A lawsuit stating Google favored white and Asian workers has been settled. According to CNN, Ana Cantu, a former Google employee who identifies as Mexican and racially Indigenous, brought forward a lawsuit that claimed the tech giant offered lower salaries and job levels to those of Hispanic, Latino, Native American, Indigenous, American Indian, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander and Alaska Native employees at Google. It was filed in 2021. In the lawsuit, Cantu said that during her seven-year tenure working in Google’s people operations and cloud departments, she was not given a promotion or salary increase. She alleged that white and Asian workers with the same work performance were promoted and received raises, while other workers who complained about the treatment had these opportunities withheld. Cantu left the company in September 2021, claiming Google did not adhere to the California Equal Pay Act. Additionally, leaked documents showed about 6,632 diverse employees reported...

Byron Allen’s Allen Media Group is terminating or reassigning all local meteorologists at its nearly two dozen stations nationwide, replacing them with a feed broadcasted to individual stations from The Weather Channel, which he also owns. According to CNN, the layoffs will impact at least 50 meteorologists at stations from Massachusetts to Hawaii. Carl Parker, a veteran storm and climate specialist at The Weather Channel, is leading the initiative, which will give some of the affected meteorologists new jobs at its Atlanta, GA-based hub, and others will have the option to stay in their current markets. The Weather Channel will deploy meteorologists during certain weather events. In a news release on Saturday, Jan. 18, 2025, Allen Media said the “groundbreaking” operation “brings together world-class meteorological expertise, cutting-edge technology, and the most advanced forecasting tools to deliver superior weather content to local television station audiences.” “We are proud to...

By capitalizing on her status as a leading beauty influencer, Jackie Aina has built the foundation for a prosperous business empire. How It Started Aina, a Nigerian-American born in California’s San Gabriel Valley, came from humbling beginnings. BuzzFeed News mentions she has six siblings, with an even split between brothers and sisters. She recalls “growing up with nothing” at times, bouncing around shelters with her mother and siblings. “Growing up, I had no leverage, I had no rich uncle,” she said, per the outlet. “We got kicked out of a shelter, we couldn’t get to another one quick enough. And when you’re a mom of seven, It’s not easy.” To change her outcome, Aina studied medicine at the California State University, Business Insider reported. That route did not pan out for Aina, and she made the decision to serve in the Army in 2008, after being convinced by her then-boyfriend. They would marry — although they later divorce — and she moved to Hawaii to live with him where she...

You may know Detroit rapper Danny Brown from his electrifying music, his energetic collaborations with acts such as JPEGMAFIA, Run The Jewels, and Eminem, or even from his self-titled podcast venture . The underground rap legend has garnered a reputation for his gut-busting sense of humor and his boundary-pushing bars, having amassed a following of just under 2 million monthly listeners on Spotify alone . From his numerous business ventures in the entertainment industry, Danny Brown has seen massive financial highs and lows, and currently touts a net worth of over $4 million, per Celebrity Net Worth . Now that “The Danny Brown Show” podcast is blowing up and the Detroit-born artist is seeing more new fans than ever before, it seems like as good a time as any to take a brief deep dive into his financial portfolio. We’ll see what we can learn from his long and storied career. Let’s examine Danny Brown’s revenue streams, endorsement deals , and other forms of income contributing to his...

If you’ve been tuned into the news lately, you’re likely familiar with the term ‘noncompete agreement.’ Despite the term being used a lot in modern discourse, you may not have a full functioning knowledge of what a noncompete actually is. The Federal Trade Commission recently issued a rule banning noncompete clauses for a wide array of business ventures , estimated to impact over 30 million people. The ruling will render existing noncompetes relatively unenforceable, and prohibit major companies from issuing new ones, even for their high-ranking execs . Luckily, if you haven’t signed one of these yourself in recent years, you likely don’t need to worry about them. Of course, it’s still good to be in the know, so you know your rights when beginning a new job, or executing a contract with another business. So, what is a noncompete? Does it impact your profession? And what are the pros and cons? Continue reading below to have all these questions and more answered, as we dive into the...

The four-day work week is a new workplace disruptor that is gradually taking over the contentious discussion of working remotely. The idea is gaining momentum as a result of multiple significant experiments conducted in the US, UK, and Canada. Let’s examine the chances of states and businesses being open to implementing a four-day work week and the potential implications for you. What Is A 4-Day Work Week? Although the five-day workweek is widely used today, it wasn’t until Henry Ford introduced it in his factory in 1926 that it became popular and was made official by legislation in 1940. According to a press release from the office of Sen. Bernie Sanders , a new bill being introduced into the U.S. Senate would reduce the standard U.S. workweek to four days, while retaining the same five-day pay wages for workers. This marks the anniversary of Ford’s decision to reduce the workweek for his employees by nearly a century. Although the idea is not new, there has never been a greater...

Serving in the military requires great courage, as members willingly take on risks and hardships most professions never face. The demanding conditions of training, deployment, and combat involve dangers that call for personal sacrifice. Within the various military branches, there are elite forces that train even harder and undertake riskier assignments that consistently put them in harm’s way. In particular, the Navy SEALs are considered one of the toughest special operations forces in the world, with several alums that have continued to other careers within the intelligence community and private sector. In particular, David Goggins is a retired Navy SEAL, Army Ranger and Air Force service member who pivoted to becoming a prolific athlete as well as a public speaker and author. He is an ultramarathon runner, triathlete, and ultra-distance cyclist. With a career this impressive, it is only natural to wonder about David Goggins current net worth. David Goggins’ Early Life Like many...

If you walked through communities across this country and asked everyday Americans to explain why groceries and gas cost more, why interest rates continue to go up, or optimal investment approaches, you’d hear a wide range of answers. This wide range would show you how differently everyone — including myself — experiences and understands how our financial system truly works. Fresh out of college, I had to learn the basics of money management and finances through life’s hard knocks. I remember feeling like I was finally “adulting” when I opened my first savings account that had about a 3-4% interest rate. But at the same time, I never explored alternate methods of saving, like a certificate of deposit, which earns interest on a lump sum over a fixed period of time and I was definitely too risk-averse to put any money into the market — so investing was out of the question. Looking back, I now realize  that my financial understanding, like so many in our country, was not where it...