Less than a month after Detroit principal Ronald Alexander was gifted $500K by The Ellen DeGeneres Show for his fledgling school, he along with 13 of his colleagues are facing federal charges in connection with a bribery scheme.
Researchers found that white male teachers are 10 to 20 percent more likely to have low expectations for Black female students.
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On Thursday, officials in Philadelphia passed a resolution that not only honors Major League Baseball legend Jackie Robinson's color barrier-breaking appearance in the city in 1947 but also serves as a formal apology. On April 15, the day that Robinson shattered the barrier, his widow will receive a formal apology for the mistreatment her husband faced, NBC Philadelphia reports.
Metro’s top officials warned Wednesday that the transit system is in such need of repair that they might shut down entire rail lines for as long as six months for maintenance, potentially snarling thousands of daily commutes and worsening congestion in the already traffic-clogged region. Board Chairman Jack Evans and General Manager Paul J. Wiedefeld […]
Barbara Mills and the East Baton Rouge DA believe the key to finding Brittney Mills' killer lies in her text messages.
After feeling disrespected by a surgeon prior to an emergency surgery, Ethel Easter hid a recorder in her braids which caught a surgeon and his staff on tape making disparaging comments about her attitude and her body.
Restricting access to and criminalizing the procedure will mostly impact Black women, who have the highest abortion rates in the nation.
On the famed Hollywood Walk of Fame, a group of bold activists added the names of several Black victims of police brutality and violence to unused stars at the popular tourist destination. Michael Brown Jr., Tamir Rice, Eric Garner and little Aiyana Stanley-Jones were among the names emblazoned onto the sidewalk, VIBE reports. The group, […]
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