Diversity Management, News and Updates
The COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act was signed into law four months ago, but little appears to have come from its passage so far. And now, two Asian American lawmakers are demanding updates from the Department of Justice on its progress and implementation. Cynthia Silva of NBC News reported that “Sen….
Last month, we reported on Rep. Joyce Beatty, chairwoman of the Congressional Black Caucus, being arrested during a peaceful protest for voting rights reform. A few days later, Rep. Hank Johnson of Georgia was arrested in a similar protest. And now, less than two weeks after that, a third Black…
On May 18, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee approved a sweeping new police accountability reform bill that many are calling one of the most ambitious ever attempted in the United States. Gene Johnson of the Associated Press reported that “the dozen of bills Inslee signed include outright bans on police use…
A photograph of Swedish teen climate activist Greta Thunberg has been archived at the Library of Congress in Washington. The dramatic black-and-white image by photographer Shane Balkowitsch shows Thunberg at the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation during her trip to the U.S. in October. Balkowitsch created the photograph using a more…
People with mental illnesses are 16 times more likely to be killed in encounters with police, according to a study by the Treatment Advocacy Center. The community in Eugene, Ore., is working to change that statistic with its use of Crisis Assistance Helping Out On The Streets (CAHOOTS), a specialized…
NFL offensive tackle Trent Williams, a seven-time Pro Bowler for Washington’s football team, has publicly blamed the team for not taking his cancer scare seriously. On Thursday, Williams spoke publicly for the first time since the end of the 2018 season. In speaking to a group of reporters in front…
The elite Georgetown Visitation Preparatory School in Washington, D.C., has had to face an ugly side of its past after research revealed that the founding nuns of the school didn’t teach slaves to read, as the legend goes – the nuns actually sold slaves. It was the 1820s and debt…
The Washington State Supreme Court has declared it illegal to not offer an employee a job because of their weight. The court ruled the state’s definition of disability applies to obesity. Federal laws do not explicitly protect against discrimination based on obesity. Under Title VII of the federal Civil Rights…
The Yard, a historic cultural hub at Howard University in Washington, D.C., is being disrespected by neighborhood gentrifiers who are using it as a spot to walk their dogs or as an outdoor gym, students say. One of the main quads on the campus of Howard, a 152-year-old HBCU, The Yard is the…
UPDATE: Nov. 24, 2018 at 10:44 a.m. EST Follow up: Black Veteran Racially Profiled in a Yogurt Shop, Cops Offer Canned Apology ORIGINAL STORY Published Nov. 19, 2018 Byron Ragland was sitting in Menchie’s, a frozen yogurt shop in Kirkland, Wash., when police arrived and told him to leave. Ragland,…
