Bärí A. Williams

Juneteenth is a day of celebration and remembrance. It isn’t just another summer Friday to have a cookout.

Hundreds of tech companies made big promises and dedicated billions in the name of racial equity last summer. But too few followed through.

There was a time when certain topics were taboo at work. Now some feel emboldened to say whatever they want online. But who gets to speak their mind and at what cost?

The Y2K scare prompted Americans to stockpile food and stash cash. Twenty years later, a global pandemic has us doing much of the same.

Startup adviser and former Facebook counsel Bärí Williams wants the potential impact of automation on the working class, including black and brown people, to be addressed tonight.

In politics, as consumers, as employees and decision makers, black women are often ignored and taken for granted. But those who continue to discount black women do so at their peril.

Imagine crafting an ad only for white people. Maybe you narrow down the targeting to a certain location and slice out certain ages for good measure. That might make sense if you’re trying to sell a cream-colored foundation in your Manhattan boutique, but you’d be ill-advised to try it for advertising housing or jobs — because it’s against the law.

Beto O’Rourke is passionate and works hard. But he’s also got plenty of hubris. Here are a few things that give me pause about his candidacy.