Ask companies if they want to increase board diversity, and a majority will say yes. Ask them how, and things get murkier.

Black Lives Matter protests brought people into the streets in the middle of a pandemic. Now, it might bring them out on Election Day. Demands for police accountability, criminal justice reform and racial justice have been translated from rallying cries and protest signs into initiatives on state and local ballots.

Federal prescription drug laws and a lack of trained physicians are hindering access in Black communities to a take-at-home treatment for opioid use disorder, health-care advocates say.

Women have struggled to obtain plaintiff leadership positions in federal multidistrict litigation. One attorney at that level, however, is optimistic as judges stress the need for diversity and more firms are creating opportunities and support structures for female lawyers.

Civil rights groups sued to block a Department of Housing and Urban Development rule that they say will make it nearly impossible to bring housing discrimination cases.

Califorina’s air regulators on Thursday passed their first-ever resolution condemning racism and bias, while also pledging to form an office dedicated to racial justice and the environment.