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He helped popularize “I Am a Man” as a demand for respect during the 1968 strike by Black sanitation workers in Memphis.

By Sam Roberts

She was a fiery lawyer from eastern Kentucky who charged coal companies with discrimination for their refusal to hire women. Her campaign was a success.

By Adam Nossiter

Wanda James is on a mission to empower entrepreneurs from communities harmed by racial disparities in marijuana arrests.

By Joshua Needelman

The contract will provide an average salary increase of 11 percent, similar to what other museum workers across the country have obtained during the industry’s multiyear union push.

By Zachary Small

During the pandemic, Joanna Patchett spent 18 harrowing months in the intensive care unit. She discovered that medicine isn’t just about science — it’s also about heart.

By Alix Strauss

A challenging time proved to be fertile ground for experimentation that continues to pay off.

By Amy Haimerl

Troubles at the restaurant chain Burgerim highlight concerns about whether franchisees need more protection in their contracts with franchisers.

By Michael Corkery

Precious Price ditched her profitable business of renting home stays to tourists to combat the mounting housing crisis.

By Martha C. White

The unemployment rate for Black New Yorkers rose to 12.2 percent in the first quarter of the year, while the white unemployment rate dropped to 1.3 percent, a new report says.

By Stefanos Chen

A business owner’s personal story can bolster trust in a brand, experts say. But what happens when they share hardships like homelessness, addiction or incarceration in company marketing?

By Nina Roberts

Hamissi Mamba, a refugee from Burundi, knew little of American culture when he arrived eight years ago and learned English watching the “Peppa Pig” cartoon. But he opened his dream restaurant, and the accolades have rolled in.

By Amy Haimerl

The first Black woman to serve as chief economist at the Labor Department advanced the idea that lifting up people on the margins helps everyone else, too.

By Lydia DePillis

Jessica Steinrock’s work on intimate scenes in film has come to prominence as the entertainment industry reels from the litany of sexual abuses brought to light by the #MeToo movement.

By Jennifer Harlan

Companies that ramped up hiring in areas like technology over the past few years are cutting back as customers slow their spending.

By Jordyn Holman

For a biologist in San Francisco, Dec. 25 will bring not presents and mistletoe, but beak trims and fish guts.

By Chris Colin

The job in the Scottish region of Tayside was eliminated after a groundswell of anger that a man would be overseeing, or ‘mansplaining,’ menstruation policy.

By Emma Bubola

Arvind Krishna is trying to stay in touch with the company’s roots as he confronts today’s challenges.

By David Gelles

Mary Gundel loved managing a store in Tampa, Fla. But when she detailed its challenges on social media, the company — and fellow employees — took notice.

By Michael Corkery

“What I ask myself all the time is, ‘What is a man?’” says Edoardo Beniamin, a trans man training to join his father’s profession as a gondolier.

By Guy Trebay and Clara Vannucci

Niren Chaudhary took over as C.E.O. just before the pandemic. He now has the company focused on climate change.

By David Gelles

Jim Weber, the chief executive of Brooks Running, was a devoted distance runner. Then came cancer.

By David Gelles

Tim Cadogan helps people raise money for disaster relief and other causes. Just don’t call it a substitute for the social safety net.

By David Gelles

A debate about John Muir and racism thrust Ramón Cruz into a new leadership role.

By David Gelles

Thrive Market has found success with a subscription model and eco-friendly, health-conscious brands. It’s a diet familiar to the C.E.O., Nick Green.

By David Gelles

A harsh portrait of pay inequality at the company, premiering at Sundance on Monday, was directed by the granddaughter of one of the founders.

By Brooks Barnes

Karen S. Lynch, who took over during the pandemic, is dealing with insurance, opioids, vaccines, politics and more.

By David Gelles

The Ethiopian entrepreneur Sara Menker founded Gro Intelligence, which uses artificial intelligence to forecast global agricultural trends and battle food insecurity.

By David Gelles

Shar Dubey runs some of the world’s most popular online dating sites. A restrictive new law prompted her to speak out.

By David Gelles

Shaun Eli Breidbart was a banker on Wall Street for 19 years but he gave up a lucrative career in favor of happiness.

By Pierre-Antoine Louis

Ryan Gellert is worried about the world his children will inherit and is trying to use business to combat climate change.

