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Massachusetts became the 18th state to outlaw Black hair discrimination. Here's the tangled history of the CROWN Act.
45% of Black school girls have experienced hair discrimination, and Black women are 1.5 times more …
Yoonji Han
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Experts say the 'Missing White Woman Syndrome' leaves girls of color disproportionately out of news coverage
Journalist Gwen Ifill first coined "Missing White Woman's Syndrome," and experts say it's real. Why…
Taylor Ardrey
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Civil rights lawyers are accusing LAPD officers of brutalizing trans advocates and journalists at Wi Spa protests
LGBTQ advocates said they sustained injuries from LAPD officers and members of the Proud Boys at a …
Morgan Keith
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Florida Republicans want to limit diversity training at work. That movement just hit a legal roadblock.
Republican lawmakers put employers in the Sunshine State on notice about diversity training. But a …
Marguerite Ward
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A woman who was fired for saying that transgender women are male or 'honorary female' wins High Court appeal - and JK Rowling's backing
Maya Forstater, who lost her job after expressing views that biological sex cannot be changed, won …
Sophia Ankel
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For Google's head of diversity and inclusion, marking Juneteenth is more difficult this year following recent mass shootings
Google's chief diversity officer, Melonie Parker, said that the liberties of Black Americans are th…
Marguerite Ward
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6 ways to be an active ally to Black women in the workplace
Allyship shouldn't be approached as a "one-size-fits-all endeavor." The experience of all marginali…
Ella F. Washington
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CEO whisperer Jeffrey Sonnenfeld has the country's top business leaders on speed dial. Here's how the Yale professor gathers dozens of CEOs whenever there's a national crisis.
Sonnenfeld spoke with Insider about organizing his latest leadership gathering in response to the r…
Brandon T. Harden
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Clarence Thomas says he's 'painfully aware the social and economic ravages which have befallen my race' as he rules against affirmative action
Justice Clarence Thomas wrote a 58-page opinion declaring 'the Constitution prevails' as the Suprem…
Sonam Sheth
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The Supreme Court heard a case concerning LGBTQ rights and religious liberty about one week after Amy Coney Barrett joined the bench
The case represents a "legal supernova clash" between the rights of LGBTQ people and the First Amen…
Kelsey Vlamis
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The US Department of Justice sided with a Virginia church in a legal dispute over whether stay-at-home orders unfairly discriminated against the church
The DOJ wrote in a statement of interest that Virginia's stay-at-home orders had "impermissibly int…
Jessica Snouwaert
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As LGBTQ discrimination continues to rise, Pride Month needs to permanently return to its activist roots
In 2020, LGBTQ people faced anti-trans bills, a rise in hate crimes, and COVID-19-related challenge…
Frank Olito,Canela López
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Americans grossly underestimate the racial wealth gap between Black and white families — and it's making it harder to achieve financial equality
The average American thinks that for every $100 in wealth held by a white family a Black family has…
Marguerite Ward
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California will require an ethnic studies course to graduate from high school
Gov. Newsom vetoed a similar piece of legislation last year, calling for a revised curriculum guide…
John L. Dorman
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Why you should include protesting in both your cover letter and resume, according to an HR expert
Protest participation shows potential employers what you care about. Here's where to put it and how…
Kyra Leigh Sutton
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'My face exploded': Police firing rubber bullets have wounded and permanently disabled protesters and journalists
Experts tell Insider that rubber bullets are considered "less lethal" weapons — a "legitimate tool"…
Rhea Mahbubani
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Read the powerful letter Emerson College's first black president sent his school about the 'legalized lynching' of George Floyd: 'America is on fire'
"I have been pulled over driving while black more times than I can remember. I have been spit on by…
Lee Pelton
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Ted Cruz's new e-book on Critical Race Theory argues that seeking equity in the US is really calling for 'discrimination' against white people
Sen. Ted Cruz, a Republican of Texas, taught school board candidates that Critical Race Theory is "…
Nicole Gaudiano
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Jurors have been selected in R. Kelly's trial, including a man friendly with a Cosby relative and another who mistook the singer for a cartoonist
Five women and seven men will determine whether R. Kelly is guilty of a long list of federal sex cr…
Haven Orecchio-Egresitz
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Misogynoir holds Black women to higher standards. Why activist Tamika Mallory is unbothered by her critics
Activist Tamika Mallory told Insider respectability politics often makes Black women leaders the ta…