Associated PressHealthNew U.S. Plan to Improve Health Care for MinoritiesThe Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has released what it’s calling the most comprehensive action plan and strategy yet to expand health care access and improve minority health.April 11, 2011SportsComing Out: The Story of One Openly Gay AthleteFor all of the progress gays and lesbians have made in America, from the legalization of gay marriage in five states and the District of Columbia to the repeal of the military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy in December, the sports world both here and abroad remains firmly closeted.April 11, 2011StudentsArkansas Near Bottom in U.S. College Degrees EarnedA report by the Arkansas Department of Higher Education indicates fewer than 38 percent of those who entered the state’s public universities in 2004 had earned a degree within six years.April 11, 2011African-AmericanNAACP, Newt Gingrich Urge Prison ReformThe National Association for the Advancement of Colored People released a report on Thursday that said between 1987 and 2007, state prison spending grew at six times the rate of higher education spending.April 10, 2011Faculty & StaffFacing Racism Accusations, Delaware Law School Professor Sues Dean for DefamationA Widener University law professor facing accusations of racism and sexism filed a defamation lawsuit against the school’s dean Friday, claiming he has been deemed a threat to the school.April 10, 2011StudentsNorthwestern University Says It Was Misled By Renowned Journalism ProfessorNorthwestern University has taken public its dispute with a journalism professor whose students are credited with helping free wrongfully convicted prison inmates, accusing him of misleading officials about his handling of a wrongful conviction investigation.April 7, 2011StudentsOklahoma’s GOP Lawmakers Push to Abolish Affirmative ActionA Republican-backed plan to wipe out any affirmative action programs in Oklahoma appears headed for approval by the Legislature, prompting a bitter response from some minority lawmakers that it is merely a political ploy to play on racial fears.April 6, 2011SportsCIAA Tournament Draws Record Crowd to CharlotteAttendance for official CIAA functions topped 190,000 and provided an economic impact of $44.3 million, a 19 percent increase from last year.April 5, 2011African-AmericanMalcolm X Scholar Manning Marable Dies at 60Dr. Manning Marable, an influential historian whose forthcoming Malcolm X biography could revise perceptions of the slain civil rights leader, died just days before the book described as his life’s work was to be released.April 3, 2011LatinxObama Woos Hispanic Vote on EducationPresident Barack Obama, aware of news that the U.S. Hispanic population has hit 50 million, is turning his attention on issues key to Hispanics, including education.March 31, 2011Previous PagePage 260 of 569Next Page
