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August 2016

Rights

For women in tech, the gender gap is very real

It wasn’t until her first computer science course at Harvard University that Anne Madoff began to realize how...

Aug 25, 2016
The "Women in Tech" fellowship will include reporting from the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing, named for computer scientist Grace Hopper (1906-1992). (Vasser College)
Fellowships

Announcing our Women in Tech Fellows

The GroundTruth Project and SiliconANGLE Media’s theCUBE are pleased to announce the winners of a new reporting fellowship...

Aug 17, 2016
Willie Johnson poses for a portrait in East New York.
Photography

Raising East New York: Portraits of black fatherhood

By Phyllis B. Dooney “We don’t have deadbeat dads out here. We have a lot of men who...

Aug 16, 2016
Rights

Turkey’s Kingdom of Men

This article was originally published by the Lenny Letter and Elle Magazine. Last week a faction of Turkey's...

Aug 13, 2016
An attendee watches the speeches at the RNC. (Composite image by Biz Herman/GroundTruth)
Democracy

The art of the American political narrative

Watching the conventions for the two major American political parties – the Republicans in Cleveland and the Democrats...

Aug 11, 2016
The number of female startup founders has grown in recent years, but it's still only around 18 percent.
Rights

Are women venture capitalists better at choosing startups?

When venture capitalist Sheryl Marshall’s investment fund folded as the dot-com bubble began to pop in 1999, she...

Aug 01, 2016

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