Asian club replete with strongmen welcomes ‘Duterte Harry’
By JIM GOMEZ As bodies continue to pile up in his war on illegal drugs, the Philippine president is making waves at his first summit of the Association of Southeast…
Social diversity
Key findings from USC’s latest diversity study
By The Associated Press A report to be released Wednesday by the Media, Diversity and Social Change Initiative at the University of Southern California’s Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism…
How sympathetic whites are helping to fuel racial change
By PHILIP MARCELO An attorney in Oregon is supporting political candidates who promise to address racial profiling in policing. In suburban Ohio, a mother says she and her friends will…
UCLA: Movies make more $$$ when only half the cast is white
By RYAN NAKASHIMA Movies make more money when exactly half their casts are non-white, according to an annual analysis released Thursday that shows an increasing demand for diversity in film.…
AP-GfK Poll: Most Americans favor a higher minimum wage
By EMILY SWANSON By EMILY SWANSON Most Americans support increasing the minimum wage, as well as requiring employers to provide paid sick leave and parental leave, according to a new…
Vatican hits sour note with women, but progress may come
By NICOLE WINFIELD A new Vatican outreach initiative to listen to women hit a sour note before it even got off the ground: The sexy blonde on its Internet promo…
TV networks make unequal progress toward on-screen diversity
By DAVID BAUDER, LYNN ELBER and FRAZIER MOORE Kenya Barris, creator of ABC’s “black-ish,” was motivated to write the comedy about an African-American family’s efforts to honor its heritage in…
AP Exclusive: Academy president responds to Oscar firestorm
By SANDY COHEN Responding for the first time to the firestorm of criticism over the lack of diversity in this year’s Oscar nominations, film academy president Cheryl Boone Isaacs says…