Rwanda will test technology powered by artificial intelligence in more than 50 health clinics as part of a new initiative by the Gates Foundation to support 1,000 clinics…
Read more Rwanda to test AI-powered technology in clinics under a new Gates Foundation projectLOS ANGELES — In a rooftop space filled with Hollywood’s most influential figures, actor Kristen Stewart delivered an unflinching speech urging women in film to stay united, reject…
Read more Kristen Stewart urges solidarity and honesty in emotional keynote at Academy Women’s LuncheonNEW YORK — The Rev. Al Sharpton will lead a protest march on Wall Street to urge corporate America to resist the Trump administration’s campaign to roll back…
Read more Al Sharpton to lead pro-DEI march through Wall Street on anniversary of the 1963 March on WashingtonSEOUL, South Korea — After three decades in Hollywood, Daniel Dae Kim has done spy thrillers, sci-fi epics and medical dramas. But there’s one role that’s eluded the…
Read more Daniel Dae Kim is still waiting for his rom-com moment. In the meantime, there’s ‘Butterfly’NEW YORK (AP) — The typical compensation package for chief executives who run companies in the S&P 500 jumped nearly 10% in 2024 as the stock market enjoyed…
Read more CEO pay rose nearly 10% in 2024 as stock prices and profits soaredNEW YORK (AP) — A group of Democrats in Congress appealed to the largest U.S. companies Tuesday to hold onto their diversity, equity and inclusion programs, saying such…
Read more Members of Congress call on companies to retain DEI programs as court cases grind onUNITED NATIONS (AP) — They were sharing the world stage to discuss a plan to give young people more input in decisions that shape lives. And 26-year-old Daphne…
Read more At the UN, young people push to make sure the generational shift is faster — and more substantialDEARBORN, Mich. (AP) — Ford Motor Co. has joined the ranks of companies that have pulled back on diversity, equity and inclusion policies while facing pressure from conservative…
Read more Ford joins growing list of companies changing diversity policies after conservative pressureJEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Days after Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey blamed an after-school fight on a school district’s diversity programming, a lawyer for the majority Black district…
Read more Missouri attorney general is accused of racial bias for pinning a student fight on diversity programSonali Pier is a portfolio manager with Pimco Pimco’s Sonali Pier strives for outperformance. The youngest of three and the daughter of Indian immigrants, Pier set her sights…
Read more Pimco’s Sonali Pier lets her ‘cautious contrarianism’ speak for itself: The bets she’s making nowNEW YORK — A federal judge in Texas has ordered a 55-year-old U.S. agency that caters to minority-owned businesses to serve people regardless of race, siding with white…
Read more A federal judge has ordered a US minority business agency to serve all racesFRANKFORT, Ky. — A Republican-backed measure to limit diversity, equity and inclusion practices at Kentucky’s public universities won approval from the state Senate on Tuesday after an emotional…
Read more Diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives limited at Kentucky colleges under Senate billAs communities nationwide celebrate the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. holiday this weekend with events ranging from parades to prayer services, some people are taking a cue from…
Read more War in Gaza and US election factor into some of the many events planned for MLK holidayWisconsin Democratic Gov. Tony Evers us suing the Republican-controlled Legislature, arguing that it is obstructing basic government functions, including signing off on pay raises for university employees that…
Read more Wisconsin’s Democratic governor sues Republican Legislature over blocking ‘basic functions’TOLEDO, Ohio — When Rhonda Naus got a job inspecting Jeep Wranglers fresh off the assembly line, her paycheck added up to roughly half of what her co-workers…
Read more Auto worker strike highlights disparities between temporary and permanent employeesTOLEDO, Ohio — When Rhonda Naus got a job inspecting Jeep Wranglers fresh off the assembly line, her paycheck added up to roughly half of what her co-workers…
Read more Auto worker strike highlights disparities between temporary and permanent employeesAttorneys for New College of Florida, the traditionally progressive public liberal arts college that was taken over by allies of Gov. Ron DeSantis as part of his “war…
Read more Attorneys for college taken over by DeSantis allies threaten to sue ‘alternate’ schoolNEW YORK — NEW YORK (AP) — “I always know, because I’ve lived life long enough, you can change things,” Bethann Hardison said at the start of “Invisible…
Read more ‘Invisible Beauty’ offers a unique take on fashion through eyes of trailblazer Bethann HardisonWASHINGTON — With more than a year to go before the 2024 election, a constellation of conservative organizations is preparing for a possible second White House term for…
Read more Conservatives are on a mission to dismantle the US government and replace it with Trump’s visionBARABOO, Wis. — Arianna Barajas never thought of herself as the outdoors type. The daughter of Mexican immigrants who grew up in Chicago’s suburbs, her forays into nature…
Read more Environmental groups recruit people of color into overwhelmingly white conservation world
