Here are some of my stories on Wall Street and race, gender and inequality in Bloomberg News and Businessweek:

Race
March 2024: Wall Street’s DEI Retreat Has Officially Begun
March 2022: A Wall Street Lifer’s Quixotic Quest to Build a Nonracist Bank
Nov 2021: Want to Be a Black Finance Star? They’re Building a Mother Ship
Oct 2021: Why Some Bankers Are Rushing to Settle U.S. Redlining Probes
Sept 2021: Wall Street Moving Slowly on Road to Recruit From Black Colleges
May 2021: Morgan Stanley Bucks Bank Diversity Trend With New Crop of Stars
April 2021: Goldman Reveals Black Workforce Numbers for the First Time
Sept 2020: AIG’s Top Black Ranks Get Thinner With Four Leaders Leaving
Aug 2020: The Only One in the Room: Wall Street’s Top Ranks Look Nothing Like the Nation They Serve, George McReynolds on the Suit That Changed Merrill and What Parsons Saw When He Made It Inside the Executive Suite
June 2018: Share of Black Employees at JPMorgan Falls for Sixth Straight Year and Black Bankers Drop at Citigroup for Eighth Consecutive Year
July 2017: Black Executives Are Losing Ground at Some Big Banks
Feb 2015: How an Undocumented Immigrant Became a Star at Goldman

Gender
March 2024: Harassment and Drugs Have Plagued a Citi Division for Years
Nov 2022: Goldman Paid Over $12 Million to Bury Partner’s Claim of Sexism
Oct 2022: In Big Gender Suit, Goldman Fought to Keep Big Names Secret
June 2022: Fired D.E. Shaw Fund Manager Michalow Wins $52 Million
June 2022: Former Goldman MD Publishing a Book Alleging Abuse and Attack
May 2022: Ex-Goldman Partner: Wall Street Silence Failed Poor Women
Feb 2022: Wall Street’s Era of Secrecy for Harassment Claims Is Finally Over
Dec 2021: Goldman Sticks With Arbitration for Sexual-Harassment Claims
June 2021: Goldman’s Flip on Harassment Followed Campaign by Tiny Activist
Oct 2020: Top Goldman Lawyers Accused of Covering Up Sexual Harassment
Sept 2020: Women of Wall Street Ask ‘Who’s Next’ After Citi Picks Jane Fraser
Feb 2020: PNC Bank Accused of Hiding Video of Wealth Manager’s Assault
Dec 2019: Wall Street’s Machine of Silence Stopped a #MeToo Revolution
Nov 2019: A Dead Doctor, the Trauma of Sexual Abuse, and a Bank in Denial
Oct 2019: Harassment Debacle Deepens at DLA as Lawyer Reveals Emails
Sept 2019: Sex Jokes and Lost Business Fuel Saleswoman’s Fight With Cantor
Aug 2019: Jefferies’ Zervos Sued by Wife’s Trainer Over Tryst Gone Bad
June 2019: Wall Street Dads Find Parental Leave Easier to Get Than to Take
April 2019: Cantor Doesn’t Want This Woman Talking About Her Mug in Court
Jan 2019: Morgan Stanley Banker Fired After Maternity Leave Writes CEO
July 2018: Goldman Fires a Salesman Charged Twice With Attacking a Woman
May 2018: To Sue Goldman, You Have to Hang On—For a Long, Long Time
March 2018: Will Women Ever Lead Goldman? Ask Its Next Top Man
Jan 2018: Why Wall Street Hasn’t Had Its #MeToo Moment Yet
Nov 2017: Macquarie U.S. Executive Departs Amid Sexual Harassment Claim
Dec 2013: Secret Handshakes Greet Frat Brothers on Wall Street

Inequality
Oct 2022: John Mack, Who Led Morgan Stanley Into a Crisis, Regrets Little
July 2022: Myth of ‘Free’ Checking Costs Consumers Over $8 Billion a Year
Dec 2021: Wall Street Ends Crazy Year With Existential Angst and Big Bonuses
April 2021: Rich Americans Face Biden Tax Hike With Anger, Denial and Grief
Dec 2020: Wall Streeters Reel In Riches From a Year of Unequal Rescues
Dec 2020: Goldman Revs Up Legal Machine to Take On Main Street Borrowers
July 2020: Covid Conversations With One of America’s Richest Men
March 2020: Billionaires Want People Back to Work. Employees Aren’t So Sure and Can We Get a Vaccine Early? How the Rich Prepare for Outbreak
Dec 2018: Wall Street Is Making the Most Money Ever. So Why the Long Face?
and Occupy Jamie: Activists Are Chasing the Billionaire Across the U.S.
April 2017: Trump’s Tax Cuts Delight Wall Street as Debt Worries Fade
Jan 2017: Wilbur Ross and the Era of Billionaire Rule
June 2014: Ex-Bankers Upgrade the Good Life as Violin Pools Beckon
Oct 2013: Occupy’s Union Bank Embraces Billionaires in Profit Hunt
Sept 2013: Wealthy New Yorkers Call De Blasio’s Tax Plan Offensive
March 2013: Wall Street $100 Million Man Makes Vermont Downton Abbey
Oct 2012: Wall Street Finds Sandy Silver Lining in Wine, Monopoly
April 2012: Wall Street Tracks ‘Wolves’ as May 1 Protests Loom
Feb 2012: Banker Bonus Withdrawal Means Trading Aspen for Chex Coupons
Dec 2011: Bankers Join Billionaires to Debunk ‘Imbecile’ Attack on Top 1%

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