Tag: Discrimination
R.I. needs to get with the times on minority contracting
The state historically has failed miserably in ensuring minority-owned businesses get their fair share of tens of millions of dollars in state contracts.
That looked...
Everybody’s Business: ‘We rally to help each other’
RoseMarie Clemente | Baron & Clemente Real Estate LLC
(Editor’s note: This is the 14th installment in a monthly series speaking with minority business owners...
Crisis ‘insurmountable’ for some minority businesses
Jhonny Levya is president of Heroica Construction Inc., growing what was a family business when he purchased it in 2009 into a multimillion-dollar company....
Nonprofits need formal harassment policies
Nonprofit leaders are often so focused on the mission that they can overlook essential policies that underpin their business.
Many nonprofit organizations lack the formal...
Spot and stop workplace bullies in 5 steps
According to the Workplace Bullying Institute, workplace bullying is repeated, health-harming mistreatment of one or more persons by one or more perpetrators. It is...
Unbiased
Does your company have policies in place promoting diversity and an anti-bias work environment?
Yes: 87.5%
No: 12.5%
Has your company become more diversified recently?
Yes: 75%
No: 25%
Has...
PBN on WJAR-TV, July 23, 2018
Every week, PBN Editor Mark S. Murphy appears on WJAR-TV NBC 10’s Coffee Break to discuss the newspaper’s most recent cover story and other...
NYT: CVS fires Chicago employees that called police on black woman...
PROVIDENCE – CVS Health Corp. has apologized and fired two employees at a Chicago CVS Pharmacy retail location after a woman posted a video...
Five Questions With Jim Vincent
Jim Vincent | President, NAACP Providence Branch
1. What is on top of the NAACP Providence Branch agenda? Gentrification in Providence is on the rise,...
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