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…
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.
Accenture has appointed Domingo Mirón as group chief executive — Financial Services, effective Sept. 1, 2019. He succeeds Richard Lumb, who will retire from the company on Aug. 31, 2019. Mirón currently serves as group operating officer for Accenture’s Financial Services operating group, with responsibility for executing the operating group’s…
Rep. Robin Kelly (D-Ill) is seeking to modify the unconditional ownership requirement for women-owned and minority-owned small businesses. Kelly has introduced the Women and Minority Equity Investment Act to make an adjustment to the existing Small Business Administration (SBA) programs with the intent of expanding venture capital access for participating…
Hispanic and Latina women have not fared well in terms of health after the 2016 presidential election. A study published Friday using data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that there could be correlations between President Donald Trump’s election and premature births, worsening cardiovascular health, sleep problems, anxiety…
Zoe Spears, a transgender woman, was found shot to death on a sidewalk in a suburb outside of Washington, D.C. on June 13. She was found at the same intersection as another murdered transgender woman, Ashanti Carmon, who was friends with Spears. Prince George’s County police announced Thursday that they…
Brittney Ready and her wife Stacey wanted to enroll their youngest daughter Callie in the daycare program of Parkview Christian Academy of Waco, Texas, hoping that she would receive the same religious views at school as she did at home. But that’s not what happened. In a public Facebook post, Brittney…
A report published by the Pew Research Center on Wednesday found that 78 percent of Americans believe that when politicians’ rhetoric is “heated or aggressive” it makes violence against targeted groups more likely. 73 percent of Americans surveyed believe that elected officials should avoid heated language because it encourages violence. In the…
Six Flags Over Texas in Arlington refused to hire Kerion Washington because of his hairstyle. The staff told Kerion that his dreads were considered an “extreme hairstyle” per a dress code policy. In regard to corporate diversity, the executive leadership of Six Flags is all white and predominantly male. Kerion’s…
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…
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