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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.

The National Football League will add new resolutions to improve diversity throughout the staff of its 32 teams and expand its Rooney Rule, the league announced Tuesday.

Controversial depictions of a high school mascot in one central Vermont community will be removed, a district administrator announced, following complaints the images conjured associations with the Ku Klux Klan. “We’ve jokingly said Casper the Friendly Ghost would be better,” Randolph educator Nora Skolnick said of the way the Galloping Ghosts of Randolph are currently depicted. Skolnick said for...

TJ Douglas, owner of The Urban Grape in Boston, explains his rise to success and how he uses wine to celebrate diversity.

One of Maine’s most famous figures is being slammed online for espousing a controversial view. Thousands of people responded to horror author Stephen King Tuesday after at tweet in which he said, “I would never consider diversity in matters of art, it seems to me that to do otherwise would be wrong.” The author made the statement in describing...

Boston’s city council swore in the most diverse group in its history on Monday. The Boston Herald reports the 13-member council made up more than half by women and people of color were ushered in by Mayor Marty Walsh during a ceremony at Faneuil Hall. The council had been a white male bastion for decades, but Boston is now...

The most diverse Boston City Council body was sworn into office.

The disproportionate representation is somewhat mystifying when you consider Asian Americans have the highest growth rates in population and purchasing power of any U.S. ethnic or racial group, according to a Nielsen study released in May.

Italian fashion house Gucci announced a major push Friday to step up diversity hiring as part of a long-term plan to build cultural awareness at the luxury fashion company following an uproar over an $890 sweater that resembled blackface. Gucci also said it will hire a global director for diversity and inclusion, a newly created role that will be based...

A poll worker was issued a citation for assault by contact Tuesday after an altercation with a voter at a Houston, Texas polling place. Rolanda Anthony said Juanita Barnes, a poll worker, became aggressive when Anthony tried to cast her ballot. “Perhaps if I put on my blackface makeup today you would be able to comprehend what I’m saying,” Barnes...

A number of women and people of color are nominated for the Oscars this year in some of the major categories like best director, best cinematography and best actor. But the diversity in the awards may not reflect the reality of Hollywood.

More than 60 musicians are calling for the Boston Symphony Orchestra to include more female composers and composers of color in its programming.

The appearance of several swastikas drawn on the wall of a University of New Hampshire campus dorm stairwell has raised concerns among many students.