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Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick Chronicles His Life in New Book

In his book A Reason to Believe, the Massachusetts Democrat tells his version of the American rags to riches story, chronicling what he dubs his “improbable” rise from a broken home and poverty on Chicago’s South Side to the upper echelons of American politics.

Coming Out: The Story of One Openly Gay Athlete

For 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.

African-American

NAACP, Newt Gingrich Urge Prison Reform

The 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.

Native Americans

Online Course Helping American Indian Leaders Improve Tribal Governance

A new online course is giving tribal nations the information they need to take control of their own governments.

Online tribal education

FAMU Board Approves President’s Restructuring Plan

A total of 89 jobs will be lost directly related to the plan, while another 109 employees will be laid off on June 30 because they were funded by the federal stimulus program.

Oklahoma’s GOP Lawmakers Push to Abolish Affirmative Action

A 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.

Dr. Keenan Grenell

CIAA Tournament Draws Record Crowd to Charlotte

Attendance for official CIAA functions topped 190,000 and provided an economic impact of $44.3 million, a 19 percent increase from last year.

UCLA Pediatrician Assists in Continuing Relief Efforts in Japan

Because the earthquake, tsunami and subsequent fires consumed many hospitals, Dr. Kozue Shimabukuro and her peers labored in makeshift spaces to bring medical help to injured victims.

Kozue Shimabukuro

Leadership & Policy

Debate Over Relevance of HBCUs Opens 37th NAFEO Conference

The president of Morgan State University uses NAFEO luncheon discussion to announce the school has won a contract to help manage research at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, signaling how one historically Black university competes at the highest levels in science.

Report: Study of gay, transgender health needed

Scientists only recently learned how certain diseases affect women differently than men, and blacks differently than whites. Now a major new report says it’s time to study the unique health needs of gay and transgender people, too.

Federal Effort Seeks to Help Colleges, Schools Prevent Sexual Violence

A nation that prides itself on fighting the abuse of power has an obligation to prevent sexual violence in schools and on college campuses, Vice President Joe Biden said as he kicked off a nationwide awareness campaign on schools’ responsibilities and victims’ rights.

African-American

Manning Marable Remembered as Public Intellectual and Activist

At the time of his death, Marable held the M. Moran Weston and Black Alumni Council Professorship of African American Studies at Columbia University.

Manning Marable

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