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Bomb Threats Shuts Down Six HBCUs and Have Led to Police Investigations
The threats disrupted each campus and have led to police investigations. WOODSTOCK, Ga. — At least a half-dozen historically Black universities in five states and the District of Columbia were responding to bomb threats Monday, with many of them locking
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New Flood Maps Show Us Damage Rising 26% In Next 30 Years Due to Climate Change Alone, and the Inequity Is Stark
Climate change is raising flood risks in neighborhoods across the U.S. much faster than many people realize. Over the next three decades, the cost of flood damage is on pace to rise 26% due to climate change alone, an analysis of
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How Brad Pitt’s Green Housing Dream for Hurricane Katrina Survivors Turned Into a Nightmare
Brad Pitt’s Make It Right Foundation built 109 eye-catching and affordable homes in New Orleans for a community where many people were displaced by damage wrought by Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Now this housing development is in disarray. The vast majority of the
Read MoreJanet Jackson Documentary Debuts on Lifetime Friday
5-4-3-2-1. The countdown has begun to the premiere of the Lifetime/A&E documentary of the life of pop superstar Janet Jackson. In celebration of the 40th anniversary of Janet Jackson’s eponymous first LP Janet Jackson (1982), the four-hour television event will take
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Judge J. Michelle Childs Heads List of Potential Black Women Supreme Court Nominees
Black women stood on the frontlines to help push President Joe Biden over the top in the 2020 election. As the nation awaits word on whom the President nominates to fill the newly vacant Supreme Court seat, there’s little debate
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Tributes Continue to Pour in For Former Miss USA Cheslie Kryst
As a lawyer, Cheslie Kryst worked pro bono for low-level drug offenders, founded White Collar Glam, a fashion blog dedicated to helping women dress professionally for office jobs, and modeled for Express’s retail company. Kryst, who won the 2019 Miss
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Johns Hopkins HEAT Corps Hosts Omicron and the Schools Virtual Town Hall for Parents and Educators
The omicron variant of the coronavirus continues to lead to more infections leaving educators, parents, and students to grapple with evolving policies and more disruption in schools and at home. But many – teachers and parents alike – have found
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What Is Humanizing Education? Part 2: Good Intentions Alone, Not Enough – GDN Exclusive
Doing to others, particularly children, what was done to us is often not a choice. It is our inheritance and we pass it along because it feels normal, not necessarily because it is healthy. In the biblical sense, such an
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Five Tips To Help Preschoolers With Special Needs During the Pandemic
Four months in reading. Five months in math. That’s how far children are behind where they should be for their grade level, according to a 2021 report that says the COVID-19 pandemic – and the transition to virtual learning –
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How Real Is ‘Abbott Elementary?’ Former Philadelphia School Teacher Weighs In
ABC’s mockumentary “Abbott Elementary” follows a group of dedicated teachers who work at a Philadelphia school. The show takes a comedic approach toward issues in inner city schools. Here, Lynnette Mawhinney, a former Philadelphia schoolteacher who is now an associate
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This 7-Year Old Girl Inspired Her Mom to Create a Black Doll Collection Now Recognized by Oprah
Thanks to 7-year old Esi Orijin who inspired her mom to launch Orijin Bees’ Baby Bee Doll Collection, the company had an amazing year in 2021. From being selected for Oprah’s Favorite Things list, launching with Target, receiving the Mom’s
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IN MEMORIAM: Cheryl Hickmon: National President of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. Dies
The nation is mourning the passing of Cheryl Hickmon, national president of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated, the nation’s largest African-American sorority. Hickmon was elected president of the organization dedicated to sisterhood, scholarship and service November 21, 2021, at
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The Dunning-Kruger Effect and Critical Race Theory – GDN Exclusive
Bridges can help to span the gap between seeing and understanding just as they assist in crossing bodies of water and landmasses. As such, I appreciate the Dunning-Kruger Effect and I hope that you can, too. It gives me so
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Justice Breyer Retiring, Opening Way for First Black Woman to Serve on High Court
When President Joe Biden campaigned for office in 2020, one of his most profound pledges included naming a Black woman to the United States Supreme Court. He now has an exceptional opportunity to fulfill that promise. Justice Stephen G. Breyer,
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Ripple Effects: Flint Water Crisis Has Lasting Health Impacts on Children
ITHACA, N.Y. – As many as a quarter of children in Flint, Michigan – approximately seven times the national average – may have experienced elevated blood lead levels after the city’s water crisis, and more children should have been screened,
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Supreme Court May End Affirmative Action at Universities
The Supreme Court said it will reconsider race-based affirmative action in college admissions. The Monday, January 24, announcement could eliminate campus practices that have widely benefitted African American and Hispanic students. Policies at Harvard University and the University of North
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Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby, Supporters Proclaim Her Innocence
Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby doubled down on her proclamation that she is innocent. Attorney A. Scott Bolden and supporters of the embattled Mosby held a press conference Monday afternoon to announce that they’re prepared to fight criminal charges leveled
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More Than $100k in Scholarship Funds Available for Eligible HBCU Upperclassmen
McDonald’s USA and Media Entrepreneur Roland S. Martin Launch Scholarship to Help HBCU Students on the Path to Graduation Applications now open at TMCF.org CHICAGO — McDonald’s USA and Roland S. Martin, a lifetime member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity,
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Study Reveals the Major Contributors to the $300 Billion Cost of Smoking
With more than 34 million tobacco users in the United States, the estimated financial cost of smoking over a lifetime has reached above $2.3 million per smoker. According to a new report from the Washington, D.C.-based financial planning website WalletHub,
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Critical Race Theory and the Banning of Black Authors in Schools, Libraries, and Prison
Celeste Headlee paused as she contemplated how Black authors have for decades endured the banning of their books in schools, libraries, on shelves across the country, and even in prisons. In the summer of 2020 and the aftermath of the
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Baseball Greatest Player Snubbed for Hall of Fame by Self-Righteous, Vengeful Writers
Barry Bonds stands as baseball’s all-time home run king, with 762 bombs over a career that lasted more than two decades. With his fearsome and sweet lefty swing, Bonds also set the single-season home record with 73 in 2001,
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Subvariant to Omicron Detected by Scientists in 40 Countries, Including the U.S.
