diversity

Look at the books you read your kids each night. Who are the main characters, the heroes? Are they from a variety of different races and cultures? For Black History Month, Maria Sansone sits down with Boston Mom’s Dashanna Hanlon about top titles to diversify your kids’ favorite bedtime stories.

In the second season of CW’s “Batwoman,” Javicia Leslie takes the cape and cowl from season one star Ruby Rose — and becomes the first black Batwoman in the process. Leslie talked with LX News host Ashley Holt about the “light and the dark” of holding that title, and how women like Eartha Kitt, Halle Berry and Cicely Tyson helped...

There will be no Black women in the Senate once Sen. Kamala Harris leaves the chamber to become vice president. Political strategist Atima Omara and Rev. Leah Daughtry, a former CEO of the Democratic National Convention Committee, joined LX News to discuss the lack of representation of Black women, what it means for democracy and its ties to institutional racism.

Nicola Coughlan, who portrays Penelope Featherington on “Bridgerton,” recently shut down critics who had something to say about the show’s diverse casting in a period piece.

A history of racism and sexism in our country has translated to a lack of diversity in our federal judges. But it’s also due to neglected talent and political will, says the co-author of an opinion piece in The National Law Journal about the lack of Black women federal judges. Professor Catherine Smith of the University of Denver Sturm College...

President-elect Joe Biden says the United States needs a unified, national response to dealing with climate change just as it has for COVID-19

The Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum has acquired two emojis that have helped broaden diversity for users of the tiny pictures

Native Americans are urging President-elect Joe Biden to make history by selecting one of their own to lead the Interior Department, which oversees the nation’s tribes

After the long vote count and now in the midst of a rocky presidential transition, it can be easy to forget that there’s a lot that went surprisingly smoothly in our election process this year. Watch for four things that went very right on Election Day.

Aiming to promote equal opportunity and access for diverse companies in state contracting, the Baker administration proposed on Monday setting up the Massachusetts Supplier Diversity Office as a separate state agency. The bill would give the office, which is now part of the Operational Services Division, tools to ensure compliance with diversity goals, including a state spending audit function. “Our…

For decades, the word “superhero” brought to mind characters like Superman, Spider-Man and Batman. All straight white men. But that’s been changing. Yusuf Omar of Hashtag Our Stories visited the Black Comic Book Festival in NYC this January to learn why diverse superheroes are so important.

Little Free Libraries, or book-sharing boxes, are a trend in over 100 countries, including the U.S. Some Bay State natives are on a mission to ensure that the books inside represent the global community we now live in.

Companies are struggling to recruit diverse volunteers in final U.S. tests of possible COVID-19 vaccines

With the Academy’s recent announcement of new representation and inclusion standards for Best Picture eligibility, Variety film awards editor Clayton Davis is breaking it down, insisting that there are many kinks needed to be worked out, such as educating the public and Academy membership.

49ers Chief Administrative Officer and General Counsel Hannah Gordon discusses her new book and the need for more diversity and inclusion in sports.

Many families have started, or are continuing, conversations about race, anti-racism, and Black Lives Matter. But what happens next? Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Expert Nicole Lee explains to #Mom2Mom’s Maria Sansone the importance of walking the walk, not just talking the talk.

TV has been America’s constant companion amid the coronavirus and a whirlwind of racial reckoning.

When toddler friends Finnegan and Maxwell were caught on camera running to hug each other on the street, their parents knew they were seeing a special moment. Their dads Daniel McKenna and Alex Hanson join LX News to discuss why the viral video touched a chord and Stacy Igel, the founder and creative designer of the athleisure clothing brand ‘Boy...

Following pressure to disclose the number of minorities on their staffs, the campaigns for former Vice President Joe Biden and President Donald Trump released diversity statistics Saturday that show less than half their senior teams are made up of people of color.

Several Black-owned studios are working to make fitness centers more welcoming and inclusive to people of different backgrounds.