A small group of staff from The (Minneapolis) Star Tribune sat spaced apart in Boom Island Park. It was about two months after George Floyds killing, and the Tribunes journalists of color were exhausted from daily protest coverage, a pandemic that disproportionately affects Black people and a racial reckoning within…

The tech industry has long had a diversity problem. That problem goes beyond just having few women or people of color in leadership positions or in the ranks of founders and investors. It extends into the types of people who are represented on panels at industry event or who are…

KENOSHA, Wis. Only a few hours had passed since an officer pumped at least seven bullets into Jacob Blake’s back before a group of at least 2,000 people gathered in downtown Kenosha, Wisconsin. Some were angry. Some were in tears. Some seemed weary but also afraid. Early in the week,…

Work has been reshaped in dramatic ways for everyone this year. Employers have had to accommodate the extreme pressures COVID-19 has put on employees juggling personal and professional life, while amid nationwide protests against racial and social inequality, employees have highlighted diversity and inclusion issues in the workplace and demanded…

The New York Latino Film Festival (NYLFF) has set their lineup for their forthcoming hybrid edition of its fest which will take place September 14-20. In the wake of the pandemic, many festivals have either canceled or pivoted to an entirely virtual program. NYLFF is one of the Latinx-based film…

To some American voters, the 2020 presidential race is one of the most consequential of their lifetimes. Several people told the PBS NewsHour that they would crawl over broken glass or walk over hot coals in order to vote the current president out of office next year. And since early…

“Inspired by the resilience of the Latino community, NYLFF is proud to return with a fresh format featuring our first-ever drive-in experiences! We are proud to serve as an important platform for Latino creatives to share culturally relevant stories about intersectionality, diversity, and lived experiences in this country. Gracias to our…

For many reasons, hopeful” and inclusive arent messages typically associated with the Republican Party, yet the four nights of the Republican National Convention (RNC) last week were filled with a hopeful, diverse vision for the future of America and ALL Americans that simply cannot be denied. Its not playing identity…

The word innocent comes up early in the new podcast Nice White Parents, about separate and unequal education at a public school in Brooklyn. Its hosted and reported by Chana Joffe-Walt, a producer for This American Life. In New York City, as with many places in the U.S., school segregation…

Juliana Ospina Cano vividly remembers the first time she voted in a U.S. election.  It was 2016. Presidential candidates Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton were at the top of the ticket. Ospina Cano, a newly naturalized American citizen, recalled standing in line at a Washington, D.C., polling location, waiting her turn to cast…