California laws requiring more women and marginalized people on corporate boards have been struck down. Will boardroom diversity suffer as a result?
Author: Jessica Guynn, USA TODAY
Proxy season culture war: Republicans urge investors to vote against ‘woke’ big business like Disney
Fueled by Disney and DeSantis face-off, conservative activists urge investors to fight “woke” big business on climate change and racial justice.
Texas law inspired by Trump bans to take effect against Facebook, Twitter and YouTube
A federal appeals court ruling cleared the way for a Texas law that will allow any state resident banned from social media for their views to sue.
Asian employees feel least included at work of any demographic group including Black and LGBTQ workers
Only 16% of Asian men and 20% of Asian women say they felt included at work. These percentages are below the third-lowest group, Black women, at 22%.
Why is DeSantis fighting Disney? It’s a warning to ‘woke’ big business to stay out of culture wars
Conservatives are increasingly playing hardball to punish “woke”companies that take a stand on hot-button social issues such as gay rights.
Why Elon Musk believes ‘woke mind virus’ and ‘wokeness’ are threats to modern civilization
Elon Musk blamed a drop in Netflix subscribers on “wokeness.” “The woke mind virus is making Netflix unwatchable,” the billionaire Tesla CEO tweeted.
Twitter poison pill blocks Elon Musk. Is Musk a Republican? Musk’s free speech woos conservatives
Live updates on billionaire Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s offer to buy Twitter in a deal valuing the social media company at $43 billion.
Ukraine’s volunteer online army: Meet the ‘cyber elves’ fighting Russian trolls on Facebook
Ordinary people in Europe are firing up their laptops to shoot down Russian disinformation and propaganda on Facebook during the Russia-Ukraine war.
Florida passes the nation’s first law restricting how employers talk about race at work
Legislation restricting how race is discussed in the workplace was approved by Florida lawmakers and sent to Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday.
‘The more doom I see, the more I want to see it’: Why we can’t stop doomscrolling Ukraine
COVID. Racial injustice. Political polarization. Climate change. Our sense of normalcy was already shattered. Now Ukraine has us doomscrolling again.