USA

Public land-grant universities in the USA

Bribery and scandals - Enrollment, Admissions at Universities in the USA

A collection of articles and videos looking at Enrollment, Admissions at Universities in the USA

Unemployment, Economics and the Gig-Economy (Trends)

a collection of articles and videos taking a look at the Gig-Economy

Poverty in the USA - Wealth, Inequality, Taxes, and Policy

a collection about Poverty in the USA - Wealth, Inequality, Taxes, and Policy

Legacy Admissions and Enrollment at Universities in the USA

A collection of articles and videos looking at the Affirmative Action and Enrollment, Admissions ...

Enrollment, Admissions at Universities in the USA

A collection of articles and videos looking at Enrollment, Admissions at Universities in the USA

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Article

Writers on strike beware: Hollywood has changed for ever

Blame Netflix if you like, but it is well placed to survive the work stoppage | Business (2023)


Article

Book Review: ‘The Exceptions,’ - sexism faced by female scientists at M.I.T., by Nancy Zernike - The New York Times

Kate Zernike’s “The Exceptions” tells the infuriating, inspiring story of the sexism faced by female scientists at M.I.T. — and how they fought back. (2023)


Article

Why Did Harvard University Go After One of Its Best Black Professors?

Roland Fryer Jr.’s life is a movie script: A man abandoned by his mom and raised by an alcoholic dad became the youngest black professor to ever se... (2022)


Article

Universal basic income is here—it just looks different from what you expected

The pandemic took the concept of universal basic income out of the hands of Silicon Valley tech bros—and brought it to the people. (2021)


Article

Opinion | California Is Making Liberals Squirm - The New York Times

If progressivism can’t work there, why should the country believe it can work anywhere else? (2021)


Article

Engineering technology for social justice - Ohio State University

Two new courses are focused on the same theme. A four-credit hour undergraduate/graduate course is slated to be offered in spring 2021, while a con... (2020)


Article

Teaching Toward Equity: A Time to Rethink

Tufts University faculty are looking for ways to make social justice and inclusion integral parts of their courses. (2020)


Article

Why STEM Needs to Focus on Social Justice

Black students do well when schools let them do good. (2020)


Article

Bellarmine receives $1M grant to recruit diverse students to STEM fields

Bellarmine University is creating a scholarship program to recruit low-income, high-achieving students into the STEM disciplines of computer engine... (2020)


Article

Coding with Wonder Woman: Microsoft project to educate the next generation of programmers

In partnership with NASA, Smithsonian Learning Labs, and others, the lessons use space exploration, museums, and popular movies to teach the princi... (2020)


Article

Equity in Computer Science Education | by Jorge Valenzuela

Lifelong Learning Defined in Computer Science Education | Medium With the dire need for computer science (CS) skills in today’s workforce, one w... (2019)


Article

Hard work and black swans - Economists are turning to culture to explain wealth and poverty

As a result, the ideas of the earliest economists are being revised and improved (2020)


Article

Board Diversity

This is a topic of great importance and one that we in the tech/startup sector have not done a good job with. We wait until a company is ready to g... (2020)


Article

The Ghosts of Elaine, Arkansas, 1919

Given the magnitude of the Elaine Massacre, its absence from standard narratives in American history is striking. But it is important that we remem... (2020)


Article

Reflections on Being a Female Founder

Not a lot is written about being a female founder and CEO. I used to believe that my journey as a startup founder was the same as any other founder... (2020)


Article

Accelerating equity in Miami’s startup community

On June 12, 2020, Knight Foundation announced its support for three national organizations that are committed to expanding opportunities and creati... (2020)


Article

Of course technology perpetuates racism. It was designed that way

Black Americans have seen technology used to target them again and again. Stopping it means looking at the problem differently. (2020)


Article

Revealing the Divisive History of Minneapolis

Conditions that led to George Floyd’s death are not unique to Minneapolis and St. Paul. But there’s a reason why the Twin Cities triggered a nation... (2020)


Article

15 Classroom Resources for Discussing Racism, Policing, and Protest

After nearly a week of protests against police brutality and the death of George Floyd, teachers are looking for lessons they can use to help stude... (2020)


Article

The Intolerable Tensions Between American Cities and their Police Forces

The gap between the liberal mayors who run many big cities and the officers who help police them is especially pronounced in the wake of George Flo... (2020)


Article

How to Make this Moment the Turning Point for Real Change - Barack Obama

As millions of people across the country take to the streets and raise their voices in response to the killing of George Floyd and the ongoing prob... (2020)


Article

WeWork and SoftBank unveil the first 14 startups in their Emerge accelerator for underrepresented founders

SoftBank Investment Advisers and WeWork Labs say they’ve officially kicked off the first session of Emerge, an accelerator program designed for und... (2020)


Article

New federal campus sexual assault rules would add protections for accused perpetrators — NBC News

Groups advocating for sexual assault victims worry that the changes will have a chilling effect on students coming forward. (2020)


Article

Land-grab universities — High Country News

Expropriated Indigenous land is the foundation of the land-grant university system. In 1862, President Abraham Lincoln signed the Morrill Act, w... (2020)


Article

What’s Really Holding Women Back?

