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Companies that have rolled back DEI initiatives
The Explainer Walmart is the latest major brand to renege on its DEI policies
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Code-switching: the origins, purpose and pitfalls
The Explainer Balancing your identity and respectability politics sometimes means taking on a different tone or behavior to fit in
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Can a racially and culturally divided country elect a multi-precedent-setting candidate?
Today's big question Vice President Kamala Harris is facing a wave of personal attacks tinged with racism and sexism
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Can the Met Police heal its relationship with the Black community?
In depth Police chiefs accused of not doing enough to address reported institutional racism
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Texas judge OKs hair-based suspension of Black student
Speed Read The judge said the Houston-area Barbers Hill school district did not violate the state's CROWN Act
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Black mothers at risk: inside the maternal mortality crisis
In Depth Childbirth can be deadly
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'The biggest judicial power grab since 1803'
Instant Opinion Opinion, comment and editorials of the day
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Can DEI survive an anti-woke backlash?
Today's Big Question Activists take aim at corporate diversity programs
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Is the Voting Rights Act nearly dead?
Today's Big Question An appeals court 'drastically weakens' the landmark law. What happens next is up to the Supreme Court.
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How an Alabama brawl became a watershed moment for race in America
Talking Point "No people are obligated to endure violence without defending themselves or being defended"
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Supreme court closes door on affirmative action in university admissions
feature Race-based admissions were an unpopular measure for tackling inequality in America
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How the Grenfell tragedy changed the UK
feature Six years on since the government vowed to ‘learn lessons’ has sufficient progress been made?
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R.F. Kuang's 'Yellowface': a biting satire of the publishing industry
The Week Recommends The novel is an examination of cultural appropriation, racism and tokenism in the publishing industry
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Why does the US media often neglect missing people of color?
Today's Big Question The balance of coverage between missing white Americans and missing Americans of color appears tragically skewed
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