Race & Equity

For generations of Black workers, federal government jobs have provided a path into the middle class. The Trump administration's workforce cuts are now throwing that sense of stability up in the air.

For musicians like Rhiannon Giddens and Rissi Palmer, trying to break down doors in the folk and country music scenes has been a long road. A festival in Durham this weekend aims to remedy that.

Wedding dresses, tuxedos, artifacts from ceremonies past and present showcase traditions of love across Kentucky at an exhibition at the Frazier History Museum.

As a national coalition aims to reduce overdose deaths in Black communities, one Louisville mother is turning her grief into advocacy to increase awareness.

Black jockeys from Kentucky Derby races past are immortalized in huge quilts meant to permanently stitch their place in history. An exhibition opens next week in Louisville.

Amy Sherald, who painted former First Lady Michelle Obama's portrait in 2018, has a major survey of her work opening this week at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York.

From “La Traviata” to Juneteenth to “Robin Hood,” the Kentucky Opera’s upcoming season is about showcasing opera for everyone.

A new exhibition at the Oldham County History Center explores coming-of-age celebrations across different cultures.

A Pentagon official not authorized to speak publicly said its review to scrub websites of DEI content was too hasty and also used search terms like "gay," leading to the flagging of Enola Gay images.

Federal orders from President Donald Trump axing DEI initiatives are hitting multiple sectors. Kentucky arts and culture organizations have not been exempt from the fallout.