1+ mon, 6+ day ago   (242+ words) When it comes to struggle,there are no holidays.But this year, there's a new effort to make the winter shopping season a gift to a growing consumer movement against racist Trump policies and the multibillion-dollar companies that have bowed…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (389+ words) The state Comptroller's office announced Tuesday it is removing women- and minority-owned businesses from the state program intended to give additional exposure to businesses owned by economically disadvantaged groups." The Historically Underutilized Business program will now focus on businesses owned…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (1182+ words) Maya Angelou famously said, "When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time." That goes double for corporate America." After doing the DEI dance for a few years in the wake of George Floyd's murder, the jig…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (1763+ words) Arlington Mayor Jim Ross stood under the June sun and delivered an impassioned speech in front of a crowd awash in rainbows and glitter. "You know Martin Luther King taught us way back in the "60s, that there's only one thing…...

1+ mon, 4+ week ago   (766+ words) Nnenna Anosike once worked at the top echelon of pharmaceutical research, where high-stakes clinical trials were her daily currency." For six years, the work was so stable that she never had to apply for a job; recruiters always sought her…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (898+ words) When Janine Fleming walked into the AfroTech Conference, she wasn't just looking for a new job opportunity; she was looking for answers. The recent Stanford graduate, who studied Science, Technology, and Society, had spent months sending out r'sum's that seemed…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (416+ words) It might be harder for Black students with disabilities to get the support they need from the federal government after the Trump administration laid off nearly every worker inside the Education Department's special education unit last week." For decades, the…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago   (932+ words) Last month, a viral video showing a Texas A&M University student confronting a professor over a discussion of gender identity during a children's literature class'sparked a firestorm in Texas higher education'that has led other schools to review their academic…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago   (1796+ words) This article is part of "On Borrowed Time'a series by Anissa Durham that examines the people, policies, and systems that hurt or help Black patients in need of an organ transplant. Bobby Faithful V is dying. He doesn't know what…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago   (772+ words) DALLAS " When lawmakers passed Texas's Senate Bill 12 earlier this year, they framed it as a "Parental Bill of Rights." The law, which went into effect September 1, bans public K-12 schools from authorizing student clubs based on sexual orientation or gender identity,…...