Flint Receives $77 Million to Fund New Water Projects
Flint, Michigan has received $77 million in funding five years after the water crisis began. Colorlines reported that the state of Michigan made the funds av... Read More...
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BASIS Teacher Had Classmates Humiliate Black Student for Lesson on Segregation
An Arizona school has been accused of subjecting a Black student to racial abuse at BASIS Phoenix Central in order to teach a lesson about the Little Rock Nine ... Read More...
Mumia Abu-Jamal Gets New Hearing in 1981 Police Death
Mumia Abu-Jamal, convicted of killing a Philadelphia police officer decades ago and on death row, will get a new appeals hearing after the city prosecutor on We... Read More...
Tennessee Passes Bill That May Make Voter Registration Harder
Tennesse passed a new bill that would make voter registration harder. The Tennessean reported that the bill was passed in the Republican-led chamber in Tenne... Read More...
$1 Million Raised For Three Arson-Hit Black Churches in Louisiana
Three historically Black churches that were burned down because of arson have raised $1 million to repair the damage. The Seventh District Baptist Associatio... Read More...
BeyoncéHomecoming: Singer Releases Live Album and Documentary
Beyoncé released a live album and documentary, "Homecoming" in the early hours of Wednesday. https://twitter.com/netflix/status/1118409033075974145 ... Read More...
African Union Threatens To Suspend Sudan
The African Union has warned the military council responsible for ruling Sudan that they have 15 days to install a government led by civilians or risk being kic... Read More...
Aretha Franklin Earns Posthumous Pulitzer Prize
Aretha Franklin is now a Pulitzer Prize winner. On Monday, The Queen of Soul earned a special citation prize "for her indelible contribution to American mus... Read More...
Barnard College Officers Who Pinned Down Black Columbia Student Placed On Leave
Six Barnard Public Safety officers involved in the physical confrontation of a Black student have been placed on paid administrative pending investigation. T... Read More...
LeBron James’ I Promise School Posted ‘Extraordinary’ Test Scores
The experimental primary I Promise School that Lebron James opened last year in Akron, Ohio has seen students meet or exceed individual growth goals in recent d... Read More...
Rep. Ilhan Omar Claims Spike in Death Threats After Trump Tweet
Rep. Ilham Omar said death threats against her have spiked due to an inflammatory video about 9/11 that was shared by President Donald Trump on Twitter.
The pr... Read More...
Morehouse College To Admit Transgender Students
Morehouse College, the only private historically black liberal arts college for men in Atlanta, Georgia, will begin to admit transgender male students in 2020. ... Read More...
Sudan Protests Oust President Omar Al-Bashir
After 30 years in power and five months of protests, Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir has been removed from office. On Thursday evening the military announced ... Read More...
New Jersey High School Principal Derrick Nelson Dies Donating Bone Marrow
A New Jersey high school principal died Monday after donating bone marrow to a 14-year-old child in France. Willie Nelson, 82, told NJ.com, that his 44-year-... Read More...
