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By Michelle Ye Hee Lee—Nov. 11, 2016 The first email calling me a “b‑‑‑‑” for my Pinocchio rating came early in the election season, when there were so many presidential candidates it was hard to keep track. I showed it to my colleague and editor Glenn Kessler. He was...

By Akiba Solomon—Nov. 11, 2016 It has been more than three years since #BlackLivesMatter became a rallying cry for a movement. While centering Black communities and resistance, #BlackLivesMatter galvanized not only Black organizers, it challenged people of all races...

By Laura Lorenzetti Soper—Oct. 19, 2016 Edith Cooper has spent over 20 years at Goldman Sachs, growing from the energy-trading division to become the global head of human capital management. She's the hiring gatekeeper for the investment bank — and part of the heart...

By Nosheen Iqbal—Oct 20, 2016 Lupita Nyong’o is, rumour suggests, a nightmare. Difficult. Cold. Prone to making heavy demands. She also quite famously won an Oscar for her first film straight out of Yale School of Drama, just three years ago. So, you might expect a...

By John Metta—Oct 10, 2016 My memories of that long ago are like found photographs, all sepias and faded greens. A cold, silent room. Bright white lights and blue sheets that smelled like my grandma's house. A sewing needle and scissors on a steel table. A man who...

Oct 7, 2016 This summer, five exceptional high school students from diverse backgrounds and four different states (California, Maryland, Ohio and Washington, D.C.) who wanted to learn about the Japanese American experience and history during World War II tapped into...

Sep 24, 2016 Finland's premier and a former president joined thousands of people across Finland on Saturday as part of demonstrations against violence, racism, and fascism. In Helsinki, police tweeted that around 15,000 people were taking part in the protest there,...

By Breanna Edwards—Oct 24, 2016 A fundraiser started to replace a memorial sign marking the place where Emmett Till’s brutalized body was discovered in Mississippi’s Tallahatchie River in 1955 has exceeded its $15,000 goal, the New York Daily News reports. The...

Oct 23, 2016 The winners of the Aga Khan Award for Architecture have been announced earlier this month in a ceremony in Al Ain, Abu Dhabi. His Excellency Awaidha Murshed Al Marar, Chairman of Department of Municipal Affairs and Transport of the United Arab Emirates...