A college education continues to be a chief conduit to economic parity for African Americans, according to a new report by the National Urban League. “Reports continue to demonstrate that the earnings of college grads over their lifetime are significantly higher than for those without,” said Chanelle P. Hardy, senior vice president for policy and […]
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N.Y.C. Mayor de Blasio Scolds Tabloids for Coverage of Wife, Demands Apologies
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio on May 19 took a couple of city tabloids to task, demanding an apology for their alleged misrepresentation of statements about parenting by his wife, Chirlane McCray. On May 18, New York magazine, in a cover story, explored the first lady’s life, including the African American woman’s career, […]
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Wayne Family, Grambling State Achieve Guinness World Record
The Wayne family of Marion, La., recently turned the world’s spotlight on Grambling State University when they earned recognition from the Guinness World Book of Records for most family graduates of a single university. The historically Black university, best known for the legacy of Eddie Robinson, who coached a storied football team at the school […]
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Federal Court Order Sought to Block N.C. Voter Suppression Law
Fifth in a series detailing states’ efforts to keep citizens from voting. As hundreds of Moral Monday protesters swarmed the North Carolina capitol building decrying the Legislature’s enactment of a wave of conservative laws May 19, civil rights lawyers were filing a motion in federal court to block the state’s omnibus voter suppression law from disenfranchising voters […]
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Study: Metropolitan Washington Witnessed 13% Rise in D.C. Homelessness in 2014
The dimensions of homelessness in the Metropolitan Washington region are surging, driven mostly by an explosion in the number of homeless in the District of Columbia, according to a recently released annual report by the Council of Governments. According to the report, “Homelessness in Metropolitan Washington,” which contains the results of the 14th annual count […]
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Major Gen. Warren Freeman, Dead at 66
Retired Maj. Gen. Warren L. Freeman, a former commanding general of the District of Columbia National Guard, died at his Maryland home May 17. He was 66. Freeman was born Aug. 20, 1947, in Jackson, Ga., but was raised in the Washington, D.C. area. The general’s military career spanned three decades — with a majority […]
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Ebenezer Women to Retreat, Rest, Regroup
It has been 30 years since God prodded the Rev. Dr. Jo Ann Browning’s spirit to develop something beyond the typical Women’s Day to acknowledge and administer to the needs of women. “I could never imagine what God would do when he dropped this in my spirit,” said Rev. Browning, who co-pastors Ebenezer African Methodist […]
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ASU Trustees and New President Boyd Relationship Appears Souring
It seems that the honeymoon of Alabama State University’s newly elected President Gwendolyn Boyd and the school’s board of trustees is over. The board unanimously voted Dec. 20 to select Boyd, an ASU alum and a former Delta Sigma Theta national president, to be the next—and first female—president in the university’s 146-year history. However, a […]
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Study Explores Link Between Fast Food, Neighborhoods
The fast food availability has a major effect on obesity and nutritional health at the neighborhood level, according to a new study. Daniel Kruger, research professor at the University of Michigan’s School of Public Health and the study’s lead researcher, said the study’s authors were interested in examining how community factors influence health outcomes. “We […]
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Kurt L. Schmoke to Head University of Baltimore
Former Baltimore mayor Kurt L. Schmoke will assume the helm of the University of Baltimore in July, Maryland education officials announced May 14. Schmoke, 64, a native of Baltimore and product of its public schools, became Charm City’s first Black mayor in 1987. In his first inaugural address, Schmoke announced his intention to make Baltimore […]
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Black Grads Face Stiff Fight for Few Jobs
The job prospects for African-American college graduates are dim, experts say, with just the barest glimmer of hope. “African-American graduates continue to have a hard time finding jobs,” said Valerie Wilson, director of the Program on Race, Ethnicity and the Economy (PREE) at the Economic Policy Institute. And they have an even harder time than […]
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Texas ID Law ‘Most Restrictive in Country’
In Texas, everything seems to be bigger—oversized hats and belt-buckles, oversized houses and geography, oversized personalities and now an oversized voter identification law that activists say is one of the worst cases of voter suppression in the United States. “Texas’ voter ID law in many ways is the most restrictive in the country,” said Vishal […]
