October 2021

Marc Morial, president and CEO of the National Urban LeagueMarc H. Morial, the president and CEO of the National Urban League, a nonpartisan and nonprofit civil rights organization that advocates for racial and economic justice, spoke with Diverse about the stakes behind a bipartisan $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill that awaits a House vote this week. “We […]

Nick Cannon, photographed by David ShankboneCelebrity Nick Cannon surprised seven historically Black college and university (HBCU) students on The Nick Cannon Show when, he paid off the entirety of their student debt. “Once you earn your college degree, we’re wiping out your personal student debt—every single penny,” said Cannon. The students, from Saint Augustine’s University, North

Philosophers Dr. Judith Butler and Dr. Cornel West, The New School’s 2021-22 Presidential Visiting ScholarsThe New School has named distinguished philosophers Drs. Judith Butler and Cornel West as this year’s inaugural Presidential Visiting Scholars. They will both join the faculty at The New School for Social Research (NSSR) for the 2021-2022 academic year. Butler, well-known

In June 2008, when a fire raged across Universal Studios in Los Angeles, one of the world’s largest record labels struggled to keep millions of its master recordings safe from the blaze. Though almost all the music that burned that day, including the archives of musicians like Billie Holliday, Ray Charles and Louis Armstrong, is

Naomi Osaka and Simone Biles may have moved society closer to being comfortable talking about mental health in young people. In spite of the tremendous amount of criticism they received, neither woman backed down in their insistence that they needed to take time off from their sports to focus on their own well-being. And we

Twenty-one finalists are setting an example of engaging Latinx students and working with them to achieve degree attainment and career success. Created in 2005 by Excelencia in Education, Examples in Excelencia is a national initiative to recognize and promote evidence-based practices that accelerate Latinx student success in higher education. For this year’s Examples, Excelencia received