It’s not what most people think. “As scholars of gender inequality in the workplace, we are routinely asked by companies to investigate why they... (2020)


Article

Is it really just sexism? An alternative argument for why women leave STEM

Everyone knows that you’re not supposed to start your argument with ‘everyone knows,’ but in this case, I think we ought to make an exception: Ever... (2019)


Article

Housing discrimination goes high tech - Curbed

How algorithms, ad targeting, and other new technologies threaten fair housing laws. ... "when looking at tenant applications, an automated s... (2019)


Article

Gimme Shelter - The cost of living in the Bay Area - Harper's Magazine

The cost of living in the Bay Area "... After living on the East Coast for eight years, I’d recently left New York City to take a job at an inve... (2019)


Article

Despite California’s immense wealth, the middle class is in decline – The Mercury News

California’s more than $2.75 trillion economy makes it the world’s sixth largest and is a source of pride for the state. But that impressive ranki... (2018)


Article

San Francisco's public-poop problem is worse than ever - Business Insider

In 2011, just over 5,500 reports feces in public were logged by the San Francisco Department of Public Works; in 2018, the number was more than 28,... (2019)


Video

The Impossible Ethical Bargain Behind African Safaris

The Impossible Ethical Bargain Behind African Safaris (2023)


Video

Liberal Hypocrisy is Fueling American Inequality. Here’s How. | NYT Opinion

It’s easy to blame the other side. And for many Democrats, it’s obvious that Republicans are thwarting progress toward a more equal society.But wha... (2021)


Video

KQED Learn | Discussions: The Gene : An Intimate History and Eugenics

How Can We Avoid the Mistakes of the Past? Eugenics is the idea that people can improve humanity by regulating who is allowed to reproduce and ... (2020)


Video

Making It | What It Costs To Live In San Francisco

VICE News Published on Sep 11, 2017 Perennially perched at or near the top of lists of America’s most expensive and affluent cities, San Franci... (2019)


Video

Warren’s Wealth Tax, reviewed - “A better way to tax the rich” - VOX

American wealth inequality is staggering. A wealth tax, which would hone in on the money people actually have, rather than just the money we earn a... (2019)


Video

The Sustainable Development Goals – Action Towards 2030 | CAFOD and SDGs

CAFOD Published on Aug 16, 2016 The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were adopted by the United Nations in 2015 as part of Agenda 2030 Su... (2018)


Video

Bill Gates on Factfulness

Bill Gates recently read Hans Rosling's new book "Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World—and Why Things Are Better Than You Think." I... (2018)


Video

Story of Access (race training at Starbucks) - by Stanley Nelson

This short film by Stanley Nelson explores the impact of bias within public accommodations as well as the possibilities for a better future. (2018)


Video

Sound Smart: Dred Scott Case | History

Historian Matthew Pinsker presents a quick rundown of the story of Dred Scott, a slave who sued for his freedom, leading to one of the Supreme Cour... (2018)


Video

The Dred Scott Case

Dred Scott v. Sandford was a landmark Supreme Court case decided in 1857, in which the court held that African Americans could not be citizens of t... (2018)


Video

Puzzle of Growth: Rich Countries and Poor Countries - Marginal Revolution University

Marginal Revolution University Published on Feb 16, 2016 Throughout this section of the course, we’ve been trying to solve a complicated economic... (2018)


Video

"Brotopia" author on Silicon Valley sexism

Silicon Valley may be a place of incredible innovation, but some say what most needs to change is its own business culture. A new book called "Brot... (2018)


Video

The Next 3 Billion in Financial Services | a16z

a16z Published on Jan 21, 2018 Traditional banking services have fallen flat for an enormous segment of the population -- whether because they’... (2018)


Podcast

274- The Age of the Algorithm - 99% Invisible | Podcast on Spotify

Listen to this episode from 99% Invisible on Spotify. Computer algorithms now shape our world in profound and mostly invisible ways. They predict i... (2022)


Podcast

Access & Opportunity Podcast || Carla Harris and Freada Kapor Klein

Carla Harris talks to Freada Kapor Klein of the Kapor Capital, which invests in entrepreneurs who are women or from multicultural backgrounds. (2018)


Book

Capital in the Twenty-First Century

What are the grand dynamics that drive the accumulation and distribution of capital? Questions about the long-term evolution of inequality, the con... (2023)


Book

The Equality Machine

At a time when AI and digital platforms are under fire, Orly Lobel, a renowned tech policy scholar, defends technology as a powerful tool we can ha... (2023)


Website

The 1619 Project Curriculum

The 1619 Project, inaugurated with a special issue of The New York Times Magazine, challenges us to reframe U.S. history by marking the year when t... (2020)


Website

Elpha: where women in tech talk candidly online

Elpha is where women in tech talk candidly online. We're a private community where members come for personal and professional development, to start... (2020)


Website

All Raise - Dedicated to diversity in funders & founders

We believe people of all different backgrounds should have the opportunity to participate, shape, and succeed in the founding, funding, and buildin... (2018)


Note

Poverty, and the cost of college

The California Sunday Magazine The College Try Liz Waite and Kersheral Jessup couldn’t afford a higher education, let alone rent. But they worked a... (2017)


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