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Biden plans to overhaul education with exit of Betsy DeVos

Now that Joe Biden is the official president-elect, it is time for him to make good on his promises. When...

Keydra Manns / November 9, 2020

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Van Jones moved to tears after Biden wins election: ‘This is a good day’

Political commentator Van Jones appeared on CNN Saturday to react to the news that former Vice President Joe Biden has...

Matthew Allen / November 7, 2020

Education Featured HBCU News

HBCUs are front and center in the 2020 presidential election

HBCUs are, for the first time, a front-and-center issue in the presidential campaign.  President Donald Trump has spoken often of...

Autumn A. Arnett / October 30, 2020

Education News

Clemson University finds over 600 unmarked graves, likely belonging to slaves, on campus

Clemson University researchers uncovered 604 unmarked graves on campus and are working to identify and honor the people laid to...

DeMicia Inman / October 30, 2020

Education Featured

VMI to remove Confederate statue following accusations of racism

The Virginia Military Institute will remove a prominent statue of Confederate Gen. Stonewall Jackson amid an investigation into ongoing “structural...

Ny Magee / October 29, 2020

Black History Featured News Washington DC

Pope marks historic moment in naming first Black US cardinal

WASHINGTON (AP) — Washington D.C. Archbishop Wilton Gregory is set to become the first Black U.S. prelate to assume the...

TheGrio / October 25, 2020

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Minority communities question election-year push by EPA

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — Theresa Landrum lives in southwest Detroit, where residents complain frequently about dirty air. Tree-shaded neighborhoods...

John Flesher, Associated Press / October 25, 2020