books Number-crunching the New York Times' bestseller list is not a good look for diversity Thom Dunn

racism CNN and Sesame Street to address racism in town hall special Rusty Blazenhoff

education Propublica offering diversity scholarships for students to attend 2020 journalism conferences Cory Doctorow

artificial intelligence This company wants to use AI to help you pretend to increase diversity Thom Dunn

science fiction Gollancz announces a £4,000 prize for sf writing by people of color Cory Doctorow

diversity Linux programmer developing tools for new open source Code of Conduct Andrea James

happy mutants Help Wanted: a new executive director for Simply Secure, a nonprofit focused on usability in crypto tools Cory Doctorow

NSFW What porn stars want you to know David Pescovitz

family New maps of America show race and diversity levels Andrea James

free speech Survey: student attitudes about diversity and inclusion vs. free speech are shifting Andrea James

books Beneath the Sugar Sky: return to the world of "Every Heart a Doorway" for a quest through the land of Confection Cory Doctorow

Science Why race is not a thing, according to genetics Andrea James

happy mutants Kickstarting a diverse anthology of middle-grades science fiction Cory Doctorow

web theory Six essays on media, technology and politics from Data & Society Cory Doctorow

racism Watch Viola Davis’ moving Critics’ Choice acceptance speech for #SeeHer Award Caroline Siede

Disney Disney’s "Doc McStuffins" renewed after Twitter campaign: female African-American is its rare protagonist Maureen Herman

education Chicago has about 40% fewer African-American teachers than in 2001 Andrea James

#makeDonaldDrumpfAgain Project Include cuts off Y Combinator because Peter Thiel is a part-time investor there Cory Doctorow

books Kickstarting a steampunk anthology focused on "characters that are disabled or aneurotypical" Cory Doctorow

art 7 great anecdotes from a photographer of vanishing cultures Andrea James