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Mapping the Refugee Crisis in 8 Points

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“Pay for professional women’s soccer players is at best paltry and at worst outright shameful compared to those of their male counterparts.”

The Gender Gap in Sports

The Gender Gap in Sports

“Pay for professional women’s soccer players is at best paltry and at worst outright shameful compared to those of their male counterparts.” 

5 Ways The Movie Industry Still Fails Women

What does putting your room on Airbnb do to your income? 

Gender Pay Gap in Sports

India and Turkey: Restricting Free Speech Through Facebook and Social Media

In 2013, Facebook started publishing data on the amount of content it restricted in different countries. Between July 2013 and December 2014, India and Turkey alone were responsible for 90% of the almost 26,000 pieces of restricted content.

In today’s latest celebrity feud, Taylor Swift and Nicki Minaj engage in a Twitter exchange after a VMA snub, propelling Twitter into conversations around race and gender. Swift’s Twitter account ranks as the fourth most popular one with 60.8 million followers, while Minaj lags behind with 19.8 million.

What does it take to be a Twitter Rockstar? 

We looked, and found out.

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Prominent voices in tech journalism are criticizing the global startup community for building software products and services that cater to the 1 percent or have zero societal value. They claim that curated shopping services are not really revolutionary; that food delivery services aren’t changing the world; and that ridesharing is nice but not exactly earth-shattering. And, clearly, building ways to sell more ads adds nothing to the global karmic bottom line.

However, in my world, I see numerous critical tools and services coming from startups that have world-changing potential. These tools and services help mere mortals wrangle data and use it to greater effect.

Data is power. Those who can wield data effectively or collect data where previously it was unavailable can fight powerful monied adversaries and force social change. We call it the “data revolution.” It’s a real thing and it will leave a tremendous positive legacy for the world.

The gender ratio of women and men Film School graduates is quite balanced. However women end up being significantly underrepresented in the industry. For example, no women has ever won an Academy Award for Cinematography. And Kathryn Bigelow has been the only female director to win an Oscar. Not a surprise, given that there have ever been only 4 women nominated for Best Director… against 425 men!

Women Behind the Camera: The Gender Gap in TV Series

Billionaire Cities

New York City, Moscow and Hong Kong clearly lead the pack, all with over 60 billionaires living in their city limits.

Dallas and Paris are by far the smaller cities, and their rate of billionaires (number of billionaires per 1,000,000 citizens) is considerably higher.

Billionaire Cities

New York City, Moscow and Hong Kong clearly lead the pack, all with over 60 billionaires living in their city limits.

Dallas and Paris are by far the smaller cities, and their rate of billionaires (number of billionaires per 1,000,000 citizens) is considerably higher.