If you were (or are) the founder or CEO of a start-up company or later-stage firm, would you be willing to pledge one percent of your equity to charity? How about one percent of your profit? Or your ...

Editor’s note: This blog posting about pledging is from our archives. Keep checking The Root for continuing coverage of the lawsuit against SAE. Ah, it’s time to go back to school, and boy, have you ...

College officials are cautiously optimistic about a decision made by one of the country’s largest fraternities to ban its controversial pledging process, ending a ritual which has become synonymous ...

After watching an episode of "Colbert Report" from early March, I found myself incredibly interested in the guest he featured on the show. Caitlin Flanagan, a writer for the Atlantic, recently ...

Freshman year of college I went to an open informational about the black Greek organizations on campus. As I sat listening to girls talk about their various sororities, all I could think was, how am I ...

Fewer public companies are allowing insiders, including directors and officers, to hedge and/or pledge their shares. These days, insider trading policies will typically include a section covering ...

One of the country’s largest fraternities, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, realized it was in trouble—and needed to change drastically to survive. As of March 9, SAE announced it was eliminating its infamous ...

Sigma Alpha Epsilon, among the nation’s largest and most storied college fraternities, eliminated the controversial “pledging” process Sunday, saying new members once referred to as “pledges” ...

Sigma Alpha Epsilon — dubbed "The Deadliest Fraternity" in America — banned new member pledging last week following the deaths of 10 fraternity members and pledges over the past decade. While SAE is ...