Diversity and inclusion

Mattel’s Fashionistas line will be Barbie’s most inclusive line yet

Muslim workers are often left out of consideration of workplace diversity initiatives, says Insider reporter Marguerite Ward. She joined LX News to share more from her recent article where Muslim leaders offered advice to CEOs on creating a more accommodating and inclusive workplace for people of all faiths.

In this edition of NBCLX’s Climate Change Survival Guide, storyteller Chase Cain talks with the three co-founders of The Outdoorist Oath, which encourages outdoorists to make the community more inclusive. Research shows white Americans are three times more likely to live somewhere with easy access to the outdoors than Americans of color. The founders share moments they’ve felt excluded in...

How do we make the outdoors inclusive? And in doing so, how will that help us address climate change? Those were some of the questions I asked Teresa Baker as we hiked through Point Reyes National Seashore, the ancestral land of the Coast Miwok people. “I often call places like this my cathedral, because that’s what it is,” Teresa...

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To win his discrimination lawsuit against the NFL, former Miami Dolphins coach Brian Flores will have to prove discriminatory intent in hiring practices, says legal analyst Danny Cevallos.

From mutating strains to controversial vaccine mandates, the coronavirus pandemic has forced demanding questions and pressure on New York business. Small business owners are finding ways to survive the virus unknowns and look past the pressing hurdles. Over the summer, Facebook and the Small Business Roundtable conducted a survey with more than 35,000 small business leaders, across 30 countries and…

A record 66.6 million tourists visited New York City in 2019 and business was booming for Stacey Toussaint, founder of diversity and inclusion-centered Inside Out Tours. But when the coronavirus pandemic brought the city to a standstill, Toussaint was left to figure out how to keep her tourism business running when there simply were no tourists.

The Grammy Awards will adopt an inclusion rider that will require producers to recruit and hire more diverse candidates backstage and in front of the camera for next year’s ceremony.

More than two decades after “Friends” debuted, Marta Kauffman is addressing her role in the cast’s lack of diversity.

The year 2020 saw welcome growth in racial diversity of LBGTQ characters in films released by major studios, according to a new study by the advocacy group GLAAD.

Steven Yeun, Nathan Lane, Issa Rae, Robert Pattinson, Janet Jackson, Leslie Odom Jr. and Laverne Cox are among the artists being invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

For the first time in South Windsor’s history, there is an African American man serving on the town council. Steven King Jr. became South Windsor’s first Black council member on Monday evening which means you can now add his name to the town’s history books. “It’s a humbling experience,” said King. “Obviously it is historic and archival probably from...

Monday marked the first day for Steven King, Jr. as South Winsdor’s first-ever Black member of the town council.

“I am so ready for this,” Brooke Blurton said about her attempt to find that special someone.

Lucy Liu reflects on her “iconic” role as Alex Munday in “Charlie’s Angels” in an op-ed about the importance of having the AAPI community reflected in TV and movies.

A day after Derek Chauvin was convicted for the murder of George Floyd, mental health and diversity experts are helping people process all of the emotions while also working to bring forth change.

A day after Derek Chauvin was convicted for the murder of George Floyd, mental health and diversity experts are helping people process all of the emotions while also working to bring forth change. Dr. Maysa Akbar is the Chief Diversity Officer at the American Psychological Association and a clinical psychologist who described to NBC Connecticut how people were feeling once…

The University of Hartford is working to combat healthcare inequities through education and bringing on additional staff through the next three years. The effort is a part of the university’s commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion while addressing the effects of systemic racism. The college plans to hire an additional 16 faculty members, comprised of medical professionals, of color to…

Fey took a shot at the organization in the show opening, explaining to the two small live audiences made up of first responders and essential workers that “the Hollywood Foreign Press Association is made up of around 90 no black journalists.”