4+ day, 4+ hour ago   (771+ 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…...

3+ mon, 1+ day ago   (465+ words) “It is an extraordinary demonstration of power and coercion directed at disfavored editorial voices which sends a clear warning to every broadcaster in America,” WABC in New York wrote in an objection that accompanied paperwork filed to comply with the…...

9+ mon, 4+ week ago   (247+ words) ROCHESTER, N.Y. — About 400 people gathered at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in downtown Rochester on Monday for the sixth annual Interrupt Racism Impact Summit. The event aimed to bring together executives, educators, and young people to create ways to advance equity and…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago   (635+ words) But that wasn’t the case for the past few days at the annual National Action Network conference in New York, where Democratic politicians and potential presidential candidates repeatedly made the case for diversity, equity and inclusion policies that seemed to…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago   (452+ words) The American Library Association and the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees said that they had reached an agreement with the Justice Department that will allow the Institute of Museum and Library Sciences to continue awarding grants and…...

4+ mon, 4+ week ago   (862+ words) Goodell — speaking on Tuesday at the end of the NFL league meetings — acknowledged the changing political landscape for diversity initiatives in the U.S., but added that he didn’t believe there should be any legal issues with the league’s policy....

11+ mon, 5+ day ago   (229+ words) BRIGHTON, N.Y. – Two student-run media organizations at Monroe Community College – the Monroe Doctrine newspaper and the WMCC radio station, have been suspended, raising concerns from one student about First Amendment violations. “Right now, there seems to be a big effort to…...