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Education Sec. DeVos empowers states to decide which schools receive student vouchers.

Six-year-old Jeffrey Laney recently made an emotional plea to end gun violence in a video, which has gone viral and won more than 90,000 views.

Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson said Wednesday that "poverty is a state of mind" during an interview with Sirius XM.

https://www.facebook.com/sylvanaqua/photos/a.332916656839641.1073741829.332425060222134/557450634386241/?type=3&theater If the last few years has taught us anything about the United States, it’s that it’s difficult to do normal, mundane tasks when you’re a person of color. Along with driving, playing, and going to the store, it’s almost unheard of to be a Black farmer these days. But people like Chris Newman, the […]

The video appears to show the girl move toward the officer before he hits her three times and arrests her.

"We believe this is systematic exclusion of African-Americans," defense lawyer Brian McMonagle complained, lodging what's known as a Batson challenge.

It's essential to understand how education policies affect our community and children.

Another racist made an appearance on video at a Walmart in Arkansas. A White woman is filmed spewing insults at a Latin and Black woman. The video was posted Monday on Facebook by Eva Hicks, who was the victim of the verbal attacks. “Go back to Mexico,” the unidentified White woman told Hicks. “Go back […]

Bill Cosby‘s court case — where he allegedly drugged and sexually assaulted former Temple University employee, Andrea Constand — is under way. It’s now undergoing the jury selection process in a Pittsburgh court and already, a lack in melanin is causing heads to turn. So far, eleven jurors have been selected and only one of them […]

Diversity remains an elusive goal for the tech giant.

https://twitter.com/KWestSavali/status/866502361342238721 The stabbing death of a Black Bowie State University student by the hands of a White University of Maryland student has sent shockwaves through both campuses. On Saturday, police found the 22-year-old white man, Sean Urbanski, a student at the U of M, sitting on a campus bench a few feet away from the spot […]

All 19 Mississippi failing school districts are predominantly Black and lack basics like proper text books, the lawsuit says.