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FILE - France's Surya Bonaly performs a back flip during her free skate program at White Ring Arena Friday, Feb. 20, 1998, in Nagano, Japan. The thrilling move has neither been widely attempted since nor accepted by judges for international competitions, such as the Olympic Games, and thus “the Bonaly flip” has never became a big thing. (AP Photo/Eric Draper, File)
On the ice, a question: Where are the Black figure skaters?

By Aaron Morrison Feb. 11, 2022 02:45 PM EST

FILE - In this July 23, 2021, file photo, Yui Susaki and Rui Hachimura, front right, of Japan, carry their country's flag during the opening ceremony in the Olympic Stadium at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. The racial diversity Japan showcased at the Olympic opening ceremony also highlights its lack in Japanese society. (Hannah McKay/Pool Photo via AP, File)
Olympics carry a question: What does it mean to be Japanese?

By Mari Yamaguchi Aug. 04, 2021 04:42 AM EDT

FILE - In this March 2, 2021, file photo, a woman, wearing a protective mask due to the coronavirus, walks past the signs of an employment agency, in Manchester, N.H. A new report finds that Latinas have left the workforce at rates higher than any other demographic and also have had some of the highest unemployment rates throughout the pandemic. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)
Latinas left workforce at highest rate, see slow recovery

By Astrid Galvan Jun. 16, 2021 12:08 PM EDT

FILE - In this Nov. 18, 2012, file photo, Mario Andretti, left, talks to Willy T. Ribbs before the Formula One U.S. Grand Prix auto race at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas. IndyCar is making an improved push to diversify its fanbase and its driving field. Ribbs and George Mack are the only two drivers to ever start an Indianapolis 500. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings, File)
IndyCar courts Black fans, drivers in its push to diversify

By Dan Gelston May. 28, 2021 03:22 AM EDT

FILE - In this Nov. 12, 2019, file photo, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot talks to reporters after meeting with House Democrats at the state Capitol, in Springfield, Ill. Lightfoot announced Wednesday, May 19, 2021, that she will grant one-on-one interviews to mark the two-year anniversary of her inauguration solely to journalists of color, saying she has been struck by the “overwhelming whiteness and maleness of Chicago media outlets.” (AP Photo/John O'Connor, File)
Chicago mayor: Reporters of color get 2-year mark interviews

By Don Babwin And Sophia Tareen May. 19, 2021 07:37 PM EDT

Dr. Brittani James, left, and her twin sister Dr. Brandi Jackson stand for a portrait in the Bronzeville neighborhood of Chicago, Sunday, May 2, 2021. The identical twin doctors who have fought bigotry all their lives have a lofty new mission: dismantling racism in medicine. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
Twin MDs battle entrenched racism in the medical world

By Lindsey Tanner May. 13, 2021 11:54 AM EDT

Dr. Brandi Jackson poses for a portrait in the Bronzeville neighborhood of Chicago, Sunday, May 2, 2021. Jackson and her twin, Dr. Brittani James, have taken on the medical establishment in pioneering work to eliminate racism in medicine. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
Twin MDs battle entrenched racism in the medical world

By Lindsey Tanner May. 13, 2021 11:25 AM EDT

FILE - This Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2015 file photo shows Dr. Raymond Givens at the Columbia University Medical Center in New York. On Tuesday, May 11, 2021, the American Medical Association released a comprehensive plan to dismantle structural racism inside its own ranks and within the U.S. medical establishment. ‘’People are dying on a daily basis from the same structural racism that they are now acknowledging,’’ Givens says. ‘’Given that, there’s a need to act as quickly as is responsible.’’ (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
US doctors group issues anti-racism plan for itself, field

By Lindsey Tanner May. 11, 2021 04:57 PM EDT

Sally Buzbee, senior vice president and executive editor of The Associated Press, poses for a photo Dec. 13, 2018, in New York. Buzbee was named Tuesday, May 11, 2021, as executive editor of The Washington Post, succeeding the recently retired Marty Baron. (AP Photo/Chuck Zoeller)
AP's Sally Buzbee named exec editor of The Washington Post

