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Racial and economic justice is necessary due to Maryland’s legacy of facilitating and advancing racism for the benefit of a few at the expense of the whole. With greater commitment, the state can correct for what occurred under the color of law.
The reasons tell us a lot about the state of the arts today.
A new Brennan Center report details vast racial and gender disparities on state supreme courts around the country.
The data shows that just 20 news sources account for more than half of article impressions.
As comic books become more diverse, some fans aren’t happy about it.
In a “Beat” special report, Ari Melber examines Trump education secretary Betsy DeVos’s track record of rolling back years of policy in ways that affect millions of students, including ending programs that support diversity in schools
We talk to the cast of Hulu's 'The Runaways' about what it means to represent their cultures on television.
The new Star Trek spin-off passes the Bechdel test under a minute into the series premiere.
A new study reveals that more, and more diverse, US college students voted in 2016. What are the implications for future elections?
People seem to think that a movie or a television show or a book is "diverse" when there are "one or two black people or brown people, or one girl or a couple of girls," DuVernay says. "Inclusion is really half—half of the cast, half of the directors, half of the writers are women or girls, half of the room, more than half of the room is of color," she says. "I think we get really satisfied with less.
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