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Connecticut College officials canceled classes on Monday after someone scrawled “No N-words” in the bathrooms on the first floor of the student center building, according…

On Thursday, the 20-year-old University of Virginia student who was injured in a violent arrest at the hands of state Alcoholic Beverage Control officers appeared in…

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A federal judge on Thursday tossed out a civil suit filed by a White Chicago public school teacher who claims he should not have been…

Seniors gearing up for graduation at Howard University can breathe a little easier now; the Mecca is implementing a new practice that will surely lower…

MORE THAN 320,000 STUDENTS IN 34 LOCATIONS ACROSS THE U.S. WILL SEE ACADEMY AWARD® BEST PICTURE NOMINEE “SELMA” FOR FREE Viacom’s Paramount Pictures, which is distributing “SELMA,” is coordinating the programs with participating theaters in the U.S. For a list of participating theaters in select cities offering free admission to students during this program and […]

This weekend was a tough time for family and friends.  Several families that are dear to my family loss loved ones.  One family in particular was the Paschall Family who loss a dedicated husband and father, Eric Paschall.  Paschall was doing what he loved and that was to watch his son play football…. he had […]

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It is 2 weeks into the school year and IPS teachers are unfortunately looking at too many empty seats! Did they move or are they chilling at home? click here to read more Source: WTHR

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After a stand-off in the third-largest school district in the nation that had the Chicago Teachers Union in deep debate with Chicago Public Schools officials, the strike has ended. Union delegates voted Tuesday to suspend the nine-day strike, sending 26,000 teachers and 350,000 children back to school Wednesday. “I have 34 little ones that I […]

More facts about the reality of gangs were revealed in a special Afternoons with Amos hour.  Three individuals who’ve worked or years in the streets with gang members and potential gang members, Rev. Byron Alston, Rev. Horatio Luster and longtime community activist Reggie Jones talked frankly with listeners about gangs. Marion County Sheriff John Layton […]

Several outraged AIDS activists in Tanzania have denounced some local school administrators for forcing HIV-positive students to wear special uniforms adorned with red ribbons, according…

After recent fights involving students and adult gang-members in Hayward, Calif., the local school board and high school principals met to discuss their continued fight against gang violence in their schools. Mt. Eden, Hayward and Tennyson high schools all have a policy that ban wearing gang colors, however the three principals disagree on how to […]