Month: May 2016

A month ago, Bank of America – North Carolina’s largest employer – joined companies like Facebook and Paypal in condemning House Bill 2 (HB2) which is now widely known as the state’s “bathroom bill.” The bill eliminated anti-discrimination protections for LGBT people and in effect legislated that transgender people who cannot alter their birth certificate are barred from using restrooms that coincide with their gender identity. The bill also went further than most in prohibiting North Carolina cities from enacting their own anti-discrimination laws making it to many the most anti-LGBT in the nation. The ethical impact is obvious...

We’ve come to recognize how our unconscious biases make the effort of diversifying America’s STEM workforce so much more difficult. These biases our present everywhere, even filtering down into the ways we communicate in the modern world. A group of Google employees recognized this fact, citing an opinion piece from Amy Butcher at the New York Times, “Emoji Feminism”:     Where, I wanted to know, was the fierce professor working her way to tenure? Where was the lawyer? The accountant? The surgeon? How was there space for both a bento box and a single fried coconut shrimp, and...