By David Gelles

Jake Wood was a Marine sniper in Iraq and Afghanistan. Now he works in the philanthropic sector and is “leading with love.”

By David Gelles

C.E.O.s are eager for employees to return — and afraid of alienating those who have grown accustomed to working from home.

By David Gelles

Signing bonuses, higher wages, even college tuition. Companies are using perks to entice new employees in an industry that has been battered by the pandemic.

By Sapna Maheshwari and Michael Corkery

Dambisa Moyo has the ear of top business leaders. But there are no simple answers to complex problems.

By David Gelles

As offices debate the merits and logistics of reopening, a parallel sphere of workers like Peter Naughton, a Walmart cashier, seem to inhabit another world. Often their jobs just got really hard.

By Chris Colin

Rich Lesser, who has run Boston Consulting Group for eight years, is stepping down at a moment of enormous change.

By David Gelles

A parallel universe of millions of employees did not have the luxury of thinking about returning to the office — they never left. Six workers share their experiences.

By Sydney Ember

Michelle Gass, the chief executive of Kohl’s, is striking deals with Amazon and Sephora in a bid to stay relevant.

By David Gelles

Ethan Brown, the founder and C.E.O. of Beyond Meat, on his moral and environmental priorities.

By David Gelles

As a self-described “working-class intellectual,” he declared that direct action was more potent than collective bargaining or conventional politics.

By Sam Roberts

“When you talk to workers, they don’t want to sign up for a 9-to-5 job,” said Hayden Brown, who runs Upwork, a site that matches freelancers with employers.

By David Gelles

“Companies that get down with me know how I get down.”

By David Gelles

A Moroccan immigrant’s goal was to make guests, including nine U.S. presidents, feel right at home amid the grandeur of a landmark Manhattan hotel.

By Sam Roberts

You know you have a good job when it lets you try a jetpack. But after 21 years of thrills at The Times, it’s time for my next adventure: the classroom.

By John Schwartz

“The more taxes I pay, the happier I am,” says Mr. Joly, who is waging a campaign to get big business to be more socially responsible.

By David Gelles

A recent Times project that examined how the tech giant manages its workers took months of reporting and hundreds of interviews.

By Maria Cramer

Chris Kempczinski faces pressure to raise wages, offer healthier choices and make McDonald’s more vocal politically. Meanwhile, business is booming.

By David Gelles

Pay scales vary by function and by union agreements, but the raise will boost wages by an average of $1.30 per hour. For some workers at the lower end of their pay scales, that could equate to a boost of 3 to 10 percent, the airline said.

By Niraj Chokshi

After a long career at Home Depot, Carol Tomé thought she was done with office life. Then a company she knew well needed a new leader.

By David Gelles

Beth Ford has spent much of her career working on supply chain issues, which has served her well as the leader of Land O’ Lakes.

By David Gelles

For a business article on the price that working moms paid, a photographer couldn’t take portraits in person. But shooting them remotely led to a different connection.

By Bethany Mollenkof

Lynn Forester de Rothschild, founder of the Coalition for Inclusive Capitalism, believes change will come when hedge fund billionaires and Pope Francis work together.

By David Gelles

Many job seekers don’t know where to look after the year we’ve just had. If you count yourself among this crowd, here’s how to get back into the market, even if you’re feeling rusty.

By Charlotte Cowles

“There is a responsibility of corporations to ensure that we maintain a stable democracy,” Derrick Johnson said.

By David Gelles

Burned out and flush with savings, some workers are quitting stable jobs in search of postpandemic adventure.

By Kevin Roose

A company with Southern roots and global reach tries to find its voice on an issue that disproportionately affects Black voters.

By David Gelles

Kathryn McLay, an Australian who worked for years in finance, wants employees to know “how valued they are.”

By David Gelles

The pandemic shattered the city’s economy, affecting people’s homes, livelihoods and wallets. One photojournalist documented the hardships, as both a lament and a tribute.

By Ashley Gilbertson

Tim Ryan, a white man and the U.S. chairman and senior partner at PwC, has made equity and inclusion a focus of the firm.

By David Gelles

Rose Marcario was riding high at the outdoor apparel manufacturer. Her sudden departure was another abrupt turn for perhaps America’s most unconventional company.

By David Gelles