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African-American

Trump Budget Draws Ire, Concern from Minority Communities

WASHINGTON — 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, 2017

Students

College Renames Building Amid Link to Racial Segregation

EWING, N.J. — The College of New Jersey has changed the name of a building amid concern its namesake was a racial segregationist. Paul Loser Hall was renamed Trenton Hall on Wednesday by the college board of trustees. The move comes a week after President R. Barbara Gitenstein accepted an advisory commission’s recommendation. The public […]

May 25, 2017

Home

Yale’s Snowflake Justice and Public Shaming of Yelping Dean Jean Chu

Since the Yale Daily News broke the story of the Yelping dean, she’s been subject to ridicule for her candid reviews of local restaurants.

May 21, 2017

African-American

NAACP President to Leave Office as Group Undertakes Changes

WASHINGTON — 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, 2017

Asian American Pacific Islander

Yale Dean Placed on Leave Over Offensive Yelp Reviews

HARTFORD, Conn. — A Yale University dean has been placed on leave over offensive reviews she made on Yelp, including one in which she refers to customers of a local restaurant as “white trash.” Pierson College Dean June Chu issued a public apology Saturday after reviews from her personal Yelp account began circulating at […]

May 18, 2017

Students

Post-Brown Diversity has to Mean More Than Numbers

Brown v. Board of Education was as much a stepping stone to building a diverse democracy as it was about the attainment of equal educational opportunities for non-White students.

May 16, 2017

Students

Experts: Harsher Penalties for Non-violent Crimes a Proven Policy Failure

A declaration by the Justice Department to resume seeking the harshest of penalties for alleged low-level illegal drug offenders has drawn widespread criticism from sentencing reform advocates in higher education.

May 16, 2017

Students

Expert: Achievement Gap a National Crisis

Consider this sobering fact: For every 10 African-American students who enter college, only four will graduate. Just four in 10.

May 9, 2017

Students

Noose Found Hanging at Kansas State University Campus

MANHATTAN, Kan. — State police are investigating the hanging of a noose at Kansas State University – another apparent racist attack on campus. The Manhattan Mercury reports the university’s Office of Institutional Equity was notified Friday that the noose was hanging from a tree near King Hall on the Manhattan campus. The department fosters inclusiveness […]

May 8, 2017

African-American

Guillermo: HBCU Funding Latest Target of White House Threats to Diversity

Just look at what President Trump is doing to HBCUs, and maybe all programs based on race, ethnicity, or gender.

May 7, 2017

Sports

Saban’s Contract Extension Raises Player Compensation Questions

The news that University of Alabama football coach will now be paid about $11.125M a year rekindled conversation about whether college athletes should get paid.

May 7, 2017

Students

American University Student President Targeted with Online Harassment

WASHINGTON — American University in Washington is providing campus police officers to protect the student body president and her family now that she’s getting harassed online after enduring racist taunts earlier this week. AU officials say a “White supremacist” wrote a post asking people to harass Taylor Dumpson. She’s the first Black woman to be […]

May 7, 2017