App Linking Low-Tech Farmers To Hi-Tech Profits Wins PUSHTech2020 Start Up Pitch CompetitionWhen Reverend Jesse Jackson put dozens of investors with money to spend and bright African-American and Latino entrepreneurs with start-ups to fund in a room together sparks fly and magic happened.
Best M.L.K. Day Weekend Getaways In AmericaCities across the nation will be celebrating the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday weekend but some hold a more historical significance than others.
Apple Reveals Most Workers Are White, Asian Males, CEO ‘Not Satisfied’ With DiversityApple primarily relies on white and Asian men for its top-paying technology jobs, feeding the perception that Silicon Valley's economic boom is largely excluding women, blacks and Hispanics.
Over 100 Protest Google’s Shareholder Meeting In Mountain ViewAnti-eviction activists, a group of Google investors, and a group led by Reverend Jesse Jackson are holding protests outside Google's headquarters in Mountain View.
Jesse Jackson's Rainbow PUSH Coalition Demands Diversity At Google, eBayWatch any episode of HBO's "Silicon Valley" and you'll see four white male techies, and one Pakistani-born programmer, and that's an example of why the Rev. Jesse Jackson's Rainbow PUSH Coalition is in the Bay Area this week at eBay and Google shareholder meetings, to make a case for more blacks, women, and other minorities in the real Silicon Valley.
Jesse Jackson To Take On Lack Of Diversity At Silicon Valley Tech FirmsRev. Jesse Jackson plans to lead a delegation to the Hewlett Packard annual shareholders meeting on Wednesday to bring attention to Silicon Valley's poor record of including blacks and Latinos in hiring, board appointments and startup funding.
Aretha Franklin Has Pancreatic Cancer, Reports Say