Diversity
2018 Oscar Nominations Make History in Several Categories
2018 was one of the richest years in recent film history, and Oscar voters had their work cut out for them selecting the nominees. Their choices are eclectic - I'm still pissed Bradley Cooper wasn't nominated for Best Director for A Star is Born - but they reflect the evolving ...read more
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly from Last Night's Primaries
Last night, Connecticut, Minnesota, Vermont, and Wisconsin held primaries for the 2018 midterms. The results reflect this year's trend of nominating possibly the most diverse slate of candidates there has ever been, with many of them being women. Today we break down the results ...read more
Jeff Sessions' Religious Liberty Task Force Is Disguised Bigotry
In a speech yesterday at the Religious Liberty Summit, Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced the creation of a Religious Liberty Task Force, ostensibly to uphold last year's religious guidance that ensured government officials would not suffer from religious persecution. In ...read more
Trump's War on Racial Equality Reaches College Campuses
I graduated from Northwestern University in 2012, and while I don't regret my experience there, I find myself frustrated by how not diverse it was. When I walked on to campus as a freshman in the fall of 2008, it was one of the least diverse groups to ever enter the university: ...read more