Equality

"It's hard to fathom the idea of not being introduced to sports, let alone allowed to play, or that sports weren't offered because of your sex.

The Trump-backed Senate candidate received swift ridicule Sunday over the change.

The law here is no more complicated than the American sense of morality it embodies.

Meghan Markle has spoken up for women since childhood, during her pre-royal career, her time in the palace and her new life with Prince Harry in California.

The Plessy v. Ferguson ruling allowing racial segregation across American life stood as the law of the land until the Supreme Court unanimously overruled it.

The lingerie brand scores just 17 out of 100 in a gender audit as it ditches Angels for diverse models including Megan Rapinoe.

Prominent Black voices on social media have reacted to the news of the Senate vote, but many feel as though there are more important matters that need to be addressed.

I had my sights set on a cutting apprenticeship at a prestigious Savile Row tailoring house, but things didn't go my way. It was made clear to me at one point that I wouldn't get a cutting apprenticeship because of my gender.

Queen Elizabeth II's staff had a policy of not hiring "coloured immigrants or foreigners" to office roles into the late 1960s, according to newly unearthed documents.

The man told the school board to "stop trying to incite division among us" during a heated meeting in Palm Beach.

Diversity is more important than ever in the business world, but equity must go hand-in-hand with these efforts.

International Women's Day is celebrated annually on March 8 and this year's theme is "Choose to Challenge."

The Supreme Court's landmark ruling in the Bostock case protected employees from being discriminated on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity. The Equality Act, however, would expand those protections for LGBTQ Americans seeking equal access to healthcare, housing and education.

Vice President Kamala Harris explained the idea of equity in a speech two days before the election, saying it overcame the problem of everyone not starting off with the same amount.

Joe Biden has vowed to end the "Muslim Ban on day one."

Baroness Sayeeda Warsi said history will prove the Conservative Party was wrong when it came to its lack of willingness to tackle Islamophobia in the party.

Advocacy groups called it a "disservice" that moderator Susan Page failed to bring up Vice President Mike Pence's anti-LGBTQ record.

This has left minicab drivers, they suggest, needing to work "14 or 15 hours a day" for "six days a week" to make enough money to support their families.

The Equalities and Human Rights Commission currently has no black commissioners, despite being the UK's equalities watchdog, and former commissioners who were black or from another ethnic minority say their voices were unwelcome.

A former congresswoman who served with John Lewis looks back on the legacy of a civil rights icon.

Pavita Cooper held a fundraising event for a Conservative MP attended by George Osborne and did not mention it to the Equalities and Human Rights Commission.

The ERA would protect all of us—and it has finally been ratified by three-fourths of the states. Clear the roadblocks. It's time to amend the Constitution.

South Carolina could be the state that finally allows the Equal Rights Amendment to be ratified and guarantee equal rights for women in the U.S. Constitution.

The "One Team, One Fight" mantra must include the entire team.

Supporters of the funeral home that fired Aimee Stephens are taking the Supreme Court case a step further—by trying to prove that we do not, or should not, exist at all.

Omar noted that Americans are still being jailed under harsh anti-drug laws, even though several states have already legalised recreational marijuana use.

The televangelist said the legislation could spark nuclear war.

"I'm frustrated that I feel like I'm lying to children when I tell little girls they can grow up to be astronauts."

Bill and Melinda Gates described worldwide Big Data as inherently "sexist," as opposed to objective, with the Microsoft co-founder saying the gender divide is hindering progress on women's rights.

In a new report from the World Economic Forum, the U.S. doesn't even crack the top 50.