News From A Colorful Perspective
Women who desperately wanted to speak with the Department of Homeland Security’s secretary, Kirstjen Nielsen, were instead brought outside where they could not attempt to plea for help. According to The Intercept, Nielsen visited several detention centers late last week. During a trip to Port Isabel, in Los Fresnos, Texas,…
A 12-year-old girl delivered a powerful speech at an immigration rally over the weekend. Meanwhile, President Trump on the same day called for undocumented immigrants to be deported “IMMEDIATELY.” “It makes me sad to know that children can’t be with their parents,” said the young girl, identified as Leah. “I…
Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (N.Y.) believes it’s time to get rid of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and start over. “I don’t think ICE today is working as intended,” Gillibrand told Chris Cuomo on CNN. “I believe that it has become a deportation force. And I think you should separate…
In an optimistic ruling, a judge in California has ordered an official halt on families being separated at the border, and demanded that all children separated from their parents be reunited within 30 days. Children five and under must be brought back with their families within two weeks. And all…
According to White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders, immigrants can receive justice without a judge present. “Just because you don’t see a judge doesn’t mean you don’t receive due process,” she said Monday. “The president would like to see us stop people from illegally entering the country at all,”…
AIG (No. 39 on the DiversityInc Top 50 Companies list) employees around the world celebrated Pride Month in June. Take a look at the photos:
Originally posted on LinkedIn.com Abbott’s (No. 10 on the DiversityInc Top 50 Companies list) Asian Leadership and Cultural Network got their hearts pumping and adrenaline flowing for the annual Chicago Dragon Boat Race for Literacy. It was a competitive race that helped build camaraderie, learn about tradition, and give back…
LeVoyd Carter is the Executive Director of Diversity and Inclusion at Cox Communications (No. 11 on the DiversityInc Top 50 list).
At Comcast NBCUniversal (No. 6 on the DiversityInc Top 50 Companies list), we believe we are at our best when we are working to educate, entertain and empower people and communities. This is why we focus year-round on building meaningful connections to the communities we serve across our company. On…
David Kenny is the CEO and Chief Diversity Officer of Nielsen. In a conversation with DiversityInc CEO Carolynn Johnson, Kenny explains why he chose to perform both roles at the company.
200 female prisoners at the Lincoln Correctional Center in Illinois were woken up early in the morning by a tactical unit armed with batons and shields. They were handcuffed and made to walk to a gymnasium. Once there, they stood facing the wall for more than an hour until the guards…
(Pictured is Police Commissioner Richard Ross Jr.) Thirteen Philadelphia police officers are going to be fired in the wake of the Plain View Project’s (PVP) June release of over 5,000 offensive and violent Facebook posts from cops across the country. The online database was born out of a 2016 discovery…
Black mothers are three to four times more likely to die during childbirth than white ones, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Black maternal mortality. The longstanding and pervasive problem has had a lot of attention from progressive politicians in recent months. Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.) and 2020 hopeful…
Fate of Disabled Workers in Hands of Senate Republicans The House of Representatives voted 231-199 on Thursday passing the Raise the Wage Act to bump the federal minimum wage to $15 per hour incrementally over six years. The bill would also increase the subminimum wage for employees with disabilities, tipped…
Amazon Prime Day has now come to an end, but conversations and protests regarding the company’s labor practices have not. Amazon said it sold more than 175 million items during 2019’s 48-hour sale. The company said it would not release specific figures, but analysts have estimated it earned over $4…
Puerto Rico Governor Ricardo Rosselló (D) has thousands of people all over the world protesting him after leaked messages between Rosselló and administration officials showed Rosselló using the word “faggot” repeatedly to refer to political rivals. Officials also referred to rivals as with other derogatory terms and implied that they were…
“I’m Bald And I’m Beautiful” – Christie Valdiserri Sports Illustrated Swimsuit broke all kinds of barriers at this year’s fashion show. History was made as Halima Aden was the first model to wear a hijab and burkini in the SI Swimsuit 2019 fashion show, proving the showcase would have a…
White House reporter Andrew Feinberg asked White House counselor Kellyanne Conway on Tuesday about the president’s racist tweets against the four congresswomen. Conway did her best to wriggle her way out of the question – in a bizarre way. Feinberg asked Conway which countries President Donald Trump was referring to…
When former Iowa Governor Terry Branstad, a Republican, took office in 2011, he immediately tried to get rid of Chris Godfrey, a state official in a six-year term. He was Iowa Workers’ Compensation Commissioner. Branstad couldn’t fire Godfrey – so he asked for his resignation. Godfrey refused. In retaliation, Branstad…
Anthony Edwards, a Black prospective homebuyer, has filed a federal lawsuit against the city of Cincinnati and three officers from the Cincinnati Police Department on July 15 after he and Black realtor, Jerry Isham, were held at gunpoint and allegedly detained for no reason in November 2018, according to a…
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