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Leadership & Policy

Clark Atlanta Wins Land Dispute Lawsuit Over Invest Atlanta

ATLANTA — The Georgia Court of Appeals ruled that Clark Atlanta University should regain 13 acres (5 hectares) deeded to Morris Brown College more than 75 years ago. The court’s Monday ruling upheld a clause in the 1940 agreement between the two Atlanta higher education institutions that ownership would revert to Clark Atlanta if Morris […]

October 4, 2017

African-American

Making Protests a Flag Issue Exposes True Colors

The nation is witnessing battle lines being drawn in relation to racism, White supremacy and various other social issues not seen in America since the 1960s.

September 28, 2017

Students

Trump Creates Chaos and Confusion

The current president of the United States of America is always in the middle of chaos and confusion.

September 27, 2017

Students

Agents of Change: Increasing the Millennial Vote at MSIs

What would the young, ethnic minority voting bloc look like if more Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs) became polling sites for local and national elections?

September 27, 2017

Sports

Racism, Bullying Best Defeated by a Team

Current controversial exchanges between President Trump and those protesting against police brutality and social inequality drives home the point that Black athletes can teach us about more than just sports.

September 25, 2017

Students

UCLA Course to Examine Race Through Lens of Black Horror Films, Literature

Tananarive Due is bringing a highly anticipated Get Out-inspired course to the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) this semester.

September 21, 2017

Students

Innovative Strategies for HBCUs Proposed at CBC Conference

A range of solutions and strategies emerged Thursday at the inaugural HBCU “braintrust” of the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s annual legislative conference.

September 21, 2017

Students

Lawmaker Condemns Student Video Depicting Police Beheading

MILWAUKEE — A university student’s video depicting the beheading of a police officer drew a strongly worded rebuke from a Wisconsin state lawmaker who denounced the imagery as “vile” and an attempt to incite violence. The video shows University of Wisconsin-Madison students dressed as officers wearing pig masks, including one leading a black student to […]

September 21, 2017

Students

Cornell Student Charged in Attack Apologizes for Behavior

ITHACA, N.Y. — A White Cornell University student charged with beating a Black student has apologized for the language he used during an attack that police say may have been racially motivated. Nineteen-year-old John Greenwood issued a statement Thursday saying that last Friday in Ithaca he was involved in a “verbal exchange” that he regrets. […]

September 21, 2017

Students

A First at Fisk: Tanya Torres Steps Into Groundbreaking Role

As the 2017-18 school year starts, Tanya Torres debuts as president of Fisk’s Student Government Association (SGA), making her the first Hispanic to serve as the elected student leader of the 151-year-old historically Black university.

September 20, 2017

Students

Frat at Cornell University to Close Amid Beating Probe

ITHACA, N.Y. — A national fraternity says it will close its Cornell University chapter in the wake of an investigation into an attack against a Black student by a white student that police say may have been racially motivated. Psi Upsilon’s alumni board of governors told the Ivy League school on Tuesday that the chapter […]

September 20, 2017

Students

Attack on Black Cornell University Student Under Investigation

ITHACA, N.Y. — Cornell University plans to form a task force to address what its president calls “persistent problems of bigotry and intolerance” at the Ivy League school in the wake of the beating of a Black student. Authorities in Ithaca say they’re looking into whether last week’s attack against the student was racially motivated. […]

September 19, 2017