Downtown is on the up but will deprived black neighbourhoods see the benefits?

NFL’s clothing partner decides to use Colin Kaepernick despite Trump criticism of protest

New research shows how to combat algorithms that replicate human bias

The former slave’s 1852 oration makes a very modern point about ‘tone policing’

The right thing to do is sometimes both good and bad for business

Although racism is not a consequence of taking the drug, doctors warn about other dangers

President demands Iger apologise for coverage on Disney’s ABC television network

Employers need data and action to reap the benefits of diversity

Diverse workforce essential to combat new danger of ‘bias in, bias out’

Empathy and inclusion are key to making most of employees with many identities

Day of racial sensitivity training follows arrest of two black men waiting for a friend

The issue of legalisation has split Democrats and the civil rights movement in the US state

Portraying black lives has made the artist known as Childish Gambino a global star

Former employee alleges bank avoided lending in African-American area of New York

A novel charting two boys’ journey into ‘wokeness’ as they encounter a rage-filled white cop

The arrest of two black men in a Philadelphia branch of the chain highlights US companies’ struggle to find the right response to social issues as sensitive as race 

The Ghanaian-born author of ‘Homegoing’ talks about the narrative of race in the US and why it is easier for her generation to address the slave trade

The man from Jet who battled Jim Crow