Minorities and women are still underrepresented in the boardrooms of Fortune 500 companies, lagging far behind the national population percentages, according to U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez, a Democrat out of Hoboken.
With one of its alumnae, Elena Kagan, poised for confirmation as a justice on the United States Supreme Court, it should be a triumphant season for Hunter College High School, a New York City public school for the intellectually gifted.
by Malik Russell Over a century ago, scholar and sage W.E.B. Dubois wrote in his groundbreaking book, The Souls of Black Folks that “The problem of the twentieth century is the problem of the color-line.” Today, optimism springs eternal as a new century and new firsts for Black folks symbolize a socially utopian world only […]
From the NY Times: PARIS — France is embarking on a grand experiment — how to diversify the overwhelmingly white “grandes écoles,” the elite universities that have produced French leaders in every walk of life — and Rizane el-Yazidi is one of the pioneers.
WASHINGTON — The minority population in the United States is steadily rising and now makes up 35 percent of the total, advancing an unmistakable trend that could render them the new American majority by midcentury.
While many Latino baseball players have spoken out in favor of removing the All Star Game from Arizona in protest of the state’s controversial new immigration laws, Commissioner of Baseball Bud Selig has defended holding the game there.
While many Latino baseball players have spoken out in favor of removing the All Star Game from Arizona in protest of the state’s controversial new immigration laws, Commissioner of Baseball Bud Selig has defended holding the game there.
From Reuters.com: CANNES (Hollywood Reporter) – “The Wire” star Idris Elba wants British television to stop talking on-screen diversity and “just do it”: put more actors of color on the small screen.
CHICAGO — That historically all-white club known as the U.S. Senate is likely to lose what little diversity it has after November’s elections.
