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New York City's Racial Equity Plan, released by Mayor Zohran Mamdani, commits the city to using racial classifications to ...

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The murder of George Floyd on May 25, 2020, triggered massive protests around the world against police violence and systemic racism. Those events, in turn, prompted a surge in pledges from ...

In a review of more than three decades' worth of studies that examine support for, or opposition to, policies with racial equity implications, a Cornell-led research group found that more research on ...

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WASHTENAW COUNTY, MI — Washtenaw County officials have selected an interim county administrator to serve in the top staff ...

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Despite some political pushback against data on environmental, social and governance metrics, publicly traded firms are boosting their disclosures under shareholder pressure. At least 94 firms on the ...

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