When I was interviewing for a job, I asked for a certain salary. The editor, a Black woman, made sure to say “Nah” and offered me $20K more.
Even when I didn’t negotiate my salary well, she used her power to make sure I was paid well. Grateful for people like her.
One of history’s great lessons is that you don’t have to be profoundly evil to do terrible things; stupidity and apathy are more than enough, and almost always a better explanation
The Biden administration has announced that it will automatically erase student loan debt for more than 300,000 Americans with severe disabilities that leave them unable to earn significant incomes. The move will wipe out more than $5.8 billion in debt. https://t.co/fFuud3oF98
67% of women suffering from gender-based violence have had their perpetrator come to the workplace. Learn how you can help protect your employees. #SAAM2021
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the human waited until TODAY. to ask me to be their valentine. it is a little insulting. they assumed i would not have plans already. i don’t. but still
I can't stress this enough: From the top down, if the people responsible for today's events face no consequences for what they've done, the next time will be much worse. If a political line is crossed, either enforce its existence or accept that the line no longer exists.
"Schedule an impeachment vote for this very night. Stay ’til dawn. Do whatever is necessary. Avert any potential for martial law," @davidfrum writes: https://t.co/xayFamtvj1
I am sad and angry. This mob is abhorrent. The blame lies squarely with the president. His many incitements are responsible. @JoeBiden did what presidents do in trying to bring us together. All Americans should support his message of healing. And to the seditionists: Go home!
i made a list. of reasons you should hang out with me today
4. i am fun
c. i am soft
2. i will listen. to your silly human problems
8. you can pick the snacks
a. i love you
Commercial real estate vacancies doubled in less than a year due to COVID-19. Will not recover any time soon. Major implications for #safety & #riskmanagement as more enterprises move to near 100% virtual.
Every sweeping indictment of the US's handling of the pandemic is best read in Werner Herzog's voice: "It was a diseased empire, splitting apart at the seams, unable to contain a disease or care for its people."
Unless the impending Depression of the 2020s is somehow averted, the pandemic is dealt with, and the deep racial, social, and economic inequalities in the United States are addressed, I'd say it's a good bet that things are going to get more unstable before they improve