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Texas Officer on Leave Resigns Over Shocking Pool Party Response

June 15, 2015 Staff 0

McKinney, TX – A police officer’s response to a neighborhood “disturbance” last weekend was so much more disturbing that he was given administrative leave. The unnamed cop from the McKinney, Texas police department was one […]

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Man Who Spent Three Years Incarcerated Without Trial at 16 Commits Suicide

June 15, 2015 Staff 0

Kalief Browder, the young man who was robbed of his youth after spending three years incarcerated at Riker’s Island without being convicted of a crime, is dead of apparent suicide, the New Yorker reports. He […]

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FAMU’s Tonnette Graham is Leadership Personified

June 15, 2015 Staff 0

Tallahassee—Tonnette Graham who was recently elected FAMU Student Body President for a second term, was recetly elected chairman of the Florida Student Association. Graham is the first African American woman to lead the non-partisan organization […]

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Dr. Claudette Bryant Makes History With Earning PhD at 80

June 8, 2015 Staff 0

The newly draped Dr. Claudette Bryant invited friends and family to celebrate with her Saturday, May 23, 2015 her graduation from Zoe University where she received her Doctor of Philosophy in Christian Counseling. After seven […]

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Something Old, Something New Highlights Spring Elections

June 8, 2015 Staff 0

Local voters favored a blast from the past with this week’s elections bringing a former news anchor and former mayor to key positions in addition to showing a perference for job experience and a business […]

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Racist Dr. Seuss Cartoon Goes to Auction, Nobody Bids

June 8, 2015 Staff 0

Think Dr. Seuss and immediately Cat in the Hat, Whoville and children’s bedtime stories come to mind. But did you know he also illustrated racist cartoons? In a 1929 illustration for Judge magazine, he depicted […]

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Detroit Woman is the World’s Oldest Woman

April 14, 2015 Staff 0

INKSTER, Mich. — A 115-year-old Detroit-area woman is listed as the world’s oldest living person following the death of a 116-year-old Arkansas woman. Jeralean Talley of Inkster tops a list maintained by the Los Angeles-based […]

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Hundreds of Student Volunteers Travel to Ferguson For Spring Break to Help Rebuild the Community

April 14, 2015 Staff 0

Ferguson, MO — College students from all over the country are using their Spring Breaks to help rebuild the community and promote civic engagement in Ferguson. Students are coming from cities as far away as […]

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Ferguson Alternative Spring Break Gives College Students Chance to Give Back

February 17, 2015 Staff 0

  Activists in Ferguson, Mo., are looking for 250 college students to participate in a week of “community service and civic engagement” for Ferguson Alternative Spring Break. Volunteer initiatives include registering new voters, manning food […]

Education

Good Teachers Make the Difference in Student Learning: Teach for America Focused Developing High Quality Educators

February 11, 2015 Staff 0

by Reggie Fullwood As the old saying goes, “If you keep on doing what you’ve always done, you’ll keep on getting what you’ve always got.” There is no place that that platitude is more relevant […]

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