Barbie debuts Anna May Wong doll for AAPI Heritage Month
The figure has her trademark bangs, eyebrows and well-manicured nails. The doll is dressed in a red gown with a shiny golden dragon design and cape, inspired by her appearance in the 1934 movie “Limehouse Blues."
Coretta Scott King's legacy celebrated with new monument at King Center
A new monument to Coretta Scott King was dedicated at the King Center in Atlanta.
Montana GOP bars transgender lawmaker from 2023 session
Transgender lawmaker Zooey Zephyr was barred from participating on the House floor as Republican leaders voted Wednesday to silence her for the rest of 2023 session after she protested GOP leaders’ decision earlier in the week to silence her.
Court orders students to reveal their names after suing sorority over trans member
Six of the original seven plaintiffs complied with the order and have revealed their names to the public last week.
Nearly 1,500 books were banned in first half of school year: Report
PEN America recorded more book bans during the fall 2022 semester than in each of the prior two semesters.
Georgia wants changes after daughter's field trip includes 'slave auction' lesson
A Georgia mother says her daughter's class were placed in front of the group as if they were on an auction block, holding what is said to be an historical document of a bill of sale during a recent field trip.
CVS 'gender transition' guide says employees must use preferred pronouns, can use bathroom reflecting identity
In the guidelines obtained exclusively by FOX Business, employees are told they may be entitled to a medical leave of absence "under the Family and Medical Leave Act, state law, and/or CVS Health policy."
Leaders react to racist viral video: ‘I was absolutely dumbfounded’
Outrage continues after a viral video shows a Georgia athletic coach making racist remarks while visiting Atlanta.
Anheuser-Busch sheds roughly $5 billion in value since Bud Light’s Dylan Mulvaney pact sparked outrage
Anheuser-Busch has seen its value drop roughly $5 billion since Bud Light’s partnership with transgender activist Dylan Mulvaney.
'Ebony Alert' proposed for missing Black women and youth in California
A bill has been proposed that might help missing Black children and women get a similar amount of attention as white people who disappear.
‘It was surreal’: Florida native becomes Vanderbilt’s first Black woman neurosurgery resident
A prestigious medical school will see its first Black woman neurosurgery resident ever.
Reparations for Black Californians could top $800 billion
It could cost California more than $800 billion to compensate Black residents for generations of over-policing, disproportionate incarceration and housing discrimination, economists have told a state panel considering reparations.
Walt Disney World to host world’s largest LGBTQ+ conference amid criticism from DeSantis
The decision to hold the conference in Florida was made in 2019, according to a spokesperson for Out & Equal.
San Francisco board open to reparations with $5M payouts
Payments of $5 million to every eligible Black adult, the elimination of personal debt and tax burdens, guaranteed annual incomes of at least $97,000 for 250 years and homes in San Francisco for just $1 a family.
Jury awards $8.25M to Black mother, daughters handcuffed outside Castro Valley Starbucks
A federal jury awarded a mother and her two daughters $8.25 million after they were unlawfully searched and handcuffed by Alameda County sheriff's deputies outside a Castro Valley Starbucks on their way to taking one of the young women to a college math test in Berkeley.
San Francisco lawmakers consider funding reparations for slavery: $5 million per Black person
San Francisco could become the first major U.S. city to fund reparations for slavery and systemic racism as the idea gains traction across the country.
New Georgia café offers coffee and second chances
The owner wants to provide a path to re-enter the workforce for people of color who once were incarcerated.
Jennifer McClellan becomes 1st Black woman for Virginia in Congress
Jennifer McClellan, holding the receipt for a poll tax her father once had to pay tucked into the pages of a family Bible, was sworn into the U.S. House on Tuesday, becoming the first Black woman to represent Virginia in Congress.
LEGO pivots brand toward push for diversity and inclusion with revamped 'Friends' product line for all kids
Ten years after its debut, the LEGO Friends universe will include characters with anxiety, limb difference, neurodivergence.
After Susana Morales' death, Hispanic community claims Gwinnett County Police discriminate
Protesters sounded off against the Gwinnett County Police Department accusing them of discrimination when it comes to the Hispanic community.