The past year has been relentless for news, with indictments of a former US president, wars in Europe and the Middle East, and Earth’s hottest year on record. It was a big year, too, for equality news in the US — including headlines that corporations made good on their 2020 vows to hire more people of color.

But 2023 also saw challenges to affirmative action and access to abortion medication, and there are more questions for the year ahead. Will a diverse pool of workers hired in 2021, largely to entry-level jobs, be retained and promoted? How will working parents and especially mothers, who benefited from pandemic-era flexible work, weather shrinking childcare options? Bloomberg Equality reporter Kelsey Butler and Businessweek senior writer Claire Suddath join Nancy Cook to discuss these and other stories they’re watching.

Read more: The Fight for Equality in 2023 Is a Very Long Game

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The past year has been relentless for news, with indictments of a former US president, wars in Europe and the Middle East, and Earth’s hottest year on record. It was a big year, too, for equality news in the US — including headlines that corporations made good on their 2020 vows to hire more people of color.
But 2023 also saw challenges to affirmative action and access to abortion medication, and there are more questions for the year ahead. Will a diverse pool of workers hired in 2021, largely to entry-level jobs, be retained and promoted? How will working parents and especially mothers, who benefited from pandemic-era flexible work, weather shrinking childcare options? Bloomberg Equality reporter <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/authors/ATn-RBQ-exQ/kelsey-butler">Kelsey Butler</a> and Businessweek senior writer <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/authors/AQvuiN-Whao/claire-suddath">Claire Suddath</a> join Nancy Cook to discuss these and other stories they’re watching.
Read more: <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2023-10-05/fighting-for-equality-in-2023-is-a-very-long-game">The Fight for Equality in 2023 Is a Very Long Game</a>
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The Big Equality Stories of 2023 – and What’s Next

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