Tesla has opened a new sales and service center in the Xinjiang region of China, home to a Muslim population known as the Uyghurs whom the United Nations and rights organizations have identified as a repressed ethnic group. In 2021, the United States, United Kingdom and Canada said China engages in “forced labour, mass detention in internment camps, … Read more
A Chinese flag flutters near the Olympic rings on the Olympic Tower in Beijing, China November 11, 2021. Carlos Garcia Rawlins | Reuters The U.S. on Monday announced a diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, a move that had garnered bipartisan support from critics of China’s human rights record. While U.S. athletes … Read more
Women are significantly underrepresented in STEM professions and for the few who are pursuing science, technology, engineering or math careers – there are a lot of financial challenges. That’s why a lot of companies and organizations are offering scholarships and other financial assistance to help bridge this gender gap in these crucial fields. Only 1 … Read more
People hold lit candles in a memorial service for victims of the Tigray conflict organized by the city administration, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on November 3, 2021. Minasse Wondimu Hailu/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images A year after fighting began in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region, rebel forces are now advancing on the country’s capital as the … Read more
A demonstrator holds up an abortion flag outside of the U.S. Supreme Court as justices hear a major abortion case on the legality of a Republican-backed Louisiana law that imposes restrictions on abortion doctors, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., March 4, 2020. Tom Brenner | Reuters Abortion and guns are front and center as … Read more
Bob Smith, chief executive officer of Blue Origin LLC, speaks during TechCrunch Disrupt 2019 in San Francisco, California, U.S., on Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2019. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Blue Origin CEO Bob Smith sent a companywide email to the employees of Jeff Bezos‘ venture as an internal response to allegations of … Read more
Marc Benioff, Chairman and CEO of Salesforce.com speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Jan. 23, 2020. Adam Galica | CNBC Salesforce told thousands of employees in a Slack message on Friday that if they and their families are concerned about the ability to access reproductive care in the wake of Texas’ aggressive … Read more
Fox News agreed to pay a record $1 million to settle an investigation by the New York City Commission on Human Rights into what a panel called a “culture of pervasive sexual harassment and retaliation at the network.” The settlement with Fox News is “the first of its kind against a major news network by … Read more
The logo of Chinese company Huawei at its main U.K. offices on January 28, 2020. Daniel Leal-Olivas | AFP via Getty Images GUANGZHOU, China — Huawei, together with one of China’s biggest artificial intelligence (AI) firms Megvii, tested a facial recognition system that could be used to detect members of a minority Muslim group and … Read more
The casket of Rep. John Lewis moves over the Edmund Pettus Bridge by horse drawn carriage during a memorial service for Lewis, Sunday, July 26, 2020, in Selma, Alabama. John Bazemore | AP Photo Crowds watched solemnly as the body of Rep. John Lewis crossed the Edmund Pettus Bridge one final time, 55 years after the civil … Read more