At best, using the wrong word can be embarrassing. At worst, you change the meaning of your sentence completely. Last year, many people searched for the difference between systematic and systemic. If ...

The words equality and equity often get used interchangeably, but they have quite different meanings. Equality is an objective term — it means just what it implies and there is little room for debate.

You might see the terms “equality” and “equity” used interchangeably, especially around conversations promoting fairness when it comes to human rights issues (like gender, race, sexual orientation) or ...

Experts warn that a decline in commitments to gender equity policies at many global health organisations risks progress in health. Sophie Cousins reports.

Jason Riley’s “Progressives Put the Racial ‘Equity’ Squeeze on Biden” (Upward Mobility, Feb. 3) touches on the importance of controlling the narrative. The “E-word” used to stand for equality. But ...

E quity has become a familiar term on American college campuses in recent years, as well as a flash point in the nation’s culture wars. Centers for teaching and learning embrace it, as do institutes ...

The Office of Equity and Inclusion at the University of Massachusetts states on its website that “UMass Amherst has a long-standing commitment to social progress and social justice. We value diversity ...

In every video posted on social media concerning African American lives, there is a handful of people commenting on the “injustice” of focusing solely on black lives. These are the people who made ...

It’s a very old fight whose contours are obscured, as conflicts often are, by an ever-changing vocabulary. At the moment, the word “equality” is being used to mean “equality of opportunity,” and ...