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Dick Parsons tapped as Clippers’ interim CEO
The NBA has selected Dick Parsons to act as the interim CEO of the Los Angeles Clippers. Parsons arrived in Los Angeles on Monday and met with management and staff of the team.
NAACP names Lorraine C. Miller interim president
The NAACP has named a woman as its interim President. Lorraine C. Miller will fill the role as the organization continues its search for a successor for Benjamin Jealous. Jealous will step down at the end of the year to spend more time with his family.
Chicago Public Schools CEO Jean-Claude Brizard STEPS DOWN
After only 17 months on the job, Jean-Claude Brizard has agreed to step down as CEO of Chicago Public Schools. He will be replaced by Barbara Byrd-Bennett. She will be the 6th CEO of Chicago Public Schools since former Mayor Daley changed the school structure with his takeover in 1995.
Empire, Mental Health and Mass Incarceration
By Muna Mire Last week’s Empire was one of most tension-filled, nail-biting episodes I’ve seen yet. With Luscious’s kingdom under siege by the enemy (aided by a jilted Anika), the family pulls together — and Dre falls apart. Still not recovered from the fall out with his father after attempting to appoint himself interim CEO […]
Doc Rivers to quit job as Clippers coach if Donald Sterling still owns team
According the Los Angeles Clippers interim CEO Dick Parsons, coach Doc Rivers will quit if Donald Sterling is still the owner by the start of the next basketball season. Although Donald Sterling’s wife Shelly sold the franchise to former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, Donald Sterling has issued a lawsuit, claiming that Mrs. Sterling did not […]
After shady elections process, a new comprehensive lawsuit seeks to change the Georgia’s elections system
According to Vox, less than a week after Stacey Abrams announced that she was ceasing her campaign against Brian Kemp for governor of Georgia, a lawsuit is being brought against the Georgia elections board and the interim Secretary of State Robyn Crittendon by Fair Fight Action and Care in Action, two groups that fight on […]
BET’s Longtime President, Stephen Hill, Stepping Down
BET CEO Debra Lee has announced that longtime President of Programming Stephen Hill will be stepping down from his position in a memo shared with members of the media on Wednesday. Hill had been with the company for 18 years and its parent company, Viacom, since 1995. Connie Orlando, senior VP for specials, music programming […]
DeRay McKesson To Join Baltimore City Schools In Appointed Position
DeRay McKesson most recently made news after running for mayor in his hometown of Baltimore. While that race didn’t result in him charge of the city, it may have played a role in him taking up a new office. McKesson has been appointed as the interim chief human capital officer by CEO Sonja Santelises, who will take over […]
When Being a Valedictorian Isn’t Enough
High-achieving low-income students of color are being boxed out of CUNY, New York’s city colleges.
Man freed after spending 41 years in solitary confinement
71-year-old Herman Wallace is now a free man after spending 41 years in solitary confinement. U.S. District Chief Judge Brian Jackson denied Louisiana’s motion seeking to block his earlier order overturning Wallace’s 1974 murder conviction in the death of guard Brent Miller.