Race & Ethnicity

Yalitza Aparicio, the Oscar-nominated, first-time actress in "Roma," is finding strong support among Mexican-American women despite backlash she is receiving in Mexico.

Hannah Beachler is the first African-American ever nominated for the award in production design. She helped create the cinematic world of Wakanda.

Steve Luxenberg tells the history around Plessy v. Ferguson, the disastrous 1896 Supreme Court decision that made racial segregation legal as “separate but equal.”

When Jussie Smollett alleged he was attacked because of his race and sexual orientation, the story didn’t make me angry. It made me numb. But a lot has changed in three weeks.

With the Academy Awards approaching, the Annenberg Inclusion Initiative released its most recent report on diversity in Hollywood.

STEVE LUXENBERG, a former Washington Post editor ...

After an African-American student was punished for wearing an African head wrap, administrators are accused of favoring Hispanic teens at Camden Academy Charter High School.

The tombstone of an African-American Civil War soldier — and possible graves of family members — have been discovered in Frankford, Delaware.

Two entrepreneurs have helped save the historic Nile Swim Club from drowning.

Legislation to strengthen the partnership between historically black college and universities is on a fast track to become law.

Experts say many of these fashion companies live in a sort of bubble and lack the diversity in their staff that could vet their fashions.

When you talk to Virginia Democrats these days, you hear a lot of words like "disappointing" and "frustrating."

The report was published online Thursday in CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society.

From minstrels to the mummers, from governors to Gucci, how blackface began and why it keeps coming up.

Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam admitted that he wore blackface, and the subsequent backlash has provided insight into Americans views and knowledge of our racist past.