Zara Nanu

It’s not us, it’s the market Benchmarking's role in perpetuating pay inequality

I’m currently writing a book about making pay for work fair, and using my blog to publicly discuss some of the themes.

Today it’s benchmarking, and how we use market rates to avoid bigger questions about value: fairpay.substack.com/p/its-not-us...

The 5 best science books of 2025 It’s been an uneasy year for science.

Y'all, #Christmas came early.

#TheDoubleTax, my author debut, was named one of the TOP FIVE BEST SCIENCE BOOKS of 2025 by the @latimes.com @ologies.bsky.social.

I NEVER in a million years expected this and I am exceedingly grateful and overwhelmed by this honor. WOW. 😭 #GodsPlan #blacksky #booksky

AI Bias Lawsuit Against Workday Reaches Next Stage as Court Grants Conditional Certification of ADEA Claim A closely watched class and collective action against the HR management services company Workday, Inc. reached a new milestone recently, when the Northern

Did you know that Workday is being sued because an AI tool they sell for hiring actually discriminates against marginalized people?

This is my shocked face.

'You cannot fix the pay gap without addressing unpaid work' Academics Zara Nanu and Anna Gifty Opoku-Agyeman discuss the gender pay gap

MY FIRST INTERNATIONAL BYLINE is out today in @bristol247.bsky.social with @zarananu.bsky.social!

We discuss U.K. equal pay day, how #TheDoubleTax shows up for Black women in the UK, and why caregiving is a an economic crisis OR economic opportunity in waiting. #blacksky #uk

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😱😱😱 hope someone can help 🤞

Black Americans Are Losing Jobs in a Warning for the Economy Unemployment among Black people reaches highest level since 2021. “I am in the fight of my life.”

"Black Americans Are Losing Jobs in a Warning for the Economy
Unemployment among Black people reaches highest level since 2021; ‘I am in the fight of my life’" www.wsj.com/economy/jobs...

In Trump’s Federal Work Force Cuts, Black Women Are Among the Hardest Hit

Today in the @nytimes.com, one of the most important stories of our time. Between the months of February and July, 319,000 Black women exited the workforce. In the same period, White men saw the largest increase in jobs- 365,000.

This is #TheDoubleTax. Pre-order: annagifty.com. #blacksky

I've doubted many times whether this is the right time for #TheDoubleTax to come out, but everything about Governor Cook this week has confirmed to me that this book is meeting the moment.

For those who don't know, the rise of Governor Cook is featured PROMINENTLY in #TheDoubleTax: annagifty.com.

🗣️ YOU CANNOT GET RID OF GENDER INEQUALITY WITHOUT GETTING RID OF RACIAL INEQUALITY. In #TheDoubleTax, I will-

New way to promote the Amazon documentary on Melania is working well then …

Cover Letter for a Job I Don’t Want but Will Be Offended Not to Get My résumé reflects a pattern of, let’s call it, erratic brilliance punctuated by long stretches of disillusionment, which I’ve cleverly framed as “consulting.”

Dear Hiring Manager, I am writing to express my feigned enthusiasm for the ambiguous position of—I think it was something like “Global Strategy Content Execution Associate”?

Happy birthday! 🎉

73% of mothers with kids under 18 are in the workforce. More than flowers or brunch, working moms need:

-Paid family leave
-Equal pay
-Universal childcare

(But get your mom flowers, too)

a man in a suit and tie stands in front of a bunch of robots in a factory ALT: a man in a suit and tie stands in front of a bunch of robots in a factory

Should someone tell him these jobs are done by robots ? 👀 🤖

This has got to be the most sunny and pleasant Trade War Eve I’ve ever experienced…

Putin declares only Russian fizz is 'Champagne' In a baffling move, the Kremlin has ruled that only sparkling wine produced in Russia can be sold and marketed as ‘Champagne’.

I see where this is going www.thedrinksbusiness.com/2021/07/puti...

They have been doing this in former soviet counties for decades and have a pretty good blueprint for how it works. I recognise it in current US.

Why? How? I have so many questions …

Is that why he brought Tate back into the US? So that people can start worrying more about these issues?

Is that his new job - Putin’s spokesperson?

Anyone interested in how well austerity works should talk to the UK. Spoiler alert - it doesn’t.

Organizations working to protect our local libraries @washoelibrary.bsky.social:

Friends of Washoe County Library:
washoelibraryfriends.org

Freedom to Read Nevada:
ftrnevada.org

NV for EveryLibrary:
www.nvforeverylibrary.com

Please feel free to share additional resources in the comments!

“He shouldn’t have started it” were the exact words that came out of his mouth when talking about Zelenskyy

The lowest 50 percent of earners only owned 2.5 percent of the total wealth

When wealth concentrates, so does power—leaving many behind. What we are seeing in the US is a clear result of discontent bread out of lack of unchecked corporate capitalism.

Be clear about what Trump and Musk’s aid axe will do: people will face terror and starve, many will die | Gordon Brown The decimation of USAid is already having a terrible effect in some of the poorest places on the planet. It damages America: it will harm us all An earthquake of magnitude 7.0 or above could not have caused more carnage. Recent floods in Asia and…

Be clear about what Trump and Musk’s aid axe will do: people will face terror and starve, many will die | Gordon Brown

Not an Onion headline

Time to reread some books