By David Bauder May. 11, 2021 09:56 AM EDT

In this video image provided by ABC, Lil Rel Howery reacts as Glenn Close dances to E.U.'s "Da Butt" in the audience at the Oscars on Sunday, April 25, 2021. (ABC via AP)
Oscar moments: History, glamour ... and what a weird ending

By Jocelyn Noveck Apr. 26, 2021 03:21 AM EDT

Editorial Roundup: Florida

By The Associated Press Apr. 07, 2021 05:57 PM EDT
Recent editorials from Florida newspapers: ___ Aril 7 The South Florida Sun Sentinel on honoring...

Report: Pandemic dealing setbacks to gender parity in jobs

Mar. 31, 2021 03:32 PM EDT
GENEVA (AP) — The think tank behind the annual gathering of world leaders in Davos, Switzerland, says the COVID-19 pandemic is impacting gender parity in the...

A group of protesters march in the snow around the Hennepin County Government Center, Monday, March 15, 2021, in Minneapolis where the second week of jury selection continues in the trial for former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin. Chauvin is charged with murder in the death of George Floyd during an arrest last may in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)
Corporations become unlikely financiers of racial equity

By Haleluya Hadero Mar. 17, 2021 10:05 AM EDT

Editorial Roundup: Florida

By The Associated Press Feb. 17, 2021 04:18 PM EST
Recent editorials from Florida newspapers: ___ Feb. 13 The Miami Herald on marking three years...

Grants address racial disparities in opioid services

Feb. 13, 2021 12:45 PM EST
BOSTON (AP) — The Massachusetts attorney general's office has awarded $1.5 million in grants to 16 organizations across the state to address racial disparities...

NFL football commissioner Roger Goodell speaks at a press conference ahead of Super Bowl 55, Thursday, Feb. 4, 2021, in Tampa, Fla. (Perry Knotts/NFL via AP)
The Latest: Goodell: NFL will look at rules for coach hiring

By The Associated Press Feb. 04, 2021 02:14 PM EST

State Sen. Todd Pillion, R-Washington, rear, sits at his sat before the Senate convened where he delivered his eulogy of his friend, the late Sen. Ben Chafin, R-Russell, black draped desk, foreground, when members of the Virginia Senate met for opening day of the General Assembly inside the Science Museum in Richmond, Va., Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021. Chafin died on Jan. 1 due to complications related to the coronavirus. (Bob Brown/Richmond Times-Dispatch via AP)
Northam outlines priorities to lawmakers as session begins

By Alan Suderman And Sarah Rankin Jan. 13, 2021 12:41 PM EST

FILE - In this Aug. 3, 2011, file photo, Harry E. Johnson Sr., left, president & CEO of the Martin Luther King Jr. Foundation, takes Tuskegee Airmen, including Theodore Lumpkin Jr., center, and Dabney Montgomery, right, on a tour of the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial in Washington. Lumpkin has died from complications of the coronavirus, it was announced Friday, Jan. 8, 2021. Lumpkin was just days short of his 101st birthday. Lumpkin, a Los Angeles native, died Dec. 26, according to a statement from Los Angeles City College, which he attended from 1938 to 1940. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)
Member of famed Tuskegee Airmen dies from coronavirus

Jan. 09, 2021 12:19 AM EST

FILE - In this July 19, 2020, file photo, people gather at a makeshift memorial near the home of Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., in Atlanta. Lewis, who died Friday at age 80, was the youngest and last survivor of the Big Six civil rights activists who organized the 1963 March on Washington, and spoke shortly before the group's leader, Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., gave his "I Have a Dream" speech to a vast sea of people. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)
Final goodbye: Recalling influential people who died in 2020

By Bernard Mcghee Dec. 07, 2020 12:13 PM EST

NC agency, HBCU to work in communities harmed by COVID-19

Nov. 19, 2020 04:11 AM EST
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina agency is joining a historically black college to help communities hit hardest by the COVID-19 pandemic address food...