Articles about discrimination

How technology is helping remove racist language in Washington state property deeds

If you live in a home built before the 1950s, there’s a chance that lurking in its property records is… Read More

Following 2020’s racial justice pledges, Microsoft shows improvement in annual diversity numbers

In the wake of the George Floyd protests and Black Lives Matter’s call to action, tech giant Microsoft in 2020… Read More

Satya Nadella shares Microsoft’s inclusion strategy amid sexual harassment claims

Microsoft’s workplace culture is under a magnifying glass now that emails from dozens of women have surfaced with damning stories… Read More

Female employees at Microsoft filed 238 discrimination and harassment claims over 7-year period

There were 238 complaints of gender discrimination or sexual harassment filed by U.S.-based female employees in technical roles at Microsoft… Read More

Zillow CEO invests in tools that help employees anonymously report sexual harassment

The groundswell of sexual misconduct stories over the past few months has revealed a huge problem that affects institutions from… Read More

Facebook advertisers can exclude users based on race, sexual orientation, and gender

If you wanted to make a chunk of change selling “Make America Great Again” hats and didn’t think they’d do… Read More

Seattle woman sues HomeAway for racial discrimination after agent allegedly refuses to book ‘her kind’

Yvette Hobzek, a Seattle-area real estate broker, filed suit against vacation rental company HomeAway on Monday, alleging racial discrimination. Hobzek, a… Read More

Airbnb’s answer to #AirbnbWhileBlack: New anti-discrimination rules and ‘Open Door’ policy

Airbnb is finally responding to months of discrimination complaints from people of color. Over the past year, users have been sharing… Read More

Here’s what the pay gap really looks like: Glassdoor reveals new insights on gender bias and tech jobs

Women make 76 cents for every dollar men earn. This frequently cited statistic points to a galling discrimination problem in… Read More

New study reveals disturbing stats on gender discrimination in tech

“In one review session, one male partner said of a female employee, ‘We don’t have to worry about her bonus… Read More

Two current female Microsoft workers join suit, allege careers stifled by gender discrimination

Two current Microsoft employees came forward this week to allege that they, and their female coworkers, are rising through the… Read More

Microsoft’s employee review system is biased against women, lawsuit alleges

A former Microsoft security program manager alleges in a newly filed lawsuit that the company’s employee review system discriminates against women in… Read More