diversity

Two Democratic senators have backed off their vow to withhold support for President Joe Biden’s nominees for administration posts until the White House better promotes diversity

With a recent rise in anti-Asian hate crimes, the term “bamboo ceiling” has taken on new meaning.

For years, researchers have said a lack of diversity in Hollywood films doesn’t just poorly reflect demographics, it’s bad business.

Under pressure to add more diversity to its ranks, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, the organization that awards the Golden Globes, unveiled a plan Saturday promising “transformational change.” Among other measures, the group said it would hire an independent equity, diversity and inclusion consultant. “Among other important tasks, this expert will audit our bylaws and membership requirements to help us...

One of the country’s oldest cultural instititutions, the American Academy of Arts and Letters, is undergoing some of its biggest changes in  more than a century.

Jane Fonda accepted the Cecil B. DeMille Award at the Golden Globes, praising the “community of storytellers” for their vital role in troubled times, and calling for greater diversity in Hollywood.

Tina Fey and Amy Poehler took the 2021 Golden Globes bi-coastal. The comedians kicked off the hybrid award show, with Tina in New York City and Amy in Los Angeles. After the longtime friends delivered some laughs, the two called out the lack of Black members of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association.

News4’s Pat Lawson-Muse spoke with the founder of McKissack & McKissack about her firm and what it’s like being a woman of color in the industry.

In the second season of CW’s “Batwoman,” Javicia Leslie takes the cape and cowl from season one star Ruby Rose — and becomes the first black Batwoman in the process. Leslie talked with LX News host Ashley Holt about the “light and the dark” of holding that title, and how women like Eartha Kitt, Halle Berry and Cicely Tyson helped...

Bowie State University is set to open a new stop-motion animation studio on its campus, which will make it the first of its kind at a historically Black college or university. Animation studio Laika, known for its award-winning movies “Coraline” and “Paranorman,” announced that it’s helping to create the studio with all the equipment needed to bring students’ ideas...

News4’s Leon Harris talks with Washington Football Team head coach Ron Rivera about his bout with cancer and diversity within the organization.

Bowie State University will open a stop-motion animation studio — the first of its kind at a historically Black college or university. News4’s Aimee Cho reports on how the studio plans to give students a voice.

There will be no Black women in the Senate once Sen. Kamala Harris leaves the chamber to become vice president. Political strategist Atima Omara and Rev. Leah Daughtry, a former CEO of the Democratic National Convention Committee, joined LX News to discuss the lack of representation of Black women, what it means for democracy and its ties to institutional racism.

Nicola Coughlan, who portrays Penelope Featherington on “Bridgerton,” recently shut down critics who had something to say about the show’s diverse casting in a period piece.

A history of racism and sexism in our country has translated to a lack of diversity in our federal judges. But it’s also due to neglected talent and political will, says the co-author of an opinion piece in The National Law Journal about the lack of Black women federal judges. Professor Catherine Smith of the University of Denver Sturm College...

The University of Maryland is breaking with tradition in order to honor its diversity. The school announced it will name two of its new dorms after people of color who broke barriers at the university. Prince George’s County Bureau Chief Tracee Wilkins spoke with one of those history makers.

President-elect Joe Biden says the United States needs a unified, national response to dealing with climate change just as it has for COVID-19

The Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum has acquired two emojis that have helped broaden diversity for users of the tiny pictures

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.