Walt Disney Company executive Tim McNeal and his Creative Talent Development & Inclusion Team will now be housed within Disney Television Studios. The respected veteran exec will report directly to Disney Television Studios President Craig Hunegs. The move comes as the company — and the entire industry — is becoming…

Going back to January of this year, well before New York City as a whole began to see the coronavirus as a serious threat, Manhattans Chinatown was already suffering. Racist fears about the spread of the virus correlated not only with a spike in hate crimes against Asian New Yorkers,…

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson recently unveiled a “Better Health” campaign to combat obesity. The announcement was prompted by Johnson’s bout with COVID-19, which included a stint in intensive care in April. Johnson is convinced that his reported Body Mass Index of 36 (30 is considered obese) was responsible for…

WASHINGTON — His face framed by the golden Oval Office curtains behind him, President Donald Trump stared straight into the camera aimed at the Resolute Desk. It was the night of March 11, 2020. And Trumps presidency would be forever changed. Trump, whose improbable election ripped up the rules of…

Mae Jemison was in kindergarten when the teacher asked what she wanted to be when she grew up. A scientist, Jemison beamed. The teacher looked down at the young Black girl and corrected her: You mean a nurse? I said, No, a scientist, Jemison, 63, recently recalled. She was trying…

By Muyiwa Adetiba I had prepped myself for a two night vigil in order to watch the first two days of the US Democratic National Convention (DNC) knowing a continuous four day vigil would be difficult at my age. I know I could have recorded the speeches and watch them…

Skip to comments. Push to Defund the Police Faces Headwinds in Some Poor, Black Neighborhoods. In the Englewood neighborhood on Chicagos South Side, some residents say they view protesters as outsiders unwilling to work to improve communitiesWall Street Journal ^ | August 21, 2020 | Julie Wernau and Erin Ailworth…

Capping the kaleidoscope of color and youth that was the Democratic National Convention, a 77-year-old white man from a previous era, Joe Biden, called passionately for unity Thursday to defeat the “darkness” of Donald Trump and overcome the unprecedented national crises exacerbated by the Trump presidency. But the freshly anointed…

Below is the full text of Joe Biden’s speech at the Democratic National Convention in Milwaukee on Aug. 20, 2020. Good evening. Ella Baker, a giant of the civil rights movement left us with this wisdom: Give people light and they will find the way. “Give people light”: Those are…

Joe Biden accepted his party’s nomination for president on Thursday night in a speech delivered from Wilmington, Del.  The former vice president, in the biggest speech of his life, positioned himself as an “ally of the light not of the darkness,” in contrast to President Trump. “Character is on the…