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Age discrimination sounds simple: The oldest workers face the strongest biases. But new research suggests that rule applies primarily to White workers. For Black workers, age discrimination is highest for the youngest, falls in middle age, and rises once more as workers near retirement. A new experiment at Texas A&M University helps illustrate the surprising pattern, which has not been widely studied but tends to line up with Labor Department data reviewed by The Washington Post: Black workers are typically less likely to be hired than White workers with the same experience, but the gap c...

Young Black workers face even more discrimination than older ones, a new study found.

Nelson’s headstone gets assist from temple renovation (Michael Stack | Special to The Tribune) This notation appears on the monument that will mark church President Russell M. Nelson's grave in the Salt Lake City Cemetery. May 10, 2021. It has become a common practice for a husband or wife to erect a headstone for the couple after only one has died — waiting to list the death date for the surviving spouse to be engraved later. Still, mourners strolling through the northwest quadrant of the historic Salt Lake City Cemetery might be startled to see a tall granite shaft emblazoned with the n...

What started as a way to adapt university talks to COVID-19 precautions may continue as a new forum for Latter-day Saint history and culture. Podcast “The Foyer” began last year as Patrick Mason was looking for ways to continue discussions about The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and the larger movement of Mormonism. As Utah State University’s Leonard J. Arrington Chair of Mormon Studies, Mason felt a responsibility to keep bringing people content that they could normally get from the school’s religious studies guest speakers and panels. “When the pandemi...

Congratulations to columnist Kelly Egan for saying out loud what many have thought for some time. MPP Randy Hillier, the self- styled populist, has engaged in reckless and irresponsible behaviour during the COVID crisis. He has knowingly spread false information and encouraged defiance of public health orders. He has failed his first duty, as a public official, to promote the wellbeing of his community. His recent actions are not a question of conviction: they are criminal. Michael Kaczorowski, Ottawa Government whiffs on golf I can’t figure out why golf is on the list of being too dangerou...