Scientists are now closely monitoring a new mutation of the omicron variant, the World Health Organization confirmed on Wednesday, January 26. With the omicron swarming the world, officials have identified BA.2. as an offshoot of that highly transmissible variant. It
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The Sunsetting of the Child Tax Credit Expansion Could Leave Many Families Without Enough Food on the Table
The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work. The big idea The discontinuation of the Biden administration’s monthly payments of the child tax credit could leave millions of American families without enough food on the table, according
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How the Biden Administration Is Making Gains in an Uphill Battle Against Russian Hackers
On Jan. 14, 2022, the FSB, Russia’s domestic intelligence service, announced that it had broken up the notorious Russia-based REvil ransomware criminal organization. The FSB said the actions were taken in response to a request from U.S. authorities. The move
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How Antisemitic Conspiracy Theories Contributed to the Recent Hostage-taking at the Texas Synagogue
The man who took a rabbi and three congregants hostage in Colleyville, Texas, on Jan. 15, 2022, believed that Jews control the United States of America. He told his hostages, as one revealed in a media interview, that Jews “control
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The Jewish Vote Endorses Congressman Jamaal Bowman for His Re-election
YONKERS, NY – Today, The Jewish Vote endorsed Congressman Jamaal Bowman for re-election in New York’s 16th Congressional District. The Jewish Vote is a branch of the larger Jewish organization called Jews for Racial and Economic Justice (JFREJ) and is committed
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Black Author Provides Eight Audacious Actions to Empower Women in Business
Washington, DC — Markiesha Wilson announces the release of her book, In the Climb: Eight Audacious Actions to Overcome Life and Climb the Corporate Ladder with Joy, available here. In the Climb provides eight audacious actions which can empower new
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Grandson of Jersey City’s First Black Firefighter Makes History, Promoted to Battalion Chief
Jersey City, NJ — Dwayne Taylor, a third-generation firefighter in Jersey City, is continuing the legacy of his grandfather who became the first Black man to join the Jersey City Fire Department 70 years ago in 1952. What’s more,
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Meet the Founder of a $500K Scholarship Fund That Supports Black Women Entrepreneurs
Atlanta, GA — Award-winning entrepreneur Dr. Velma Trayham has launched a $500,000 scholarship fund to support Black women entrepreneurs across the country. The fund, which is a part of her upcoming Millionaire Mastermind Entrepreneur Accelerator Program this spring, is
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Sidney Poitier – Hollywood’s first Black leading man reflected the civil rights movement on screen
In the summer of 1967, Martin Luther King Jr. introduced the keynote speaker for the 10th-anniversary convention banquet of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. Their guest, he said, was his “soul brother.” “He has carved for himself an imperishable niche
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Secretary Marty Walsh Announces Major Global Initiative To Empower Workers, Ensure Rights, Promote Democracy
Largest US commitment to support trade union rights in the global economy WASHINGTON – In advance of the Biden-Harris administration’s Summit for Democracy this week, U.S. Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh today announced the Multilateral Partnership for Organizing, Worker Empowerment
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Elevate the Voices of Black Borrowers – Jim Crow Debt: How Black Borrowers Experience Student Loans
Ed Trust recently released Jim Crow Debt: How Black Borrowers Experience Student Loans in partnership with Dr. Jalil Mustaffa Bishop. Data on the student debt crisis often overlooks the perspectives and lived experiences of Black borrowers, who are most negatively affected by student loans. So, we surveyed nearly
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Getting Latino & Black Students Better Access to Non-novice Teachers
The Education Trust is excited to release these new companion reports exposing the inequities in access to non-novice teachers for Black and Latino students: Getting Black Students Better Access to Non-Novice Teachers Getting Latino Students Better Access to Non-Novice Teachers
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Maps of America’s High Levels of Inactivity Showing 25% Of U.S. Adults Are Not Active Enough To Protect Their Health
More than 1 in 5 adults is inactive in all but four states, according to new state maps of adult physical inactivity prevalence released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). For these maps, physical inactivity for adults
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Racial and Ethnic Diversity Is Lacking Among Nonprofit Leaders – But There Are Ways To Change That
About 87% of nonprofit CEOs in the U.S. were white in 2019, down from 90% in 2016. Similarly, roughly 78% of nonprofit board members were white in 2019, down from 84% in 2016, according to Board Source, a nonprofit that
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Stressed Out at College? Here Are Five Essential Reads on How To Take Better Care of Your Mental Health
