Culture | Diversity & Inclusion

The Changing Racial and Ethnic Composition of the U.S. Electorate

in Access, Culture, Diversity, Equity, Race & Ethnicity, Voting & Elections

In battleground states, Hispanics grew more than other racial or ethnic groups as a share of eligible voters.

RBG’s Greatest Insight

in Access, Allyship, Culture, Diversity, Equity, Gender, Higher Education, Inclusion, Intersectionality, Religion

The justice understood that the two great principles of American democracy—equality and liberty—are not at odds, but rather integral to each other.

The Fight Against Words That Sound Like, but Are Not, Slurs

in Community, Culture, Higher Education, Inclusion, Intersectionality, Race & Ethnicity

Colleges are torn apart when faculty are punished and publicly vilified for accidentally giving offense.

Why Ruth Bader Ginsburg Refused to Step Down

in Allyship, Culture, Diversity, Equity, Gender, Inclusion, Intersectionality

She could have had President Obama nominate her successor. But she didn’t get to the Supreme Court by letting other people tell her what she could do.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg, The Great Equalizer

in Culture, Diversity, Equity, Gender, Inclusion, Intersectionality

How a scholar, advocate, and judge upended the entirety of American political thought.

The Oscars’ New Diversity Rules Are Sweeping but Safe

in Art, Culture, Diversity, Inclusion, Race & Ethnicity

Although the initiative is meant to encourage major changes, the best-picture qualifications aren’t as strict as they may seem.

I Was a U.S. Diplomat. Customs and Border Protection Only Cared That I Was Black.

in Culture, Diversity, Equity, Intersectionality, Race & Ethnicity

Most of my colleagues crossed the U.S. border with barely a glance. Why was I usually detained and harassed?

Selma Helped Define John Lewis’s Life. In Death, He Returned One Last Time.

in Allyship, Community, Culture, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Race & Ethnicity

The body of Mr. Lewis was taken across the Edmund Pettus Bridge, where, in 1965, he helped guide hundreds of people marching for voting rights. They were attacked by state troopers wielding clubs and tear gas.

Caring for Immigrant Caregivers

in Access, Community, Culture, Disability, Diversity, Equity, Race & Ethnicity, Social Class

As the population gets a little older and a little sicker each year, disabled and older Americans rely more and more on home health aides… Nationally, 28% of the direct care workforce and 31% of home health aides are born outside the US.

How to Be an Inclusive Leader Through a Crisis

in Coronavirus, Culture, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion

Leaders are under extraordinary pressure right now. They are expected to make decisions quickly with incomplete and rapidly evolving information. And unfortunately, being in crisis mode can cause even the most intentional and well-meaning leaders to fall into patterns of bias and exclusion. Research shows that when we’re stressed, we often default to heuristics and gut […]