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News Roundup

Civil Rights Cold Case Records Collection Act Signed Into Law

The Civil Rights Cold Case Records Collection Act, led by Senators Doug Jones D-Ala. and Ted Cruz, R-Texas was recently signed into law by President Donald J. Trump. The act requires that unsolved criminal civil rights cases be reviewed, declassified and any related government records be released. “This law sends a powerful message to those impacted […]

January 9, 2019

Opinion

The Removal of ‘Individual 1’?

The political climate is changing. After Friday, temperatures are rising higher and the leading denier, of course, is Donald Trump, who after last week’s bombshells could only turn to social media.

December 10, 2018

Campus Climate

Little Clarity in Sexual Harassment Rule Changes

Poor Betsy DeVos. Three words that an accountant would never use for the woman connected to the Amway fortune, whose only real knowledge of education was being an anti-public school/pro-voucher advocate. But now, here she is, thrust into the role of nation’s top education official in a bit of White affirmative action by Donald Trump, another recipient of the same.

November 26, 2018

African-American

Celebrating #NastyWomen of Color

I walked a mile from campus to a church where my local polling place to vote was, like many United States citizens did throughout the nation on November 6, 2018. However, this midterm election seemed to have a different energy as “unexpected” candidates throughout the nation emerged in response to the political conditions they found themselves in after the election of Trump. Who were these “unexpected” candidates, women of color!

November 12, 2018

Opinion

UC Encourages Recipients to Renew DACA Immediately as Court Saves Dreamers Program

President Trump lost more than just the House of Representatives in last week’s midterms.

November 11, 2018

Opinion

On Citizenship and Voting

Citizenship has never been a requirement for U.S. military service. Immigrants and non-citizens have fought in every U.S. military conflict since the Revolutionary War.

November 4, 2018

Opinion

The Kavanaugh Lesson: Integrity over Influence

It’s a teachable moment if ever I saw one. During a public job interview for a lifetime position on the highest court in the land, Judge Brett Kavanaugh had to take an uncomfortable walk down memory lane to explain the drunken, misguided behavior of his youth.

October 2, 2018

News Roundup

President Trump Appoints College Presidents to Board of Advisors on HBCUs

The White House has announced the appointments of several college presidents and business leaders to be members of the President’s Board of Advisors on Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). Among the appointees is Bennett College president Dr. Phyllis Worthy Dawkins. “I am honored to represent Bennett College by serving on the HBCU Advisory Board […]

September 26, 2018

Leadership & Policy

Shalala Wins Democratic Nomination for Florida House Seat

Dr. Donna E. Shalala, a former university administrator and President Clinton’s cabinet secretary, is one step closer to a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives after beating Florida state Rep. David Richardson in the Democrat primary on Tuesday.  In her first run for elected office, Shalala, 77, is angling for the 27th District seat […]

August 29, 2018

News Roundup

Trump’s Former Lawyer Plead Guilty On Eight Charges

Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer, plead guilty on Tuesday to breaking campaign finance laws and committing tax evasion. According to legal observers, at least one of the campaign finance crimes Cohen committed appeared to be connected to the $130,000 hush money payment to porn actress Stormy Daniels, who has made several claims […]

August 21, 2018

News Roundup

Manafort Found Guilty on Eight Counts of Financial Crimes

Paul Manafort, former campaign chairman to President Donald Trump, was found guilty on eight counts of financial crimes. However, jurors couldn’t reach a verdict on 10 charges, so Judge T.S. Ellis declared a mistrial on those counts. Five of the counts Manafort was indicted with are tax fraud charges, two were counts of bank fraud […]

August 21, 2018

Opinion

Who’s the Real Dummy?

I thank Don Lemon for his question, “Who’s the real dummy?” His question encouraged me to research James and to question the stereotype of the Black male athletic figure.

August 7, 2018