I am fortunate to be in a work environment where the overwhelming majority of my direct reports, coworkers, readers and most of the decision makers at the companies who do business with DiversityInc are women. From that experience—and being a husband and the father of daughters—I value the fact that women think differently than men. There is no doubt [...]

Dr. Clement Price, founder of the Rutgers University Institute on Ethnicity, Culture and the Modern Experience, has dedicated his life to civil rights. Read his remarkable story here.

What best practices do companies use to commemorate MLK Day and align celebrations with diversity-management strategies? How important is it to make the day a holiday?

Google Play store pulls ‘Make Me Asian,’ ‘Make Me Indian’ off its virtual shelf for telling users to overlay slanted eyes, darken skin on photos then “laugh heartily.”

Will Whole Foods eliminate full-time positions? CEO John Mackey blames Obamacare for impending cutbacks.

American Airlines rebranding attempt is a throwback to 1960s era stereotypes. Remember the “Baloney Meter”? It’s back.

Walmart’s getting people back to work. CEO promises to give all returning troops jobs, buy more U.S. products and help its employees gain full-time employment.

Yesterday NOD released the results of its Wounded Warrior Careers 4-Year Report in Washington, DC, and called on government agencies to adopt its proven model to assist the most severely injured veterans in the transition to civilian careers. NOD Board Member and retired Lieutenant General Franklin Hagenbeck appeared on Fox News [...]

For Immediate Release: January 7, 2013 Contact: Paul Larrabee 518.689.7246 518.491.7577 (cell) plarrabee@corningplace.com THE VISCARDI CENTER AWARDS COMMITTEE ANNOUNCED Senator Bob Dole, actress Marlee Matlin and leaders from the international disability community to select influential figures in the disability movement to be recognized. A group of leaders in the global [...]

Three individuals and one team were honored at the Seventh Annual Thomas R. Voss Diversity Excellence Awards Banquet, Jan. 11. Individual winners are: Angela Gola, operations support rep., Belleville, Ill., Operating Center, Ameren Illinois; Marty Lyons, executive VP and CFO, Ameren; and Shirley Stennis, senior supervisor, municipal and public accounts, [...]

Less than 1 percent of service women are Black, but 9 percent of all female Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell discharges were Black women.

Question: Do all white men think all black women are hoochie mama, welfare,child bearing, uneducated b******?

The President has surrounded himself with white male advisers. Aren’t there any women, Blacks, Latinos or Asians qualified to sit on his Cabinet

The 113th Congress is the most diverse in history—and it’s not just about race and gender.

We recognize and showcase the diversity-management efforts of five locally-based organizations that excel in CEO Commitment, Human Capital, Corporate and Organizational Communications, and Supplier Diversity.