Nearly 70% of college students say they are experiencing emotional distress or anxiety related to the pandemic. That’s according to a January 2022 survey that also found nearly 9 out of every 10 college students believe U.S. colleges and universities
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About 1 in 3 Child Care Workers Are Going Hungry
Of the nearly 1 million child care workers in the United States, in a recent white paper, my colleagues and I found that 31.2% – basically 1 out of every 3 – experienced food insecurity in 2020, the latest year
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State Efforts to Close the K-12 Digital Divide May Come Up Short
In 2021, New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy announced that education officials in his state had “closed” the digital divide by ensuring that every public school student had a laptop or tablet and internet access. “Closing the digital divide wasn’t just
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Omicron Variant Is Deepening Severe Staffing Shortages in Medical Laboratories
Medical laboratory professionals form the backbone of health care and the public health system. They conduct some 13 billion laboratory medicine tests annually in the U.S. As of January 2022, these individuals had also performed more than 860 million COVID-19
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Black Family-Owned Construction Firm Awarded 7 Multi-Million Contracts Including JFK Airport
Meet Darrell K. Choates, Sr., his father, his son, and his grandson (that’s 4 generations), the owners of Choates G Contracting LLC, a Black-owned construction firm headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The company has recently scored — not one or two
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AUTO REVIEW: A Preview of the 2022 Range Rover: New Levels of Emotional Engagement
The opulent and mechanically-savvy Range Rover (RR) is the consummate SUV for connoisseurs of the finer things in life, from travel to housing to automotive. Over the past 50 years, Land Rover has asserted its dominance in the US marketplace
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Rap Mogul Jay-Z and Team ROC Demand DOJ Investigate Racism, Corruption in Kansas Police Department
Hip-hop pioneer Jay-Z and Team ROC, the social justice side of his entertainment company, have demanded the U.S. Department of Justice probe the Kansas City, Kansas, Police Department for systemic misconduct. Jay-Z, whose real name is Shawn Carter, joined in
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PGA TOUR announces Spaces as part of Twitter extension in 2022
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, FLORIDA, AND SAN FRANCISCO – The PGA TOUR and Twitter announced a renewal of their content agreement that supports the TOUR’s creation of exclusive content for Twitter’s new live audio feature, Spaces. As part of the agreement,
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Howard University Professor Says Americans Are Quitting ‘Bad Jobs’
It’s official, America has entered the Great Resignation. In August, 4.3 million Americans quit their jobs, and the quit rate, measured by the government against total employment, rose to 2.9 percent in August. But that was August. According to the
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Vaccine Uptick found in African Americans, But Access and Misinformation Still Confounds Community
The COVID-19 pandemic has reduced the life span of Black males by an average of three years and has robbed Hispanic men of about 2.5 years, according to the latest information from health officials. Black females have seen a more
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2022 Will Be a Great Year for Blacks and People of Color in America
With the election of President Biden and Vice President Harris, they have quickly delivered for the American people, while helping our country recover from a pandemic, and an economic crisis. It is very easy for the Republicans to talk about
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For Scores of Years, Newspapers Printed Hate, Leading to Racist Terror Lynchings and Massacres of Black Americans
“FRIED OVER SLOW FIRE: Negro Commits the Unspeakable Crime and Is Put to Death With Horrible Torture; MOB GLOATS OVER FIENDISH BARBARITY” – Herald Democrat, Sherman, Texas, May 23, 1902 “LYNCHING CAUSED BY BRUTAL MURDER” – The Times and Democrat,
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Democratic Sens. Manchin and Sinema Kill Any Hopes for Voting Rights Legislation
President Biden has whiffed in his attempts to persuade hold out Senate Democrats to go around or abolish the filibuster to get voting rights legislation through Congress. The White House, led by the President, had engaged in a fiery campaign
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Cedric Richmond Issues Blistering Voting Rights Attack Against GOP, Trump
White House Senior Advisor Cedric Richmond continued the administration’s forceful tone on voting rights with a blistering attack on Republicans and former President Donald Trump. Richmond, who served as Louisiana’s representative in the U.S. House for a decade before assuming his
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Vice President Kamala Harris Speaks to the Black Press of America
Vice President Kamala Harris provided a message of hope while striking an encouraging tone during an exclusive interview with the Black Press of America. The Vice President, who cut her teeth as a California prosecutor, State Attorney General, and later
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