Equity and Inclusion

It was a busy first day in a Glynn County courthouse as the jury was sworn in to decide the fate of the defendants in the death of Ahmaud Arbery heard their first witness.

Kyle Rittenhouse is accused of shooting and killing two men outside of a Kenosha car dealership. Friday, workers testified they did not ask for protection.

A Southwest Airlines passenger said she and her 10-year-old biracial daughter were stopped by authorities on a report of possible human trafficking – except she wasn't and she said the incident reeks of bias. 

The Senate has confirmed Robert Santos as the next U.S. Census Bureau director.

Critical race theory has become a lightning rod for Republicans and an issue in the Virginia governor's race.

Asian Americans will serve as mayor in Boston and Cincinnati for the first time in both cities’ histories.

Just four months after Juneteenth became a national holiday, plans are now in the works for a national Juneteenth museum in the Fort Worth.

The U.S. issued its first passport with an “X” gender — a milestone in the recognition of the rights of people who don’t identify as male or female.

More than 30 years after his death, the city of Oakland has its first permanent public art piece honoring Huey Percy Newton, the co-founder of the Black Panther Party.

The Treasury Department has hired a former JPMorgan Chase executive to head a new government program aimed at combatting racial inequality issues in banking and other financial-services industries.

Some Netflix workers on Wednesday participated in a walkout in protest of comedian Dave Chappelle’s new special "The Closer." Critics say the new special is offensive to transgender people and has the potential to instigate real-life violence.

U.S. District Judge Loretta Biggs ruled late Monday that the University of North Carolina has shown that it has a compelling reason to pursue a diverse student body and has demonstrated that measurable benefits come from that goal.

The summit is held every year and began after the 2018 Tree of Life massacre in Pittsburgh which resulted in one of the largest losses of life in an anti-Semitic attack in the U.S.

The Art Institute of Chicago fired all of its trained volunteers and guides last month, who were mostly older White women, to diversify its team.

A newly filed lawsuit says the federal government is funding organizations that illegally discriminate against potential LGBTQ foster parents seeking to care for unaccompanied refugee children.

Netflix's co-CEO defended the company's collaboration with comedian Dave Chappelle.

The 30-year-old singer, who was previously a part of Little Mix, came under fire after social media users claimed Nelson had tanned her skin to appear darker in an attempt to be seen as biracial in the music video for "Boyz" with Nicki Minaj.

Ted Sarandos reportedly defended the comedy special in an email to employees.