While tech companies’ racial and gender disparities are grave, Reveal found many firms haven’t been held back by conventional excuses.
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Posted inInequality, Insult to Injury, Silicon Valley Diversity, Worked Over
Tesla and beyond: Hidden problems of Silicon Valley
We investigate companies that are struggling to solve some old-fashioned problems: Worker safety at Tesla, and diversity at Google and beyond.
Posted inInequality, Silicon Valley Diversity, Techsploitation, Workers’ Rights
Congresswoman to tech firms: ‘You’re hiding something’
Most big Silicon Valley tech firms won’t release diversity job data. “They’re probably covering up their dismal record,” Rep. Barbara Lee said.
Posted inInequality, Silicon Valley Diversity, Worked Over
Hidden figures: How Silicon Valley keeps diversity data secret
Silicon Valley companies had many reasons for withholding the data, including Yelp’s diversity officer, who called it “probably not very interesting.”
Posted inInequality, Silicon Valley Diversity, Worked Over
How we analyzed Silicon Valley tech companies’ diversity data
As of Oct. 19, 2017, we have been able to obtain EEO-1 reports from 23 of those companies.
Posted inInside the Newsroom
Reveal and CIR win 5 National Headliner Awards
The Center for Investigative Reporting and “Reveal” radio have been honored with five National Headliner Awards for contributions to multiplatform journalism, including two first-place winners.
Posted inImmigration, Techsploitation, Worked Over
Senator cites CIR investigation in hearing on abuse of tech workers
In a hearing this week about the H-1B visa program, Sen. Chuck Grassley cited The Center for Investigative Reporting’s Techsploitation series, which found widespread abuse of foreign high-tech workers in the U.S.
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Cleanup of Silicon Valley Superfund site takes environmental toll
The landmark Superfund program is supposed to clean up the country’s hazardous waste. But it’s creating unintended, and potentially worse, environmental consequences.