1+ week, 1+ day ago   (890+ words) LONDON — Britain’s prime minister called for reflection Saturday after a Black professor who faced accusations of plagiarism and misrepresenting his background died suddenly, days after resigning from a prestigious role at the University of Cambridge. Jason Arday, who became Cambridge’s…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (542+ words) Need another metric to show that, for President Trump, “Make America Great Again” means regressing to a 1950s-style white patriarchy? Probably not. But here’s a good-bad one for you, marking the deplorable progress of Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (377+ 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…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (515+ words) The Federal Communications Commission voted 2-1 in favor of allowing TV station ownership groups to own more outlets, easing the way for more consolidation. The Thursday vote that favored the change means companies can own local stations that cover more than…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (178+ words) Los Angeles Times To the editor: So ABC critic Lawrence Caswell thinks the network is “just a grossly biased propaganda arm of the Democratic Party,” and thus justifies the draconian review by the FCC (“ABC fires back at FCC, alleging…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (1026+ words) The Walt Disney Co. has intensified its battle with the Federal Communications Commission to keep its ABC television stations on the air. In documents filed with the FCC and released Thursday, Disney accused the agency of waging a thinly veiled…...

1+ mon, 2+ day ago   (738+ 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, 1+ week ago   (435+ words) Exploiting racism has been a profitable strategy in Hollywood since the dawn of filmmaking: 111 years ago, D.W. Griffith’s film “The Birth of a Nation” was incredibly popular and influential, while also being so racist that it was considered controversial even in…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (441+ words) Television creatives and executives have pledged to increase racial diversity on and off screen for years. But whether it makes a difference in viewers’ actual feelings and reactions toward race and class has long been a question. The latest edition…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (697+ words) A new rule proposed by the White House Office of Management and Budget would fundamentally overhaul the way federal grants are awarded and overseen — a sweeping change that one scientific society said “would all but end the use of scientific…...