Sam Ruland, York Daily Record
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1:40 pm UTC Mar. 9, 2021
About this series: Over the next several weeks, reporters with USA Today s Pennsylvania network will take a look back at the impact COVID-19 has had on the commonwealth over the past year, and what the future holds.
Neighborhoods across the state some lined with million-dollar homes, others by more modest dwellings struggled to survive this year as the coronavirus pandemic uprooted the lives of Pennsylvanians everywhere. But while the unprecedented catastrophe was shared by millions adjusting to their new normal, the suffering was not equally spread.
For low-income Pennsylvanians like Elena, a mother of two without reliable income to pay the bills, surviving the pandemic was made harder by financial and structural imbalances that almost ensure the most marginalized residents bear the heaviest burdens of a public health crisis.
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Facebook’s hiring practices and promotions are under federal scrutiny following reports of widespread racial bias, according to Reuters. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has launched a “systemic” investigation into the social media giant, indicating that it suspects internal policies may be contributing to a top-down culture of discrimination.
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In July, Facebook operations program manager Oscar Veneszee Jr., who is Black, filed a complaint with the EEOC along with two applicants he recruited that Facebooklater rejected. A third rejected applicant joined the case in December. The complaint, which they told NPR was filed on behalf of “all Black Facebook employees and applicants to Facebook,” alleges that the company fails to provide equal career opportunities for its Black workers, employs subjective evaluations that promote racial stereotypes, and discriminates against Black candidates. In short, Facebook has “
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