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An Indianapolis teen has been awarded the prestigious Gates Millennium Scholarship. Alex Dunlap, 16, who attends Broad Ripple High School, is one of only 1,000 students in the country to receive the honor. She’ll be graduating a year early in May. 

The 2014 GMS Online Application is now open. Each year, Bill Gates awards 1,000 talented and gifted students with a good-through graduation scholarship to use at any college or university of their choice.

An 11-year-old English boy is smarter than Albert Einstein. Ramarni Wilfred of Loom Grove, Romford took a Mensa test and scored higher than Steven Hawking, Bill Gates and even Albert Einstein. 

In honor of National Poetry Month, here’s a list a few great poets of our generation. 

Multi-billion dollar computer software firm Microsoft has appointed its first African-American chairman in the history of the brand. John W. Thompson will replace the legendary Bill Gates as chairman. Thompson, a seasoned executive and former CEO of Symantec, will become just the second chairman in the company’s history. 

The main thing every college student of color needs to know is that there is money out there. Each year, several times a year, companies, organizations and celebrities give out thousands of dollars in support of educational advancement.  Here’s a few scholarships to look out for with deadlines this month. 

Last week, The Wall Street Journal was the first to report on the Obama Administration’s latest initiative. Not to be outdone by The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, the administration has announced a sequel of its own featuring children competing. The POTUS et. al. has ponied up an addition $100 million in federal funds to public high schools. […]

via Shadow and Act The first film to be acquired at the Sundance Film Festival this year – a documentary called Waiting For “Superman”, directed by Davis Guggenheim (An Inconvenient Truth) about the crisis in public education in the USA, featuring leaders in the field of education, including Bill Gates of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation; Geoffrey Canada, president and CEO […]

by Donnie Moreland There is an old adage, from Black folk, which goes as follows, “We laugh to keep ourselves from crying.” It is strange that such a crudely simple sentiment could provide such a weighted testament to the trepidations, and fears, of an entire people. And yet I can think of very few words […]

By Terrence Sage The following is a list of comics either ongoing or releasing this year. It is focused on either Black creative teams penning the adventures of superheroes, or comics that star Black superheroes in a prominent light!

The Chicago Teachers Union and Chicago Public Schools have been struggling to come to terms on contract negotiations and how to fund school resources moving forward. As a result, the CTU has  voted to approve a one-day walkout on April 1. According to NBC Chicago, Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis says the walkout would ideally have […]

By Arielle Newton On a track with Juicy J called “For Everybody,” Wiz Khalifa, the estranged husband of businesswoman Amber Rose, rapped about how he “fell in love with a stripper” but “fell out of love quicker.” He opines that hoes don’t “pay attention to love anyway,” because they’re “only concerned with what the haters say” and need Instagram and reality TV to decipher their […]