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  • People gather for the Women’s March in Washington, D.C. on January 22, 2023, the 50th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, to advocate for abortion rights. (Photo by Bryan Olin Dozier/NurPhoto)NO USE FRANCENewsletters

    Legal battle over abortion pill mifepristone could hurt women of color and create financial burden

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  • Michelle Gethers-Clark, chief diversity officer at Visa.Newsletters

    How Visa’s chief diversity officer plans to improve income inequality

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  • DALLAS, TX – APRIL 02: Angel Reese #10 of the Louisiana State Tigers smiles from the bench as her team scores against the Iowa Hawkeyes during the 2023 NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament National Championship at American Airlines Center on April 2, 2023 in Dallas, Texas. (Photo by C. Morgan Engel/NCAA Photos via Getty Images)Newsletters

    The treatment of LSU’s Angel Reese and Iowa’s Caitlin Clark highlights a racist double standard

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  • Michelle Gethers-Clark, chief diversity officer at Visa.Leadership

    Visa moved part of its C-suite to Atlanta to diversify company ranks—but making a dent in the city’s income inequality problem is an uphill battle

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  • VATICAN CITY, VATICAN – FEBRUARY 10: (EDITOR NOTE: STRICTLY EDITORIAL USE ONLY – NO MERCHANDISING) Pope Francis meets a group of Indigenous delegates attending the 6th Global Meeting of the Indigenous People’s Forum at the Apostolic Palace on February 10, 2023 in Vatican City, Vatican. Pope Francis has urged governments and the international community to respect the cultures, dignity and rights of Indigenous Peoples, acknowledging their crucial role in helping address the current global environmental crisis. (Photo by Vatican Media via Vatican Pool/Getty Images)Newsletters

    Separate apologies from Vatican and the Guardian aim to address a racist past

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  • WASHINGTON, DC – MARCH 23: TikTok Chief Executive Officer Shou Zi Chew testifies before the House Energy and Commerce Committee in the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill on Thursday, March 23, 2023 in Washington, DC. Lawmakers on the committee question TikToks CEO about the company’s relationship with its parent company, ByteDance, and how they handle users’ sensitive personal data. (Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)Newsletters

    The xenophobic questioning of TikTok’s CEO highlights the outsider status of Asian Americans in the U.S

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  • Women gather following the first Friday noon prayer of the Islamic fasting month of Ramadan, in front of the Dome of the Rock shrine at the Al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem, on March 24, 2023. (Photo by AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP) (Photo by AHMAD GHARABLI/AFP via Getty Images)Newsletters

    How Google’s Muslim employee resource group helped make Ramadan better for everyone

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  • SANTA CLARA, CALIFORNIA – MARCH 10: Employees walk in front of a sign outside of the shuttered Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) headquarters on March 10, 2023 in Santa Clara, California. Silicon Valley Bank was shut down on Friday morning by California regulators and was put in control of the U.S. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. Prior to being shut down by regulators, shares of SVB were halted Friday morning after falling more than 60% in premarket trading following a 60% declined on Thursday when the bank sold off a portfolio of US Treasuries and $1.75 billion in shares to cover declining customer deposits. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)Newsletters

    Silicon Valley Bank’s collapse is a blow to Black founders and immigrant entrepreneurs

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  • African Americans, led by Reverend Martin Luther King Jr, line up in front of the Dallas County Courthouse in Selma, Alabama to register to vote.Newsletters

    U.S. lawmakers are introducing hundreds of bills to restrict voting and other civil rights

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  • People queue up outside the headquarters of Silicon Valley Bank to withdraw their funds on March 13, 2023 in California.Newsletters

    Conservatives blame Silicon Valley Bank failure on ‘woke’ policies and diversity and inclusion

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  • Healthy African woman meditating in yoga class with friends in background. Multiracial fitness females exercising in a health club.Newsletters

    A new mindfulness technique aims to help Black employees heal from racial trauma in and out of the workplace

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  • US President Joe Biden, joined by US Representative Terri Sewell (D-AL), Reverend Al Sharpton, Reverend Jesse Jackson, Martin Luther King III, and fellow activists cross the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, on March 5, 2023, to mark the 58th anniversary of Bloody Sunday. – More than 600 civil rights demonstrators were beaten by white police officers as they tried to cross the bridge during a 54 mile march from Selma to Montgomery, on March 7, 1965. (Photo by Mandel NGAN / AFP) (Photo by MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)Newsletters

    Voting rights still hang in the balance on the 58th anniversary of Selma’s ‘Bloody Sunday’ march—and corporations are oddly silent

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  • PASADENA, CALIFORNIA – FEBRUARY 25: Issa Rae arrives to the 54th Annual NAACP Image Awards at Pasadena Civic Auditorium on February 25, 2023 in Pasadena, California. (Photo by Aaron J. Thornton/Getty Images)Newsletters

    Kickstarter CEO says crowdfunding needs innovation—and inclusion is the way

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  • Scott Adams, cartoonist and author and creator of “Dilbert”, poses for a portrait with a life-sized Dilbert cutout in his home office on Monday, January 6, 2014 in Pleasanton, Calif. Adams has published a new memoir “How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big: Kind of the Story of My Life”. (Photo By Lea Suzuki/The San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images)Newsletters

    ‘Dilbert’ creator Scott Adams is dropped by newspapers, syndicator, and book publisher after racist video screed

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  • Stressed black businesswoman working on a laptop in an office alone.Newsletters

    Half of Black workers are considering quitting, new survey finds. Here’s how to keep them happy

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