4+ day, 7+ hour ago   (743+ words) Retailer Target pulled a children’s Halloween costume from its shelves Monday after widespread social media backlash, apologizing for selling a garment critics said evoked racist minstrel caricatures. Critics say the costume, along with its promotional image of a Black child…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (371+ words) Three years ago, nearly every major US company explicitly considered diversity when choosing new directors. Now, most don’t. In all, 61 S&P 100 companies have dumped explicit diversity criteria for future board members since 2023, according to an ESGAUGE analysis of filings…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (575+ words) Data collected from 30 American cities showed an 18% decrease in the homicide rate from 2025 compared to the same period in 2026, translating to about 215 fewer homicides this year, according to a new report from the independent Council on Criminal Justice. Should the…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (1172+ words) How many women hold executive-level positions at top U.S. companies? What is the racial and ethnic breakdown of those roles? What is the gender and racial breakdown of the lowest-paid roles at those companies? The Trump administration is making it harder…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (677+ words) The Justice Department is investigating whether Harvard University is allowing Chinese donors to create scholarships that exclude American students, adding to the barrage of federal inquiries the Trump administration has opened in its battle against the Ivy League school. Justice…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (565+ words) Every month, the jobs report is reduced to two numbers: how many jobs the economy added and whether the unemployment rate went up or down. If payrolls rise and unemployment falls, the labor market is declared strong. If unemployment rises,…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (604+ words) On April 10, 2026, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that IBM agreed to pay $17,077,043 to resolve False Claims Act allegations connected to nondiscrimination obligations in its federal contracts — the first resolution under its Civil Rights Fraud Initiative. IBM denied liability. The…...

3+ mon, 1+ day ago   (659+ words) Fortune released its 29th annual Most Powerful Women in Business list this week, honoring 100 female executives shaping key sectors of the global economy, including finance, retail, energy, technology, manufacturing, and media. While Black women remain underrepresented in the highest levels of…...

3+ mon, 1+ day ago   (500+ words) Local TV stations owned by ABC across the United States blasted the Federal Communications Commission on Thursday for launching an “unlawful, arbitrary and unconstitutional” early review of their broadcast licenses as a dispute between the network and the Trump-controlled agency…...

3+ mon, 1+ day ago   (487+ words) On April 22, Andrea Lucas, chair of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), addressed a group of academics, legal experts, and community advocates at a conference at Harvard University. The conversation immediately turned to the elephant in the room: the EEOC’s…...