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Texas argues on behalf of school that expelled student who didn’t kneel for pledge of allegiance
Texas State Attorney General Ken Paxton, an incumbent Republican who is up for reelection, is seeking to argue in a federal case that state law dictates parents must give permission for a student to sit during the pledge of allegiance. BuzzFeed News reports that the case stems from an incident in Houston at Windfern High […]
GenForward Poll: Half of black youth face job discrimination
By: Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Qymana Botts saw white colleagues with the same amount of experience getting promoted to cashier ahead of her at the Indiana discount store where she worked. When she asked her supervisors why, they told her she didn’t project the image that they wanted from their cashiers: straight hair — […]
Sean Combs’ Charter School Is Great, But Only Half The Answer
Sean “Diddy” Combs is making another huge investment. But, unlike many others he’s made over the years, this one isn’t going into a sports drink, television station, or music label. This investment is going directly towards his community and their future. This upcoming fall, the Capital Prep Harlem School will open in New York City, which […]
Howard Students Protest On Behalf Of Sexual Assault Survivors
Sexual assault on college campuses is a rampant issue across the country. But the way these issues are handled on campus – by school officials, faculty and students, alike – is just as concerning. After a Howard University student came out on social media and said she was raped by another student, students took to […]
Half of Black Millennials Know Victim of Police Violence
By: Jesse Holland WASHINGTON (AP) — Years before the high-profile deaths of Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown and Freddie Gray, more than half of African-American millennials indicated they, or someone they knew, had been victimized by violence or harassment from law enforcement, a new report says.
Nikisha, One Half of Urban Bush Babes, Talks About Her Struggle With Mental Illness
From Afropunk: Watch this enlightening video on a subject many of us shy away from, suicide and mental health. Nikisha, one half of the Urban Bush Babes (the online beauty and culture publication) lets all bare as she discusses her history of ADHD & Anxiety Disorder, and her son’s diagnosis with the disorder. h/t Afropunk
Nearly Half of All Black Millennials Have Had Negative Interactions With Police
From Fusion’s Massive Millennial Poll: Despite intense public scrutiny on some policing practices, and their own personal brushes with law enforcement, young adults still view officers in a generally positive light. That’s according to Fusion’s Massive Millennial Poll, which surveyed 1,000 people aged 18-34 about everything from politics to dating to race issues. (For full results […]
NFL Players Union files appeal on behalf of Ray Rice
The NFL Players Union appealed Ray Rice’s indefinite suspension on Wednesday. Rice was originally suspended for two games in July under the NFL’s personal conduct policy after being charged with assault following a Feb. 15 altercation with his then-fiance.
UNC’s Rashad McCants says tutors wrote his papers, showed up to class half of the time
The second-leading scorer on North Carolina’s basketball team that took home the 2004-2005 national title, told ESPN’s “Outside the Lines” that tutors wrote his term papers and he rarely went to class. Rashad McCants’ confession comes amid a scandal involving the University of North Carolina’s unfair practices when keeping athletes academically eligible.
Ohio State University’s first black president to earn less than half of white predecessor
Ohio State University recently announced the hiring of its 15th president, Dr. Michael Drake, who is also the institution’s first black president. Drake will take over the reins from Gordon Gee, who resigned after making some controversial comments before a school football game. Although the Drake hiring is historic, news sources are reporting that Drake will make less than half of […]
Kindergarten teacher snatches shirt off child, forces her to stand half-naked in classroom
A Mesa, Arizona kindergarten teacher was arrested on Wednesday after he forcibly removed a six-year-old girl’s shirt. Thomas Washburn left the child standing half-naked in front of classmates for ten minutes as punishment.
WATCH: Amazing Trailer for ‘Half of a Yellow Sun’
A trailer has been released for the upcoming film “Half of a Yellow Sun,” and it is absolutely riveting. Based on the best-selling novel by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, the film tells an epic, heart-wrenching love story involving two twin sisters in newly independent 1960s Nigeria: “Preoccupied by their romantic entanglements, and a betrayal between the sisters, the events of their life loom larger than politics. However, they become caught up in the events of the Nigerian civil war, in which the lgbo people fought an impassioned struggle to establish Biafra an independent republic, ending in chilling violence which shocked the entire country and the world.”