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Student, staffer at Indiana schools test positive for COVID-19 as schools reopen

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Michigan teen jailed for not doing schoolwork to be released

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Some educators of color resist push for police-free schools

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Charter School Movement Grows As Obama Voices Plans To Expand System

Where politicians get it wrong with kids going back to school

Not only is the COVID-19 curve going in the wrong direction, the standard operations of any school suggest that having…
/ July 28, 2020

Harvard, MIT sue to block ICE rule on international students

Harvard University and MIT filed a lawsuit challenging Trump's decision to bar international students from staying in the U.S. if…
/ July 8, 2020
President Trump Participates In National Dialogue On Safely Reopening Nation's Schools

Trump threatens to cut federal aid if schools don’t reopen

President Donald Trump on Wednesday threatened to withhold federal money if schools don’t reopen in the fall, and he lashed…
/ July 8, 2020

Maryland man accepted into Harvard Law after working as sanitation worker

Rehan Staton, a former sanitation worker in Maryland, is celebrating his acceptance into Harvard Law School after overcoming personal adversities.
/ July 6, 2020

Arkansas daycare kicks out girl, 6, for wearing ‘Black Lives Matter’ shirt

A mother in Arkansas is alleging their 6-year-old daughter was kicked out of her daycare because she wore shirts that…
/ July 3, 2020

Black folks who want to grill July 4 and stay woke — honor Tuskegee instead

Autumn A. Arnett says that instead of celebrating Independence Day, Black people should celebrate Tuskeegee University, which was also founded…
/ July 2, 2020
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Coronavirus claims the life of Black biologist, Lynika Strozier

Many mourn the death of Black scientist and educator, Lynika Strozier, who has become one of the latest to lose her…
/ June 28, 2020

Baton Rouge activist blasts white school board member: ‘You don’t give a damn!’

Gary Chambers confronts Baton Rouge school board member Connie Bernard, saying she didn't 'give a damn' during a debate over…
/ June 20, 2020

Byron Allen: ‘Black America speaks. America should listen.’

Byron Allen, CEO of Entertainment Studios/Allen Media Group (parent company of theGrio), lays out comprehensive agenda for America to achieve…
/ June 20, 2020

Netflix CEO Reed Hastings donates over $100M to HBCUs, talks importance of supporting Black colleges

Netflix CEO Reed Hastings and philanthropist Patty Quillin donate $40 million to Spelman College, Morehouse College, and the United Negro…
/ June 17, 2020
Midlothian ISD Board of Trustees member wore blackface at 2012 halloween

Texas school board member wore Venus, Serena Williams Blackface for Halloween

A board member of a Northern Texas school district has worn a Blackface costume, supposedly mocking Venus and Serena Williams. 
/ June 16, 2020

Video recorded at George Floyd’s alma mater says Black students should be ‘euthanized’

A racist video from George Floyd’s alma mater Texas A&M University depicted a young man using racial slurs and wanted…
/ June 15, 2020