Diversity Management, News and Updates
Phylicia Rashad spent almost a decade lighting up our screens as lovable mom Clair Huxtable on The Cosby Show — and now the Tony Award-winning actress has turned her considerable talents to academia with a recent appointment as Dean of Fine Arts at Howard University, one of the nation’s leading…
The White House is condemning a violent meme video of a fake President Donald Trump shooting and stabbing the media and his political opponents that was shown at a conference for his supporters at his Miami resort. The footage, which the New York Times obtained, was from a conference that…
David Koch, the billionaire oligarch who, along with his brother Charles Koch, led Koch Industries and made donations to advance right-wing politics, has died. Charles Koch announced his brother’s death without noting the cause but said David Koch had suffered from prostate cancer in the past. David Koch was 79….
Originally published on corporate.comcast.com. Sunday’s final round of the AIG Women’s British Open posted a Total Audience Delivery (TAD) of 1.188 million average viewers per minute (11:30 a.m.-2 p.m. ET; P2+) across NBC Sports, up 23% vs. 2018 and becoming the most-watched final round telecast at this event in 13…
New Jersey judge John Russo Jr. who suggested a rape survivor could have closed her legs to prevent the attack is “remorseful,” his lawyer said during his judicial conduct complaint hearing July 10, NBC reports Related Story: Judge Gets 3-Month Suspension for Telling Rape Victim She Should Have Closed Her…
CBS is paying for the office space that Les Moonves, who left the company in September amid sexual misconduct allegations, is using to build his two new businesses on Sunset Boulevard in West Hollywood. Moon Rise Technologies, said, in a filing, that it planned to provide “streaming services and distribution,”…
Veteran journalist Tom Brokaw “feels terrible” about comments he made regarding Hispanics. On NBC’s “Meet the Press” on Sunday, during a panel discussion on American perceptions of immigration and building a wall, Brokaw’s comments resulted in a fury of backlash. Myth: All Latino Immigrants Will Likely Become Democrats “But the…
The trial of former Detective David March and former Officers Joseph Walsh and Thomas Gaffney of the Chicago Police Department begins today. The men are charged with conspiracy, obstruction of justice and misconduct in the shooting death of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald. They are the first Chicago officers to face criminal…
Lisa Benson Cooper, a Black TV reporter, was fired from her job for making her white female colleagues feel uncomfortable about their privilege. Ruby Hamad, author of The Guardian article, “How white women use strategic tears to silence women of colour,” heard that Cooper was suspended, then fired, for sharing…
The fact that people of color are paid less than white people is well-documented. But new research suggests that simply speaking up will not solve the problem. According to an analysis from PayScale, people of color are less likely than white people to receive a raise when they ask for…
