Corporate decision makers often pick a white candidate for a job over an equally qualified black candidate because of unconscious bias based on race, a National Grid executive said.
Marcy L. Reed, president of National Grid Massachusetts and vice president of U.S. policy and social impact for the British-owned utility, participated in an online panel discussion on race hosted by the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce on Friday, June 12.
The National Arena League, an indoor arena football league, will not have a season in 2020. That means the Massachusetts Pirates, who play at the DCU Center in Worcester, will not have a 2020 season. The reason is that the league determined that teams could not play games without fans in attendance — which isn't possible because of the coronavirus emergency.
