Two Georgia school teachers sparked controversy with their decision to allow students to wear KKK attire for classroom assignments.

A growing number of companies are adapting to the needs and wants of an ever-changing diverse and multigenerational workforce—and are being rewarded for their efforts.

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“Corporations and employers recognize the value of including people with disabilities in their workplace and marketplace,” says Jill Houghton, deputy executive director at the US Business Leadership Network (USBLN). The nonprofit’s goal: to help companies owned by people with disabilities gain business opportunities through its new certification program.  One disability-owned and [...]

The US Business Leadership Network (USBLN) recently launched a certification program for businesses that are owned by people with disabilities. Find out more about the program’s goals and how John Kemp, executive director and general counsel, has used his personal drive to become a pioneer in disability rights.

What has outspoken anti-affirmative-action leader Ward Connerly been up to? What states are likely to be next in his campaign? Find out what he had to share with DiversityInc.

With 122 years in the retail business, Belk Industries’ CEO and Chairman Tim Belk is part of a family legacy whose history is rooted in community service. Read more about how diversity and community involvement drive business and sales for his company.

Is the equal-opportunity progress made during the civil-rights era
Losing traction? Why has affirmative action become such a political target? Discrimination-law attorney Weldon Latham provides answers here.

For Accenture’s chief leadership officer, leadership development is both a priority and a passion. Listen to audio excerpts and read this Q&A with Adrian Lajtha, chief learning officer of Accenture, No. 22 in The 2010 DiversityInc Top 50 Companies for Diversity®.

Women innovators, political activists and other gender-equality pioneers have largely gone unrecognized. But because of women’s history museums nationwide, gender-equality leaders and role models of the past and present are finally being honored.

What makes a company an inclusive place where Black employees feel they can flourish and reach their highest potential? We looked at submissions from the 449 participants in The 2010 DiversityInc Top 50 Companies for Diversity® list and found the companies with the best outreach, talent development and demographic results.

Dr. Claude Steele, Stanford University School of Education dean, former provost of Columbia University and recognized leader in the field of social psychology, tells an audience at DiversityInc’s March event how negative stereotypes hinder workplace diversity, perpetuate the achievement gap between Blacks/whites and limit talent potential. View excerpts of his talk here.

Diego Sanchez is the first openly transgender person hired for a senior congressional position on Capitol Hill. As an aide to Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., Sanchez focuses on healthcare reform and employment-discrimination issues. He is also making even larger strides as a gender-identity pioneer in his field.

In much of the country, you can be fired just for being transgender. After Joanne Herman transitioned in 2002 to live as a woman, she became an active spokesperson for transgender awareness and understanding. Read more about Herman’s personal experience and other transgender people’s workplace challenges here.

The 2010 DiversityInc Top 50 Companies for Diversity list was announced at a sold-out dinner in Washington, D.C., at DiversityInc’s two-day event. Read the results of this year’s diversity-management competition.