Education

Native American Heritage Fund granting nearly $500K to remove racist mascot imagery 

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Freedom Papers: 6 books to inspire on this Independence Day

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GWU allows Clarence Thomas to remain as a professor despite student protests 

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Vermont school board prohibits Black Lives Matter flag

The Black Lives Matter Bellows flag will no longer fly in front of Bellows Falls Union High School in Westminster,…
/ June 29, 2022
Provo, Utah School Prepares For School Year Amid CoVID-19 Pandemic

Students dismissed as ‘jail kids’ win a grand prize for problem solving, compete against top tier schools

A group of teens from a New Orleans charter school is one of three grand prize winners in a contest…
/ June 27, 2022

Conn. woman can sue Harvard for emotional distress for photo of enslaved ancestor 

Harvard has possessed the photos since they were rediscovered in 1976, using the photos as recently as 2017.
/ June 26, 2022

University renames newest dorm for 1st Black grad and wife

Norman Francis graduated Loyola University of New Orleans in 1955 and his wife, Blanche Francis, was a civic activist and…
/ June 25, 2022

College baseball intent on increasing Black players, coaches

Baseball remains one of the least racially diverse college sports, despite a recent uptick in the number of Black players…
/ June 25, 2022

Congress approves free student meal extension through summer

Congress passed a bill Friday that aims to keep up the expanded, pandemic-era distribution of free meals for all students…
/ June 25, 2022
Fraud Charge Against Goldman Sachs Takes Toll On Market Indices

Black educators get a boost from Goldman Sachs grant

A New Orleans nonprofit that supports Black educators will receive a major financial boost from Goldman Sachs. 
/ June 24, 2022

Drexel University student paper has a Black editor for the first time ever. She’s Kiara Santos

Santos, 22, a communications major at the Philadelphia-located college, is already on her way to a career in journalism.
/ June 24, 2022

Black and Latino homes in California are slightly behind in high-speed internet access, survey reveals

Black and Latino households in California continue to have unequal access to high-speed internet and computing devices.
/ June 22, 2022
Marvis Barnes and Myra Harris. theGrio.com

Towson U renaming dormitories for 1st Black graduates

The buildings were previously named for William Paca and Charles Carroll, elected officials and Declaration of Independence signers who enslaved…
/ June 21, 2022

Officials explain how kids were served floor sealant instead of milk at summer child-care program

A number of agencies are involved in the probe into Tuesday’s incident at Glacier Valley Elementary School in Juneau, Alaska.
/ June 20, 2022
Fort Valley State University thegrio.com

‘Friends’ co-creator pledges $4,000,000 to endow African-American professorship

The university’s department specializing in Africa and the African diaspora will also use the funds to recruit more students and…
/ June 19, 2022