In the second half of 2022, key leaders emerge across diverse industries

SPONSORED PRESS RELEASE: Presented by Imperium Group What a difference half a year makes. Back in January, the world was still holding its collective breath, wondering how economies would recover from a global pandemic and recession. That question has been answered, with innovators stepping forward to take multiple industries into new directions, i…Read More

Startup founders are older, more diverse, and don’t live in San Francisco

GUEST: For decades, Silicon Valley was the place to build a thriving tech career. Just like actors flock to Los Angeles and writers to New York City, eager young coders swarmed to San Francisco for their chance to make it big. Look no further than the popular HBO sitcom Silicon Valley. There’s a reason the Pied Piper […]

Animated ‘Marvel Rising: Secret Warriors’ Introduces a Completely Diverse Superhero Team

It’s taken them a long time, but Marvel is finally bringing a fully diverse superhero team to the screen. And though it’s not the big screen, it’s still pretty darn cool. The animated feature film Marvel Rising: Secret Warriors will boast a team of some of the most beloved female characters and heroes of color in the Marvel comics: […]

IGF 2018 celebrates a bumper crop of diverse and exciting entries

The 20th annual Independent Games Festival — the longest-running and largest showcase for independent game developers — recently closed its call for submissions, and organizers are very proud to proclaim that nearly 600 entries have been accepted into the IGF 2018 Competition. The long-running and perennially popular festival — which is co-located with Game Developers […]

Sheryl Sandberg: Too many men think hiring a few women makes their companies diverse

Corporate America thinks if 10% of its leaders are women, that’s good enough, according to new research from Sheryl Sandberg’s Lean In organization. Sandberg says that too many male leaders are blind to disrespectful treatment of women, too. Sandberg hasn’t fully solved the diversity problem at Facebook, where she is COO, either. Too many corporate leaders […]

Power Rangers stars speak out on diverse cast 'It's what teenagers go through' (EXCLUSIVE)

The movie – released theatrically earlier this year and out now on DVD and Blu-ray – boasted Becky G as the Yellow Ranger, a girl questioning her sexual orientation, and RJ Cyler as the Blue Ranger, who is autistic. Also in the cast were Naomi Scott, whose mother is of Indian descent, and Chinese-Canadian rising […]

Games for Change’s 14th festival showcases social impact with diverse finalists

The game industry has a growing number of festivals that tackle issues such as diversity, like the Game Devs of Color Expo and the GaymerX Convention, but the Games for Change Festival is still the only one that focuses solely on social and educational impact in games. Now in its 14th year, the event is prepping […]