Jacksonville area pastors are calling for Florida State Attorney Angela Corey to offer Marissa Alexander the same plea deal she rejected before she was convicted of three count of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.
A Belgian newspaper has apologized after outcry over an image depicting President Barack Obama and the First Lady with their faces photoshopped to look like apes. The image appeared in Flemish newspaper De Morgen’s Saturday edition in a satire section called “The Obama Herald.”
Chicago hasn’t been receiving the best attention for its educational offerings to students in the city. But one college preparatory academy is continuing to make leaps and bounds. For the fourth straight year, Urban Prep Charter Academies’ campuses in Englewood and University Village will be sending its entire senior class to college this fall.
BYP 100’s National Coordinator Charlene Carruthers will join media mogul and talk show queen Oprah Winfrey for a Google Hangout this afternoon. Journalist, author and former First Lady of California Maria Shriver will host the moderated virtual conversation via “The Shriver Report.”
Next week, the first round of open enrollment under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) will close until October. Policymakers and pundits have speculated about how young people will respond to the ACA general, and the individual mandate in particular. The success of the ACA depends in part on the willingness of young people to either sign up for […]
Next week, the first round of open enrollment under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) will close until October. Policymakers and pundits have speculated about how young people will respond to the ACA general, and the individual mandate in particular. The success of the ACA depends in part on the willingness of young people to either sign up […]
It’s never to late too achieve your dreams. A 92-year-old Memphis woman proved that old saying to be true when she walked across the stage to receive her high school diploma last month.
A mother of six says who she was forced to shoot he mother in self-defense is claiming immunity under the controversial stand your ground law. Surveillance video of the 2011 incident from a Florida food mart shows Shireeka Wilson being attacked by her mother, Valerie Rushing.
Nearly six months after Lauryn Hill finished serving prison time for tax evasion, the IRS is back on the singer’s case. The Fugees star was recently hit with yet another batch of bills from the IRS.
Of 3,200 children’s books published in 2013, just 93 were about African Americans. The findings are part of a newly released study conducted by the Cooperative Children’s Book Center at the University of Wisconsin.
Sixty years ago, the Supreme Court ruled that African Americans have the right to the same educational benefits as whites. But according to civil rights data released by the Education Department, inequities for blacks and other minorities and those with disabilities still exist.
A Miami high school senior has been offered 150 college scholarships. Chad Thomas, 18, received the offers for not just his skills on the football field, but also for his exceptional musical abilities. He plays a total of nine instruments.
