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Former MSNBC host and The Hill journalist Krystal Ball hit back at conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh for attempting to slut shame her on his show. On September 4, Limbaugh lied and said that Ball “posed nude” when she was “14 or 15.” After Ball brought up the incident on…
The Harvard Business Review (HBR) conducted a study that found even seemingly “inclusive” workplaces still leave women of color in interdependent work environments feeling isolated. The idea from the study, HBR said, came out of an episode of HBR’s “Women at Work” podcast, which discussed forging “sisterhood” relationships at work…
Manal Ezzat ran from the burning Pentagon building on September 11, 2001. She didn’t know what had happened, but soon would. Terrorists crashed the plane into the Pentagon and murdered 184 people. The very next day, Ezzat started work rebuilding the site. She is an Army Corps of Engineers employee who was…
Basketball legend Lisa Leslie will be the 11th statue outside of the famous Staples Center in California and the first woman ever honored with a bust. Leslie’s statue will also be the first of a WNBA player outside of a team’s home arena. Leslie has a long and successful history…
A proposed rule under President Trump’s Department of Labor would give certain federal contractors the right to discriminate against people based on religious views. The proposal caused an uproar after the Labor Department announced it earlier this month, mainly because the implications of the rule would likely disproportionately affect LGBTQ…
Two people — model Josh Kloss and TV presenter Tina Kandelaki — who have worked with singer Katy Perry have come forward, accusing her of sexual misconduct and harassment. The first was model Josh Kloss, who was Perry’s co-star and love interest in her 2010 “Teenage Dream” music video. Instead…
A new study from Rutgers University-Newark has found that police are a leading cause of death among young — especially Black — men in America today. The study, which compiled data on police-involved deaths in the U.S., estimated the risks of being killed in a law enforcement encounter by age,…
Originally posted on newsroom.hilton.com. SAN FRANCISCO – Cindy Ramesh has been named complex director of sales and marketing for Hilton Hotels of San Francisco at Union Square, according to Terry Lewis, complex general manager of the two hotels set in the heart of Union Square. Both properties are a short walk…
Cyntoia Brown will finally walk as a free woman when she is released from jail on August 7. Brown, now 31, has spent half of her life behind bars. Former Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam granted Brown clemency eight months ago after being sentenced to life in prison in connection with the…
Women lawyers filed a lawsuit in April against the Jones Day law firm, claiming gender discrimination and unequal pay. This week, Jones Day filed a 115-page response. The complaint filed in April alleged a “fraternity culture” at the firm. The seven women who brought the suit said they were…
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