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A Month of Music
Black Music Month began in 1979 when a group led by Kenny Gamble, half of the famous Gamble and Huff songwriting and music production team, developed the idea for the observance and pitched it to President Jimmy Carter, according to the National Museum of African-American Music.
June 6, 2017
Students
Rodriguez: Affirming a Macehual or Gente de Maiz Identity
A couple years ago, someone from California wrote me to tell me that: “Mexicans are taking over Chicano Studies.” Apparently, the person did not know I was born in Mexico. And they knew less about what this topic triggers within me. During the late 1960s and early 1970s, I did become part of the Chicano […]
June 5, 2017
Students
NASFAA Offers Guidance to Displaced College Students
The National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators has developed a website to benefit students whose colleges closed while they were enrolled or shortly after they withdrew.
June 5, 2017
Students
Campus LGBTQ Organizations Hit Their Stride
Faculty and staff LGBTQ caucuses, or standing committees as they are sometimes known, have been instrumental in encouraging college administrations to create more inclusive campus environments.
June 5, 2017
Students
Newspaper: Harvard Pulls Student Offers Over Online Comments
BOSTON — At least 10 students who were accepted to Harvard University had their admission offers revoked because they made offensive comments online, the university’s student newspaper reported. The Harvard Crimson reported that some students in the incoming freshman class created a private Facebook group in December where they traded images and messages that were […]
June 5, 2017
Students
Senators Say They’re Fighting to Protect Pell Grant Program
WARWICK, R.I. — Rhode Island’s two Democratic U.S. senators said on Monday that they’re fighting to protect and expand the student financial aid program named for their predecessor Claiborne Pell. Pell Grants have been a fixture of federal financial aid since the 1970s, helping millions of low-income students attend college annually. Claiborne Pell, a former […]
June 5, 2017
Students
Classes Resume After Threats at Evergreen State College
OLYMPIA, Wash. — Classes are resuming at a small college in Washington state after protests on the progressive campus attracted national attention – and threats. The Evergreen State College in Olympia announced on its website that it reopened its campus as of 3 p.m. Monday. Administrators didn’t immediately provide further explanation. The college had been […]
June 5, 2017
Blogs/Opinion
GOP Plan Is “Immoral”
In 1948, the United Nations passed the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. In part, Article 25 reads, “Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and of his family, including food, clothing, housing and medical care.” This declaration claims medical care as a human right, that […]
June 5, 2017
Disparities
LabCorp Worker Files Discrimination Suit
BURLINGTON, N.C. — A Laboratory Corporation of America worker says in a lawsuit that the company discriminated against him because of his race and passed over him for a raise because he complained to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. The Times-News of Burlington reports Dwayne Muhammad said in the lawsuit that he received a written […]
June 5, 2017
Policies
Senate Juggles Competing Healthcare Demands
WASHINGTON — For Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, writing a Republican-only health care bill that can pass the Senate boils down to this question: How do you solve a problem like Dean, Lisa, Patrick, Ted, Rand and Susan? Those are some GOP senators whose clashing demands McConnell, R-Ky., must resolve. Facing solid Democratic opposition to demolishing […]
June 5, 2017
Policies
Healthcare Plan Presents Financial Dilemma
Trump’s “Repeal and Replace Obamacare” and the Proposed American Health Care Policy may Crush Most of the Americans under a Huge Financial Dilemma. Since he took the office, President Mr. Donald Trump has been in a constant effort to completely wipe out any signs of the Obama regime from the United States of America. He […]
June 5, 2017
Policies
Opioid Crisis Devastates Rural Maryland
DENTON, Md. — If there is one hopeful thing about Maryland’s opioid crisis, it’s that no one is denying the obvious. “Very honestly nothing is working,” said Frederick County Sheriff Chuck Jenkins. “It’s unlike anything we’ve ever seen.” For rural areas where communities are small and the stigma is large, opioids can be particularly insidious. […]
June 5, 2017
Disparities
Texas Lawmakers Slow to Act on Maternal Deaths
AUSTIN, Texas — Lawmakers in Texas largely failed to take any significant action to address the state’s skyrocketing rate of pregnancy-related deaths just months after researchers found it to be the highest in not only the U.S., but the developed world. Legislators introduced proposals to address the issue after a University of Maryland-led study found […]
June 5, 2017
Disparities
Alzheimer’s Affects 5.5 Million in U.S.
The most common type of dementia, Alzheimer’s disease affects about 5.5 million Americans of all ages, according to Alzheimer’s Association. It is a progressively debilitating disease that slowly affects memory and thinking skills. Alzheimer’s is the most common type of dementia, which is the loss of thinking, remembering, and reasoning. According to National Institute on […]
June 5, 2017
Disparities
N.M. Schools Link Efforts to End Doctor Shortage
LAS CRUCES, N.M. — The University of New Mexico and a private Las Cruces college are working to address the state’s doctor shortage in hopes of improving access to care in rural areas. Valencia, Lea, Otero, Torrance and Luna counties have the greatest shortage of primary care doctors in the state, according to a 2016 […]
June 5, 2017
African-American
NCORE a Logical Place to Advance Conversations About Race
If anyone was ever under the illusion that the election of Barack Obama had somehow signaled that the nation had become post-racial, the recent spate of racist incidents should convince us otherwise
June 4, 2017
African-American
Taylor Leaving Thurgood Marshall College Fund
Johnny C. Taylor, Jr., is stepping down after seven years as president and CEO of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund, the venerable national representative of publicly-supported historically Black colleges and universities.
June 4, 2017
Students
Barbara Smith Conrad’s Voice Would Not Be Silenced
A series of unexpected events eventually earned Barbara Smith Conrad a place in history with Marian Anderson and other women who became opera legends.
June 4, 2017
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