Diversity

A truck carrying a sign calling the president of Harvard a disgrace drives around Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass., on December 12, 2023.

How DEI Programs and Liberal Politics Are Failing Gaza How DEI Programs and Liberal Politics Are Failing Gaza

Diversity, equity, and inclusion programs, as they exist in education, are failing, because they emphasize personal feelings over the need to collectively organize.

Jan 4, 2024 / Dave Zirin

Malick Bauer in Sam - A Saxon

German Like Me German Like Me

Culture / September 20, 2023 German Like Me How an Afro-German TV series about the GDR’s first Black police officer became an international hit. Linda Mannheim Share Facebook T…

Sep 20, 2023 / Linda Mannheim

Corporate America Is No Longer Pretending to Care About Diversity

Corporate America Is No Longer Pretending to Care About Diversity Corporate America Is No Longer Pretending to Care About Diversity

In what should be a surprise to no one, corporations are quietly trimming the “Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion” teams they loudly championed in 2020.

Mar 22, 2023 / Column / Elie Mystal

Akwasi Frimpong

Akwasi Frimpong’s Struggle to Represent Africa at the Winter Olympics Akwasi Frimpong’s Struggle to Represent Africa at the Winter Olympics

The IOC bureaucracy should let the skeleton competitor claim his rightful place at the Beijing Games.

Jan 18, 2022 / Dave Zirin and Jules Boykoff

Katharine Hepburn

Breaking Glass: Curriculum “Diversity” and Its Discontents Breaking Glass: Curriculum “Diversity” and Its Discontents

On teaching literature and the limits of representation.

Oct 13, 2021 / Column / Diana Senechal

Why Are We Still Using Trump’s Broken Census?

Why Are We Still Using Trump’s Broken Census? Why Are We Still Using Trump’s Broken Census?

While the Census showed significant growth among communities of color, it was still, almost certainly, a vast and deliberate undercount.

Aug 19, 2021 / Elie Mystal

Return to the Joys of Full-Time Office Work? No, Thanks.

Return to the Joys of Full-Time Office Work? No, Thanks. Return to the Joys of Full-Time Office Work? No, Thanks.

CEOs are touting the benefits of office “culture” as a reason to return to our cubicles. But that culture has often meant harassment, discrimination, and painful water-cooler conve...

May 14, 2021 / Elie Mystal

Dogs in the Snow

Finding Community Through Our Dogs in the Darkest Days of the Pandemic Finding Community Through Our Dogs in the Darkest Days of the Pandemic

A dog story, in which humans paw their way from isolation to something like community.

Feb 24, 2021 / Something Is Happening Here / Angela Ards

What’s Happening to ‘The Chicago Reporter’?

What’s Happening to ‘The Chicago Reporter’? What’s Happening to ‘The Chicago Reporter’?

After nearly half a century of speaking truth to power, the “conscience of the city” is fighting for survival.

Jan 15, 2021 / Laura S. Washington

Young, LGBTQ Voters of Color Could Swing This Election

Young, LGBTQ Voters of Color Could Swing This Election Young, LGBTQ Voters of Color Could Swing This Election

They constitute a crucial voting bloc: About 9 million LGBTQ adults are eligible to vote, and nearly half of them are under age 35.

Sep 15, 2020 / StudentNation / DeAsia Paige

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