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African-American

Jobs Elusive for Puerto Ricans Flocking to Central Florida

MIAMI — Mayra Rios didn’t want to leave her native Puerto Rico, but the constant bullying that her autistic son faced at school and the lack of services available to him were the last blows. “Over there, it’s almost impossible to live,” she said in Spanish at her modest two-bedroom Orlando apartment. “There’s a blow […]

July 21, 2015

Leadership & Policy

Clemson Trustees Call Tillman ‘Repugnant,’ Fail to Remove Name

COLUMBIA, S.C. ― Clemson University trustees passed a resolution Friday calling the racist views of one of its founders, Benjamin Tillman, “repugnant to our values and our fundamental purpose,” but did not call for removing the name of the late governor and U.S. senator from a key campus building. Instead, the trustees unanimously agreed to […]

July 19, 2015

African-American

The Sad Reality of Bill Cosby’s Downfall

Last week, a U.S district judge ordered that depositions given by Bill Cosby in a 2005 lawsuit be unsealed and made available for public consumption.

July 14, 2015

Faculty & Staff

Feds Investigate Hiring Practices at Police Department in Kentucky

The U.S. Department of Justice says it is investigating hiring practices at the Bowling Green Police Department.

July 14, 2015

Faculty & Staff

University Helps Florida Veterans Find Livelihood in Farming

Mat Santos stands at the edge of seven acres of land, the field of his future, pondering what to plant, grow and harvest, and sell.

July 14, 2015

Students

South Carolina’s Action on Flag Leads NCAA to Lift Ban

As a result of the South Carolina’s decision to remove the Confederate battle flag from its capitol grounds, the NCAA is ending a nearly 15-year ban on the state playing host to sanctioned championship events.

July 9, 2015

Students

HBCUs Advised Not to Run Away from Bad News

The biggest detriment to any campus media relations department is the idea that negative media coverage ― or no coverage ― is just part of the job, participants at the HBCU Media Week conference were told.

July 9, 2015

African-American

Same-Sex Fight Not Over

Obama’s polarizing Friday shows the fight for same-sex equality still isn’t over.

June 29, 2015

Sports

Confronting Assault Issues on Campus: Our Reality, Our Challenge

Late last year my personal life collided with my work life in regards to the issues of assault on college campuses.

June 23, 2015

Leadership & Policy

An Open Letter from Orangeburg to Charleston

If the lessons learned from “yesterday’s sorrow” do not frame new patterns of action which abort or prevent “tomorrow’s” insult or injury, then what does ‘I am sorry’ really mean?

June 23, 2015

African-American

Dylann Roof is a Racist and Terrorist. Period.

The sad and sobering truth is that this is hardly the first time that a Black church has been the target of homegrown terrorism by White supremacists.

June 22, 2015

Students

Killings in Charleston Put Race Relations in U.S. to Test

Racial tension in this country became the focal point of discussion last week with the killing of nine African-Americans in Charleston, South Carolina.

June 22, 2015