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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