Margot Roosevelt

Solomon Trujillo, right, talks with Kevin Reilly of Warner Media at the 2019 L'Attitude conference in San Diego.

Companies are diversifying their corporate boards. But Latinos are left behind

March 17, 2023 at 2:06 a.m.

Cisco Systems, the multinational tech giant based in San Jose, has no Latino on its board of directors. Ditto for Intel, the world's largest semiconductor manufacturer, headquartered in Santa Clara,...

Acusan a trabajadores latinos de abusar de sus colegas negros

August 22, 2022 at 3:00 p.m.

Casi todos los días, el empleado de un almacén de Ontario se quedaba atónito al escuchar los insultos racistas de sus compañeros de trabajo latinos. "Lo decían en inglés, lo...

‘El algoritmo me despidió’: Proyecto de ley apunta a cambiar la dura cultura laboral de Amazon

September 2, 2021 at 8:58 p.m.

Los legisladores de California tienen a Amazon en la mira. Se espera que un proyecto de ley aprobado por la Asamblea llegue al Senado esta semana, o la próxima, para...

Jamie Eagen was laid off from her job as a law office manager in June 2020. Above, she sits next to daughter Marina, 8, during a Zoom school session at home in West Los Angeles. (Dania Maxwell/Los Angeles Times/TNS)

‘I don’t know how I can survive.’ Women have been hit hardest by COVID’s economic toll

May 10, 2021 at 6:37 p.m.

Alejandra Siciliano was terrified of catching COVID-19 while working as a hotel housekeeper. Laid off in March, now she prays for any job to pay the bills. Jamie Eagen has...

There’s a black jobs crisis. Coronavirus is making it worse

June 9, 2020 at 10:12 p.m.

After weeks of catastrophic job loss across the country, May's labor report held out a glimmer of hope: the nation's overall unemployment rate ticked down to 13.3%, from 14.2% in...

In the Badger State, divided over and baffled by Obamacare

August 23, 2021 at 9:49 p.m.

BELOIT, Wisconsin (Reuters) - To Tim Givhan, Obamacare shouldn't be an excuse for election-year polemics: "It's a lifeline." A former IT specialist, Givhan tripped on a machine at work and...

In the Badger State, divided over and baffled by Obamacare

December 25, 2018 at 6:32 a.m.

BELOIT, Wisconsin (Reuters) - To Tim Givhan, Obamacare shouldn't be an excuse for election-year polemics: "It's a lifeline." A former IT specialist, Givhan tripped on a machine at work and...

Voters most battered by the economy still favor Obama

August 23, 2021 at 8:30 p.m.

LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - Last October, President Barack Obama mounted a makeshift podium on La Placita Avenue, in a Las Vegas subdivision hard hit by foreclosures. As TV cameras whirred,...

Voters most battered by the economy still favor Obama

December 25, 2018 at 1:51 a.m.

LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - Last October, President Barack Obama mounted a makeshift podium on La Placita Avenue, in a Las Vegas subdivision hard hit by foreclosures. As TV cameras whirred,...

Southern whites troubled by Romney’s wealth, religion

August 23, 2021 at 6:53 p.m.

LYNCHBURG, Virginia (Reuters) - Sheryl Harris, a voluble 52-year-old with a Virginia drawl, voted twice for George W. Bush. Raised Baptist, she is convinced -- despite all evidence to the...

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