racial diversity

Clyde Foster analyzing data for NASA

How JFK made NASA his secret weapon in the fight for civil rights in America

Justice

NASA’s black engineers, mathematicians and technicians didn’t just help American win the space race, they also played a key role in reshaping the American South.

An Algerian soccer fan waves the Algerian flag in front of the Arc de Triomphe in Paris. With 16 French-born players on the Algerian team, Franco-Algerians have celebrated the Algerian victories with huge celebrations in French cities.

At the World Cup, there are more French-born players playing against France than for it

Sports
An Algerian soccer fan waves the Algerian flag in front of the Arc de Triomphe in Paris. With 16 French-born players on the Algerian team, Franco-Algerians have celebrated the Algerian victories with huge celebrations in French cities.

At the World Cup, there are more French-born players playing against France than for it

Sports
12 Years a Slave 1

The 2014 Hollywood Diversity Report presents a picture that isn’t pretty

That's me, in the Drakensberg Mountains in 1999.

In 1999, I went to South Africa hoping to find Mandela’s ‘rainbow nation’

Lifestyle & Belief
The Khan family: Kamala Khan, aka "Ms. Marvel" (second left) with her brother Aamir, father Yusuf, mother Disha and friend Bruno.

Meet the new Ms. Marvel — a female, Muslim, Pakistani superhero

Arts, Culture & Media

Marvel Comics announced this week a new superhero comic book featuring Kamala Khan. Trust us, she’s not your typical 16-year-old superhero from New Jersey.