JESSE J. HOLLAND, Associated PressAfrican-AmericanTrump Budget Draws Ire, Concern from Minority CommunitiesWASHINGTON — Advocates for minority communities say President Donald Trump’s proposed budget answers the question he famously posed to Black Americans during his campaign: “What the hell do you have to lose?” His $4.1 trillion spending plan for the budget year beginning Oct. 1 generally makes deep cuts in safety net programs, including Medicaid, the […]May 29, 2017African-AmericanNAACP President to Leave Office as Group Undertakes ChangesWASHINGTON — NAACP President Cornell William Brooks will not be returning as the leader of the nation’s oldest civil rights organization after his contract expires this summer, officials said Friday. Brooks has been the NAACP’s leader since 2014 but will not be kept on past June 30, the end of his current term. NAACP Board […]May 21, 2017StudentsHBCUs, Advocates Looking for Help from Trump on FundingWASHINGTON — The nation’s historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) are pushing for President Donald Trump to set aside more federal contracts and grants for their schools, and take a greater hand in their welfare by moving responsibility for a key program for those colleges to the White House. The presidents of the nation’s 100-plus […]February 27, 2017StudentsColleges Trying to Find Ways to Deal with Racial IncidentsWASHINGTON ― Officials were slow to handle racial incidents at the University of Missouri, and that contributed to protests, a student hunger strike, a threatened boycott by the football team and ultimately, the resignations of two administrators. At the University of Oklahoma, damage over a racist chant that was caught on video was kept to […]November 29, 2015HomeOklahoma isn’t Alone in Race-related Fraternity IncidentsTheir reputations sullied by race-tainted incidents, many colleges are clamping down on campus fraternities.March 15, 2015African-AmericanProtesters Ask Federal Courts to Curb PolicePolice violated the constitutional rights of protesters upset by the death in Ferguson, Missouri, of an unarmed Black man, lawyers told a federal judge Wednesday in urging she step in and curb the police.December 10, 2014Leadership & PolicyWhite House Now Turning Attention to Girls of ColorThe White House is planning to focus on improving the lives of girls and women of color, after months of complaints that they were left out of the “My Brother’s Keeper” initiative for young men.November 12, 2014African-AmericanPresident Obama Touts Expansion of Program for Minority BoysObama announced a major expansion of his initiative to improve the lives of boys and young men of color, with educators, star athletes, companies and foundations announcing partnerships to help minority boys in conjunction with his My Brother’s Keeper program.July 21, 2014Leadership & PolicyUnion Pulls UNCF Support in Wake of $25M Koch GiftWASHINGTON ― A powerful government workers’ union will end its support for the United Negro College Fund after the group accepted $25 million from the conservative powerhouse Koch brothers and the college fund’s president appeared at a Koch event. In a letter made public last Thursday, the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees […]July 13, 2014StudentsU.S. Teachers Not Nearly as Diverse as Their StudentsWASHINGTON ― U.S. teachers are nowhere near as diverse as their students.May 5, 2014Page 1 of 2Next Page
