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Native Americans are urging President-elect Joe Biden to make history by selecting one of their own to lead the Interior Department, which oversees the nation’s tribes

After the long vote count and now in the midst of a rocky presidential transition, it can be easy to forget that there’s a lot that went surprisingly smoothly in our election process this year. Watch for four things that went very right on Election Day.

For decades, the word “superhero” brought to mind characters like Superman, Spider-Man and Batman. All straight white men. But that’s been changing. Yusuf Omar of Hashtag Our Stories visited the Black Comic Book Festival in NYC this January to learn why diverse superheroes are so important.

Companies are struggling to recruit diverse volunteers in final U.S. tests of possible COVID-19 vaccines

With the Academy’s recent announcement of new representation and inclusion standards for Best Picture eligibility, Variety film awards editor Clayton Davis is breaking it down, insisting that there are many kinks needed to be worked out, such as educating the public and Academy membership.

49ers Chief Administrative Officer and General Counsel Hannah Gordon discusses her new book and the need for more diversity and inclusion in sports.

TV has been America’s constant companion amid the coronavirus and a whirlwind of racial reckoning

When toddler friends Finnegan and Maxwell were caught on camera running to hug each other on the street, their parents knew they were seeing a special moment. Their dads Daniel McKenna and Alex Hanson join LX News to discuss why the viral video touched a chord and Stacy Igel, the founder and creative designer of the athleisure clothing brand ‘Boy...

Following pressure to disclose the number of minorities on their staffs, the campaigns for former Vice President Joe Biden and President Donald Trump released diversity statistics Saturday that show less than half their senior teams are made up of people of color.

The National Football League will add new resolutions to improve diversity throughout the staff of its 32 teams and expand its Rooney Rule, the league announced Tuesday.

The disproportionate representation is somewhat mystifying when you consider Asian Americans have the highest growth rates in population and purchasing power of any U.S. ethnic or racial group, according to a Nielsen study released in May.

Italian fashion house Gucci announced a major push Friday to step up diversity hiring as part of a long-term plan to build cultural awareness at the luxury fashion company following an uproar over an $890 sweater that resembled blackface. Gucci also said it will hire a global director for diversity and inclusion, a newly created role that will be based...

A poll worker was issued a citation for assault by contact Tuesday after an altercation with a voter at a Houston, Texas polling place. Rolanda Anthony said Juanita Barnes, a poll worker, became aggressive when Anthony tried to cast her ballot. “Perhaps if I put on my blackface makeup today you would be able to comprehend what I’m saying,” Barnes...

It’s the newest front in the de Blasio administration’s push to desegregate New York City schools, and the debate is intense. Melissa Russo reporters on the mayor’s plan to scrap an admissions test to some of the city’s elite schools.

Mayor Bill de Blasio said Sunday he wants to eliminate the high-stakes admissions tests for New York City’s elite high schools over three years.

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said Saturday he will push to diversify the city’s elite specialized high schools by setting aside seats for low-income students who just missed the test score cutoff.

A number of women and people of color are nominated for the Oscars this year in some of the major categories like best director, best cinematography and best actor. But the diversity in the awards may not reflect the reality of Hollywood.

Six months after announcing intentions to double the number of female and minority members in its ranks by 2020, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has invited 683 new members to join the organization. The academy says its invitees are 46 percent female, 41 percent minority and represent 59 countries. Should all of the invitees accept, the new...