Black History Month

Black and Hispanic students are still more underrepresented at top colleges than they were 35 years ago, despite affirmative action…
/ August 24, 2017
Tommy Hawkins, the first Black basketball player to earn All-America honors at Notre Dame and who played for the LA…
/ August 17, 2017
On Sunday, Netflix announced that it had signed Shonda Rhimes to an exclusive, multi-year deal.
/ August 14, 2017
CNN has cut its ties with conservative political commentator Jeffrey Lord after he tweeted "Sieg Heil" on Thursday.
/ August 11, 2017
In an op-ed, Al Sharpton claimed that Democrats are not paying attention to their African-American base and that progressives are…
/ August 10, 2017
U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos apologized for suggesting that historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) were "pioneers" of choice.
/ August 10, 2017
Amariyanna “Mari” Copeny, also known as "Little Miss Flint," is only 10 years old, but she is already working hard…
/ August 9, 2017
Maxine Waters was one of the honorees at the 2017 Black Girls Rock Awards, and she entered the event to…
/ August 7, 2017
Vice President Pence pushed back against a news report suggesting he is laying groundwork for a possible presidential bid in…
/ August 7, 2017
For the first time in history, Harvard's incoming class of students is majority minority.
/ August 4, 2017
Special Counsel Robert Mueller is using a grand jury as part of an investigation into potential coordination between the Trump…
/ August 4, 2017
West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice announced he's switching parties to join Republicans as President Donald Trump visited the increasingly conservative…
/ August 4, 2017