Equity and Inclusion

The Art Institute of Chicago fired all of its trained volunteers and guides last month, who were mostly older white women, to diversify its team.

The New York City Department of Education is also overhauling its teaching of black history in city public schools for students K-12 in all 5 boroughs.

A request to remove a statue of Founding Father Thomas Jefferson from City Hall came from members of the City Council, the mayor said, and not from him or his wife. The statue has stood in City Hall for 187 years.

Some comic book fans at Midtown Comics in Times Square said they support the new storyline for Superman's son, Jon Kent.

The Learning Community Charter School in Jersey City usually has Columbus Day off. But this year, all kids in pre-kindergarten through 8th grade learned not about the mythology of Christopher Columbus but the reality of Lenape tribes living in the New York-New Jersey area centuries ago.

Monday's federal holiday dedicated to Christopher Columbus is highlighting the ongoing divide between those who view the explorer as a representative of Italian Americans' history and those horrified by an annual tribute that ignores the native people whose lives and culture were forever changed by colonialism.

The Columbus Day Parade was back on in New York City for the 77th year after it was canceled last year due to COVID. More than 100 different groups marched up Fifth Avenue from the 40s to the 70s in Manhattan.

The gender-neutral term “Latinx” has emerged as an alternative to describe the Hispanic or Latino population, but a study found that just 3 percent of adults who identify as Hispanic or Latino say they use the term.

New York City will phase out its program for gifted and talented students that critics say favors whites and Asian American students.

Helen Arteaga Landaverde survived a bout with COVID thanks to the team at Elmhurst. That inspired her to apply for the hospital's top job.

The New York Education Department has reportedly ordered the school district in a small upstate community to remove an Indian mascot from use or face a loss of state funding.

Milagros Soto has devoted her life to serving the Suffolk County community as a police officer and supervisor. She is the Suffolk County Police Department's first Hispanic deputy chief and its highest-ranking woman.

The president of East Catholic High School has apologized after cheerleaders from another school reported being subjected to racist taunts after a football game.