Conn is a Kentucky author of memoir and fiction. She is the author of In the Shadow of the Valley: A Memoir, and her latest novel, Someplace Like Home explores the resilience of women living in ...

This is the second piece in a four-part series exploring how race and identity affect feelings of belonging at work, and how employers can respond and support their diverse workforce. This series is ...

DEI efforts are often concentrated on biases surrounding gender, race and sexual identity, pushing other lines of discrimination to the side — but employers may be missing an essential piece of what ...

Last fall I had dinner with a friend who is tenured at a major research institution, and some of her graduate students who were just entering the job market. When I mentioned to the students that I ...

Classism is legal in the United Kingdom. By that, I mean that the law does not make discrimination against someone based on their class a specific criminal or civil wrong. The Equality Act 2010, the ...

Structural racism and classism could profoundly affect the existence of flora and fauna in our cities, according to a recent landmark publication in the academic journal Science. Urban ecosystems are ...

I’ve been laughed at in a meeting for my accent (Picture: Ella Byworth for Metro.co.uk) We should make classism illegal. There, I said it. And it feels good to say. BBC Four’s recent documentary, ...

Editor's Note: This is a part of YourTango's Opinion section where individual authors can provide varying perspectives for wide-ranging political, social, and personal commentary on issues. In an ...