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Marvel Comics character Riri Williams, an African-American woman superhero, was featured in MIT’s admissions video.

The University of Wisconsin student government proposes free tuition for Blacks. They get push-back from school administration.

Donald Trump is planning the least diverse cabinet since the Reagan White House. He's 'rolling back the clocks.'

A Black firefighter sues the New York City Fire Department. It has a history of diversity issues.

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NewsOne Now panelists clash over the notion of Black Republicans aligning with African-American issues.

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According to a new diversity report, Tinseltown suffers from a lack of equal representation.

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Notable ESPN broadcaster John Saunders passed away at his house in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York on Wednesday.

The search engine giant became focused on diversity after reports from 2014 showed that the company composed of the following: 60 percent were White and 31 percent were Asian, while 3 percent were Hispanic and 2 percent were Black.

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The Court of Special Appeals in Maryland, the state’s second-highest court, has ordered another trial and restored charges against a man from Northwest Baltimore who was acquitted in the murder of North Carolina native Phylicia Barnes. The court says Circuit Judge John Addison Howard committed a mistake in January 2015 when he acquitted Michael Johnson of […]

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The Tony Awards set the bar for diversity on Sunday evening as several actors and actresses of color were recognized for their work; a major difference from the #OscarsSoWhite controversy that ensued earlier this year. For the first time in the ceremony’s history, four musical acting awards were nabbed by Black actors. Broadway hit show […]