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Native Americans Should Be Recognized As Sacred People
The Native American people have been a victim of external oppression since European settlers arrived in the Americas hundreds of years ago. After involuntarily giving up two whole continents, which originally belonged to their ancestors, Native American descendants are still fighting today for the land that the U.S. government has allowed them to have. Even […]
November 21, 2016
Disparities
Feds Showcase Rural Telehealth Service
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) – Federal health officials are highlighting the telemedicine services offered by Sioux Falls-based Avera Health during National Rural Health Day. Avera Health providers offered a live, simulated telemedicine demonstration Thursday as part of a series of events organized by federal health officials to highlight the best practices, resources and challenges of […]
November 21, 2016
Disparities
Infant Deaths Rise in Ohio, Widening White-Black Gap
COLUMBUS, Ohio — The state saw an uptick in its infant mortality rate last year, with black babies dying at a rate approaching three times that of whites, new data show. Ohio’s overall infant mortality rate rose to 7.2 deaths per 1,000 births last year, according to new numbers released November 16 by the Ohio […]
November 21, 2016
Disparities
Community Discusses Disparities for Minority Women
BLOOMINGTON — Minority women in McLean County are less likely to seek care for dental problems, high blood pressure, diabetes, asthma and mental illness than white women, and about 50 people gathered Thursday to consider what to do about it. “We want this to be the beginning of a conversation,” said Brenda Lessen, associate professor […]
November 21, 2016
Policies
Surgeon General’s Report Reframes Addiction as Illness
In what may be his last significant act as President Barack Obama’s surgeon general, Dr. Vivek Murthy released a report November 17 calling for a major cultural shift in the way Americans view drug and alcohol addiction. Addiction is a chronic illness, not a character flaw or a moral failing, the report says. Stigma and […]
November 21, 2016
Students
Oberlin College Employee’s Home Vandalized; Possible Hate Crime
OBERLIN, Ohio —Police say someone vandalized the home of a faculty member at a northern Ohio college and left what appeared to be an anti-Semitic note, and the case is being investigated as a possible hate crime. Oberlin Police Chief Juan Torres tells WJW-TV the homeowners are Jewish and the note implied a reference to […]
November 21, 2016
Students
Salt Lake Tribune to Request BYU Police Records in Court
SALT LAKE CITY — A Salt Lake City newspaper is suing for access to records from Brigham Young University’s police department. The Salt Lake Tribune plans to argue in court Monday that BYU Police are subject to as much public scrutiny as any other public law enforcement agency in Utah because the state granted the […]
November 21, 2016
Students
San Juan College Gets $2M to Help Native Students
FARMINGTON, N.M. — San Juan College, located in northwestern New Mexico, has been awarded more than $2 million in federal grants to help Native American students complete their degrees and to fund scholarships for students in the nursing program. College officials say the funding will be used to remove obstacles that Native American students face […]
November 21, 2016
African-American
Turn the Page from November 8, 2016
We can lament, cry and whine all we want to about this election, but it is too late. We had the chance and the opportunity, but we didn’t seize the moment.
November 20, 2016
Faculty & Staff
Rutgers Professor who Tweeted About White Gun Deaths Placed on Leave
NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. —A Rutgers University professor who was accused of threatening to kill White people and was taken to a hospital for a psychiatric evaluation is no longer teaching there. NJ.com reports a spokesman for the New Jersey university said Friday that Kevin Allred has been placed on administrative leave. Allred is White and […]
November 20, 2016
Students
Cornel West Returning to Harvard Faculty
Dr. Cornel West—arguably one of the nation’s most visible Black public intellectuals—will rejoin the faculty of Harvard University.
November 20, 2016
Students
Guillermo: Trump’s Son-in-law Benefits from White Affirmative Action
Donald Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, is an example of another kind of affirmative action—for wealthy Whites.
November 20, 2016
Students
Hiring Its Own Graduates Could be Key to HBCUs’ Survival
Who would be a better fit to transform the outcome of HBCUs than qualified HBCU graduates?
November 20, 2016
African-American
‘Apprentice’ Winner Randal Pinkett Sees Diversity Disaster Under Trump
Based on his divisive campaign rhetoric and his cabinet appointments, the forthcoming administration of Donald Trump could potentially spell “disaster to diversity in higher education.”
November 20, 2016
Students
Trump Agrees to $25M Settlement to Resolve Trump University Lawsuits
SAN DIEGO —President-elect Donald Trump agreed Friday to pay $25 million to settle lawsuits against his now-defunct Trump University for real estate investors, averting a trial in a potentially embarrassing case that he had vowed during the campaign to keep fighting. The agreement came 10 days before jury selection was scheduled to begin in one […]
November 20, 2016
Students
University of New Mexico Professors Seeking Immigrant Student Protections
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A group of professors at the largest university in the nation’s most Hispanic state are asking for more protection of immigrant students joining a movement of campuses around the country. Professors and instructors at the University of New Mexico delivered a letter Friday to the school’s president, Bob Frank, amid uncertainty from […]
November 20, 2016
Students
Wake Forest University Naming Dorm for Poet Maya Angelou
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Wake Forest University is naming a new residence hall in honor of famous former faculty member Maya Angelou. The private university in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, said Friday the five-story building now under construction will house more than 200 first-year students when it opens in January 2017. University President Nathan Hatch says Angelou […]
November 20, 2016
Students
Rutgers Confronts Ties to Slavery in Groundbreaking Report
NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. — Rutgers University is confronting its historical ties to slavery. The New Jersey school founded in 1766 has compiled research that sheds new light on its beginnings, including an untold story of a slave who helped build the university’s iconic Old Queens administration building. The detailed report released Friday is published in […]
November 20, 2016
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