Ellen McGirt
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It’s not just about Washington—racist team mascots persist all over the country
Using Native American symbols as mascots gives people the "sense that Native folks and peoples are a thing of the past or are to be caricatured," experts say. → Read More
'It's been a long journey.' Google CEO Sundar Pichai on new, widespread commitments to racial equity
Google vows to boost black leadership and dedicates hundreds of millions of dollars to black workers of all kinds. "It's been a long journey," CEO Sundar Pichai tells Fortune. → Read More
Netflix CEO and his wife give $120 million to HBCUs
The gift from Reed Hastings and Patty Quillin is the largest individual gift to fund student education at historically black schools. → Read More
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LeBron steps up as the President gets ready to step out…in Tulsa
The NBA star and co. are launching a voting rights group as President Trump prepares to hold a rally in Tulsa on Juneteenth. → Read More
Dear white people: Our nation turns its racist eyes to you
The call for justice and inclusion has put allyship front and center. Are white people ready? → Read More
Fortune focuses on racism and allyship
As protests continue nationwide, companies want to establish themselves as allies—but it will take real, actual work. → Read More
Citigroup, Netflix, and Microsoft among companies making statements in support of Black lives and justice
What Black employees really want from them and everyone else. → Read More
Derek Chauvin, officer involved in George Floyd's death, is arrested
Minneapolis, devastated by the death of George Floyd while in police custody, has been roiled by protests. → Read More
A tale of two Coopers, one as old as the nation
Amy Cooper called the cops on Christian Cooper when he asked her to leash her dog in Central Park. The confrontation shows the impact of still-widespread segregation. → Read More
A new arrest in the Ahmaud Arbery case
William "Roddie" Bryan Jr., who filmed the fatal shooting, has been arrested on suspicion of murder charges. → Read More
Intel’s diversity chief Barbara Whye rises to the occasion on inclusion
The company’s audacious new inclusion goals include a first-ever diversity index. → Read More
Marking four years of this race beat journey
And there is more work to be done. → Read More
Bias against Asian Americans continues to rise
Harassment and discrimination against the Asian American and Pacific Islander community remains unabated. → Read More
Two men charged with murder in the shooting of Ahmaud Arbery
After thousands protested nationwide in outrage over his death. → Read More
Nikole Hannah-Jones and Ida B. Wells are now Pulitzer Prize winners
It's a celebration of their achievements and the necessary correctives still to come. → Read More
Frontline workers honored with their own Mattel doll collection
The collection will also help drive more funds to first responders, says the company. → Read More
Two CEOs offer a master class in crisis innovation during the coronavirus pandemic
KR Sridhar, the CEO of Bloom Energy, and Jane Mosbacher Morris, the CEO of To The Market, discuss pivoting in a time of crisis. → Read More
Ramadan begins in a vastly changed world
But Muslims around the world are trying to maintain tradition, and creating new ones, during the pandemic. → Read More
raceAhead: Co-creating the world of inclusion we want to come next
The coronavirus pandemic is a chance to center marginalized voices in the new normal still to come. → Read More