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Store Apologizes for Selling ‘Black Women Are Trash’ Shirts

May 10, 2017 Staff 0

by Alex Lasker A clothing company has apologized after a racist, user-created T-shirt slipped through a filtration system and ended up for sale on its website. Teespring, a custom design company which allows users to […]

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AKA President, Lawmaker Condemn Racist Act at American University

May 9, 2017 Staff 0

By Lauren Victoria Burke A day after Taylor Dumpson, who is an African American woman, was elected to be student body president at American University, nooses and bananas (some with the words “AKA Free” on […]

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Trayvon Martin, Who Dreamt of Being a Pilot, to Receive Honorary Aviation Degree

May 5, 2017 Staff 0

Trayvon Martin was killed in 2012 by a neighborhood watchman. (Photo credit SYBRINA FULTON) By Taryn Finley, huffingtonpost.com An aviation school in Florida is honoring Trayvon Martin with a posthumous degree at its commencement this month. Florida […]

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Trumpcare Pre-existing Conditions: Pregnancy, Sleep Apnea Could Make You Pay More

May 5, 2017 Staff 0

By Nicole Chavez, CNN Millions of Americans are uncertain about their future as a new health care bill heads to the Senate. The American Health Care Act would shake things up. It could open the […]

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117-year-old Jamaican Violet Brown Becomes the World’s Oldest Person

April 24, 2017 Staff 0

By Namrata Tripathi, International Business Times After the death of the Italian woman Emma Morano, who held the title of the world’s oldest person, Jamaican centenarian Violet Brown, aged 117, is now the oldest person […]

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Massachusetts Court Dismisses 21,000 Drug Cases After State Chemist Falsified Evidence

April 24, 2017 Staff 0

By David Love, Atlanta Black Star In what is being described as the largest single dismissal of wrongful criminal convictions in U.S. history, a Massachusetts court has dismissed over 21,000 drug-related cases after it was […]

Education

FAMU App Challenge Rewards Top Student Techie Innovators

April 24, 2017 Staff 0

Technology wizards partnered up to show off pure creative science and the benefits of collaboration at the AC3, the 2017 App Challenge sponsored by the Division of Research at Florida A&M University. The event continues […]

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Ex-convict Elected Mayor in Chicago Suburb

April 17, 2017 Staff 0

MARKHAM, IL. (WGN) — State law prohibits convicted felons from holding municipal office. But voters in suburban Markham still picked an ex-con to serve as mayor. Roger Agapawa is the apparent winner of the April […]

Education

Peace Corps Names Top Volunteer-producing HBCUs

April 13, 2017 Staff 0

By Robin White Goode, blackenterprise.com There’s a certain romance about the idea of doing volunteer work in the developing world. Although much of the work is most likely grueling, it still speaks of adventure and […]

Education

Study: Black Students More Likely to Graduate if They Have One Black Teacher

April 13, 2017 Staff 0

By Madeline Will If a low-income black student has just one black teacher in elementary school, that student is significantly more likely to graduate high school and consider attending college, a new John Hopkins University […]

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