Saturday, May 5, 2012

Study: All-White Jury Pools Convict Black Defendants 16 Percent More Often Than Whites


Juries formed from all-white jury pools in Florida convicted black defendants 16 percent more often than white defendants, a gap that was nearly eliminated when at least one member of the jury pool was black, according to a Duke-led study. Read more at Duke.edu.

Why Women Aren’t C.E.O.s, According to Women Who Almost Were

"It’s not a pipeline problem. It’s about loneliness, competition and deeply rooted barriers." Read more in the NYT .