Taylor Telford

Washington, D.C., United States

Corporate Culture Reporter at The Washington Post

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Facing entry-level job crunch, new grads question the value of a degree

1 day ago | washingtonpost.com | Taylor Telford

Facing entry-level job crunch, new grads question the value of a degree (washingtonpost.com) Facing entry-level job crunch, new grads question the value of a degree By Taylor Telford 2025062611005700 Ever since she graduated a year ago with a degree in computer science, Maggie Chen, 23, has been searching for her first real job.
Facing entry-level job crunch, new grads question the value of a degree

1 day ago | flipboard.com | Taylor Telford

1 hour agoSharing a few infographics based on the latest WEF future of jobs reports for 2025, Zerodha’s co-founder Nikhil Kamath tried to answer the burning question, “What jobs will be relevant in 10 years?" He wrote on X/Twitter Personally, I think the days of 4-year college courses are over, lifelong …
Local economies under pressure as ICE crackdowns create climate of fear

3 days ago | washingtonpost.com | Jaclyn Peiser |Julian Mark |Aaron Gregg |Taylor Telford

Local economies under pressure as ICE crackdowns create climate of fear (washingtonpost.com) Local economies under pressure as ICE crackdowns create climate of fear By Jaclyn Peiser; Julian Mark; Aaron Gregg; Taylor Telford 2025062411050000 Lupe Lopez's Latino market in Newark, California, has been a shopping and social hub for decades — until recently. Now the aisles are often quiet, the parking lot near empty, she said.
For sale (maybe): Trump’s red Tesla — low miles, almost new

3 weeks ago | washingtonpost.com | Taylor Telford

For sale (maybe): Trump’s red Tesla — low miles, almost new (washingtonpost.com) For sale (maybe): Trump’s red Tesla — low miles, almost new By Taylor Telford 2025060622115400 Searching for a hardly sat-in luxury EV in cherry red? The president might be willing to cut you a deal.
Rising prices, war rooms and layoffs: The cost of Trump’s tariffs is coming

3 weeks ago | washingtonpost.com | Taylor Telford

Rising prices, war rooms and layoffs: The cost of Trump’s tariffs is coming (washingtonpost.com) Rising prices, war rooms and layoffs: The cost of Trump’s tariffs is coming By Taylor Telford 2025060510003200 Rick Woldenberg was "gratified" last week when a federal judge ruled in his favor, backing his claims that President Donald Trump lacked the authority to impose the sweeping tariffs threatening to cost his Illinois toy companies tens of millions of dollars. But the ruling offered him no...
Target stumbles as tariffs hit earnings and sales fall amid DEI backlash

1 month ago | washingtonpost.com | Taylor Telford

Target stumbles as tariffs hit earnings and sales fall amid DEI backlash (washingtonpost.com) Target stumbles as tariffs hit earnings and sales fall amid DEI backlash By Taylor Telford 2025052113521600 Target slashed its financial outlook for the year Wednesday as it reported weaker-than-expected earnings amid tariff uncertainty and customer pullbacks — tied not only to a challenging economic environment but to a backlash against the company's decision to end certain diversity, equity and...
Consumers are getting hit by surprise tariff bills

1 month ago | washingtonpost.com | Rachel Lerman |Taylor Telford

Consumers are getting hit by surprise tariff bills (washingtonpost.com) Consumers are getting hit by surprise tariff bills By Rachel Lerman; Taylor Telford 2025051610001000 Some shoppers are getting surprised with new fees from online purchases, sometimes days or weeks after ordering, as tariffs on Chinese goods hit U.S. consumers.
Big brands distance themselves from Pride events amid DEI rollback

1 month ago | inquirer.com | Taylor Telford

Marty Zuniga, who helps organize PrideFest in St. Louis — one of the Midwest’s biggest LGBTQ+celebrations — could tell by January thatthis season would be unlike any he’s seen. That’s when Zuniga noticed that corporate contacts weren’t answering his emails. In the weeks that followed, longtime partners like Anheuser-Busch declined to sponsor this year’s two-day festival while others slashed donations, leaving him with a massive gap in his budget.
Big brands distance themselves from Pride events amid DEI rollback

1 month ago | washingtonpost.com | Taylor Telford

Big brands distance themselves from Pride events amid DEI rollback (washingtonpost.com) Big brands distance themselves from Pride events amid DEI rollback By Taylor Telford 2025050512053000 Marty Zuniga, who helps organize PrideFest in St. Louis — one of the Midwest's biggest LGBTQ+ celebrations — could tell by January that this season would be unlike any he's seen. That's when Zuniga noticed that corporate contacts weren't answering his emails.
‘DEI’ vanishing from corporate filings, mirroring business world’s retreat

1 month ago | phillytrib.com | Eric Lau |Taylor Telford

Corporate America’s embrace of DEI - the abbreviation for diversity, equity and inclusion - was already eroding before the Trump administration began purging what it calls “illegal and immoral” programs across the federal government and agitating for similar changes in the private sector and academia.