Nike has issued a statement explaining that it ended its partnership with Neymar after an employee of the footwear giant came forward with sexual assault allegation against the Brazilian soccer player.According to Nike, the company cut ties with Neymar because he "refused to cooperate in a good faith investigation of credible allegations of wrongdoing by an employee." The allegation, brought forward to Nike in 2018, stems from an incident that allegedly occurred in 2016. The employee initially w...

Asian hate crimes have seen a significant increase since the coronavirus pandemic broke out. Stop AAPI Hate received over 6,600 complaints on discrimination against Asian-Americans in the past year. Two Asian women in San Francisco were stabbed while they were waiting for a bus; in New York, two others were attacked with a hammer after being asked to remove their face masks; an 11-year-old and 17-year-old were arrested for assaulting an elderly Asian-American man, and the list goes on.Unfortunat...

Deun Ivory, a Los Angeles-based director, photographer and creative wellness designer, has made it her mission to dedicate her work to the untold stories of Black women. Back in 2018, Ivory expanded her visual storytelling skills by taking part in VSCO Voices' grant program, with her entry The Body: A Home for Love exploring the narrative of Black sexual trauma survivors."This journey has been life-altering in every way possible, primarily because it has required me to face and accept this trut...

Hate crimes against the AAPI community have been surging since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. Last August, the United Nations issued a report that detailed an "alarming level" of "racially motivated violence and other incidents against Asian-Americans" due to the virus. According to Stop AAPI Hate, in 2020, it received more than 2,800 reports of hate incidents, including verbal harassment, shunning, physical assault, being coughed or spat on, and workplace discrimination or refusal of s...