A Politician's Stunning Fall

Eric Schneiderman, the New York State attorney general, resigned on Monday, hours after a report in which four women accused him of physical assault. Mr. Schneiderman contested the allegations. All of the women had been romantically involved with Mr. Schneiderman and said the violence was not consensual. Read the full article in The New Yorker.

Throughout his career, Mr. Schneiderman cultivated a reputation as an advocate for women, including a lawsuit against the company once run by Harvey Weinstein. Here are some of Mr. Schneiderman’s comments on women’s rights.

The former attorney general had raised his profile nationally by taking on President Trump’s agenda in the courts. New York State lawmakers are to begin discussing his replacement today. ~ New York Times, May 8, 2018

Watch the Primaries

It's primary day in Indiana, Ohio, North Carolina and West Virginia, four states that went for Donald Trump in 2016. The outcomes in these races will begin to answer some key questions about how November's midterms are shaping up for both parties.

The headliner today is the West Virginia GOP Senate primary. Republicans fear a win by former coal baron Don Blankenship could spell disaster in a general election match-up against Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin. Blankenship spent a year in prison in connection with a 2010 mine explosion that killed 29 workers, and he's hit Senate Majority leader Mitch McConnell and his wife, US Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao, with some racially charged attacks. Blankenship considers himself "Trumpier than Trump," but the President wants nothing to do with him and urged West Virginians to vote against him. ~CNN, May 8, 2018

Graduating While Black

A student's biggest dream is to walk across the stage during their school's commencement ceremony; getting rushed off the stage is not. This was the case for a number of African-American students at the University of Florida's ceremony on Saturday.

As students were called up to receive their diplomas, some decided to perform a quick celebratory dance. But a faculty member didn't find the performances to his liking, and forcibly rushed the graduates off the stage. Several people took to social media to post videos of the incidents, saying the man's actions were unfair and unnecessary.
"This is absolutely disgusting, these students have paid more (than) $40,000 in tuition and if they want to dance for 4 secs then it's their prerogative," Mackintosh Joachin, a student at the university, shared on Facebook. The videos quickly sparked outrage, with some who watched them accusing the university of racism.

UF tweeted later Saturday: "The University is proud of the achievements of every single one of our graduates and regrets that any celebration of the day may have been diminished by those monitoring a graduation ceremony."

Staffing firm is fastest-growing woman-owned business

Academy Award-winning actress Viola Davis spoke at the Women Presidents’ Organization's annual conference in Los Angeles.

A Dallas employment agency tops this year’s list of the 50 fastest-growing women-owned/led companies compiled by The Women Presidents’ Organization.

The workforce solution firm Pinnacle Group, led by President and CEO Nina Vaca, came in first on the organization’s 11th annual ranking.

WPO said in a release that the $8.3 billion aggregate revenue of the 50 companies on the list represents a $1 billion increase from last year’s ranking. The average revenue for the companies in 2017 was $165.3 million.

The companies were honored at the 2018 WPO Annual Conference in Los Angeles yesterday where Academy Award-winning actress Viola Davis was the guest speaker.

Dropping to number two on the list from the top spot last year was Orangetheory Fitness, a workout franchise company based in Boca Raton, Florida and run by Ellen Latham.

Rounding out the top five are professional employer organization Globalization Partners, based in Boston and led by CEO Nicole Sahin, in the third position; TKT & Associates Inc., a business management firm run by Tierra Kavanaugh Wayne in Louisville, Kentucky, in fourth; and fifth, Xtreme Solutions, an Atlanta IT services and solutions provider led by Phyllis Newhouse.

All eligible companies were ranked according to a sales growth formula combining percentage and absolute growth. To qualify for the ranking, businesses were required to be privately held, woman-owned/led companies and have reached annual revenues of at least $500,000 as of January 1, 2013. The average age of women owner/leaders in the ranking is 51, with half the winners in their 30s and 40s, per WPO.

A Dallas employment agency tops this year’s list of the 50 fastest-growing women-owned/led companies compiled by The Women Presidents’ Organization.

The workforce solution firm Pinnacle Group, led by President and CEO Nina Vaca, came in first on the organization’s 11th annual ranking.   WPO said in a release that the $8.3 billion aggregate revenue of the 50 companies on the list represents a $1 billion increase from last year’s ranking. The average revenue for the companies in 2017 was $165.3 million.

The companies were honored at the 2018 WPO Annual Conference in Los Angeles yesterday where Academy Award-winning actress Viola Davis was the guest speaker.
Dropping to number two on the list from the top spot last year was Orangetheory Fitness, a workout franchise company based in Boca Raton, Florida and run by Ellen Latham.

Rounding out the top five are professional employer organization Globalization Partners, based in Boston and led by CEO Nicole Sahin, in the third position; TKT & Associates Inc., a business management firm run by Tierra Kavanaugh Wayne in Louisville, Kentucky, in fourth; and fifth, Xtreme Solutions, an Atlanta IT services and solutions provider led by Phyllis Newhouse. ~ Anne Stych is a freelance writer in Charlotte, North Carolina.