The first Black woman to serve on the Federal Reserve board, Ms. Cook has long been a pathbreaker in a field dominated by white men.
Category: Race and Ethnicity
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The Complexities of Portraying the Black Elite, From ‘The Gilded Age’ to Ralph Lauren
Recent portrayals of the Black elite have shown the complexities that can come with representing class.
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Trump Questions Discrimination Claims, Even One His First Administration Brought
The case against a Chicago mortgage lender has become a Rorschach test for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, epitomizing how the left and the right feel about the agency.
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Southwest Passenger Says She Was Ejected From Flight Based on Her Race
On a flight from Chicago to Washington, D.C., last November, the passenger said she was the only Black person seated in an exit row when she was asked to leave.
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I Don’t Know if I Believe in God, but I Believe in Gospel Music
How music convinced a religious skeptic to rethink faith.
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The D.E.I. Industry, Scorned by the White House, Turns to ‘Safer’ Topics
To avoid government scrutiny, companies are asking for fewer trainings focused on race and gender and more on neurodivergence and generational differences.
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United Faces Race Discrimination Lawsuit After Barring Passengers
Two Asian American women were mistaken for each other. One was accused of physically assaulting a flight attendant, but both were denied boarding, a lawsuit claims.
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Dressing Up for a Day of Black Joy at the Pinkster Stroll
The Pinkster Stroll is not your average New York fashion show.
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South Africa Sets the Stage for Starlink Approval
A proposed regulatory change would allow Elon Musk’s satellite company and others like it to get a license without having to sell shares to Black South Africans.
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Rhiannon Giddens Reflects on Biscuits and Banjos Festival
A new North Carolina festival founded by the musician Rhiannon Giddens highlighted Black string music and flaky treats.
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Clarence O. Smith, a Founder of Essence Magazine, Is Dead at 92
As president, he helped persuade companies like Estée Lauder and Ford to advertise in the pages of the first mass-circulation magazine directed at Black women.