July 25, 2011
In the News: Survey Shows Racial Divide When Tipping; Smiley and West Launch Bus Tour Critiquing Obama and More
Why We Tip: Survey Shows Racial Divide
When African Americans dine out, the service had better measure up if the server is expecting a good tip.
That’s among the findings of a recent poll by The Root on attitudes and habits regarding tipping.
Hotel Housekeeper Tells Magazine of Her Encounter with Strauss-Khan
The Sofitel hotel housekeeper, who accused Dominique Strauss-Khan of sexual assault, is going on the record. She recently gave a long and tearful interview, with her full name and picture attached, that provides her detailed account of the May encounter – including that Mr. Strauss-Kahn told her “You’re beautiful†as he attacked her.
Read more at the New York Times…
Smiley and West Launch Bus Tour Critiquing Obama
(The Associated Press) Black activists Cornel West and Tavis Smiley are planning a 15-city “Poverty Tour” to bring attention to the needy and to what they say are the failings of President Barack Obama.
West, a Princeton University professor, and Smiley, host of a TV talk show, expect to begin the bus trip Aug. 5 at a Native American reservation in Wisconsin. With visits to soup kitchens, housing projects, farms, families and low-wage workers, they say they hope to create momentum for large-scale job creation programs and put poverty on the 2012 election agenda.
LinkedIn Launches Button That Lets You Apply for Jobs
LinkedIn just made it easier to apply for a job, thanks to the launch of its new “Apply With LinkedIn†button.
The business-oriented social network is billing the new feature as “the future of job applications.†The company’s goal is to make the job application process as simple as a click.