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Land Of the Free

The movie “The Free State of Jones” which opened in theaters June 24, tells the story of Newton Knight, who led an armed rebellion against the Confederacy that began during the Civil War and continued afterward in Jones County, Mississippi.

July 19, 2016

Advocates Call for Rigorous Evaluation of Second Chance Pell Pilot Initiative

Up until now, much of the talk about the Obama Administration’s Second Chance Pell Pilot Initiative has been about the merits of providing higher education to individuals behind bars.

July 19, 2016

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Leadership & Policy

University of Illinois Names Robert J. Jones of SUNY-Albany as Chancellor

Dr. Robert J. Jones, the president of the State University of New York at Albany has been selected to become the next chancellor of the University at Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

July 19, 2016

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California K-12 Students to Get More Robust LGBT Representation in Curriculum

California’s K-12 students will be learning more about the contributions of the LGBT community in the public school curriculum, as early as this fall.

July 19, 2016

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July 19, 2016

Op-Ed: Data ignores health care challenges for Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders

Six years later, more than 20 million people have gained health coverage thanks to the Affordable Care Act (ACA). While this is an achievement worth celebrating, millions continue to go without health insurance and finding them can be difficult due to lacking data from previous enrollment periods. Are all communities and groups being counted in […]

July 19, 2016

Recent Police Shootings Draw Attention to Veterans’ Mental Health

CHARLOTTE — In the past two weeks eight law enforcement officers have lost their lives at the hand of a shooter. The most recent killings happened on Sunday when Gavin Long killed two Baton Rouge officers and a sheriff’s deputy. In Dallas, five officers were killed by shooter Micah Johnson. Both of the shooters had […]

July 19, 2016

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Roof’s mental state emerging as key issue in Charleston church killings

CHARLESTON- The mental state of Dylann Roof of Columbia, an avowed white supremacist, has emerged as a key issue in his upcoming federal death penalty trial for killing nine African-American church members. Prosecutors and defense lawyers discussed procedural issues connected to Roof’s state of mind at a hearing Monday before U.S. Judge Richard Gergel without […]

July 19, 2016

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Hawaii Nurses Can Approve Medical Marijuana

HONOLULU — Hawaii patients have more options to gain access to medical marijuana now that nurses can certify people for use of the drug, a change advocates say was needed because there’s a shortage of doctors willing to do the certifications. Gov. David Ige signed a bill July 11 updating the state’s medical marijuana dispensary […]

July 19, 2016

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Black Doctors Ignore Distrust to Save Police Lives

DALLAS — When officers who’d been shot by a sniper in downtown Dallas started showing up at Parkland Memorial Hospital, trauma surgeon Dr. Brian H. Williams went to work, pushing aside the inner conflict he faces every day as a black man who’s fearful when encountering police. He sees the news about black men dying […]

July 19, 2016

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UMass Gets Nursing Grant for Addiction, Mental Health

AMHERST, Mass. —— The University of Massachusetts-Amherst nursing school has received a nearly $900,000 federal grant to help student nurses recognize and help patients suffering from substance abuse and mental illness. The program is called SBIRT, which stands for screening, brief intervention and referral to treatment. It’s an approach for delivering early intervention and treatment […]

July 19, 2016

E.R. on S.D. Reservation Reopening

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — A shuttered emergency room at a government-run hospital on South Dakota’s Rosebud Indian Reservation is reopening after seven months. Chris Buchanan, acting Great Plains area director for the Indian Health Service, told tribal officials in an email that the facility was reopening July 15, the Argus Leader newspaper reported. It’s been […]

July 19, 2016

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Poll: Most Expect Better Life Under Clinton

WASHINGTON — Americans have mixed feelings on which presidential candidate will do better on health care, trade, the economy, terrorism and other important issues. But when they simply consider whether they personally would be better off, they prefer the presumptive Democratic nominee, Hillary Clinton. The latest Associated Press-GfK poll shows that Americans are more likely […]

July 19, 2016

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Disgrace, End of Army Career Haunted Gunman

DALLAS — He was disarmed in the middle of a war zone and placed under 24-hour escort. The most humiliating part was that everyone in Micah Johnson’s unit in Afghanistan knew why: He was accused of stealing a female soldier’s panties. Johnson’s aspirations to a military career were over. Now he faced removal from the […]

July 19, 2016

Morgan, Other Colleges Luring Dropouts to Return

Every weekday for a few years, Malik Mosley switched from a full-time worker to a full-time student at 8 a.m., when he finished his overnight shift at an Aberdeen warehouse and drove to class at Morgan State University. He managed that workload until a family member suffered an illness in 2013.

July 19, 2016

Leadership & Policy

Nebraska Educator Taking President’s Post in North Carolina

GRAND ISLAND, Neb. ― A North Carolina community college board has chosen a Nebraska educator to become the college’s next president. Thomas Walker Jr. is expected to be confirmed by the State Board of Community Colleges July 26 as president of Wayne Community College in Goldsboro, North Carolina. Walker has been president of Central Community […]

July 18, 2016

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Man Who Smashed Window Depicting Slaves Wants His Job Back

NEW HAVEN, Conn. ― Yale University and a former dining services worker who smashed a stained-glass window depicting slaves are discussing whether he can have his old job back, his attorney said Monday. Corey Menafee resigned last month after taking a broomstick to the window inside the dining hall at Calhoun College. Menafee, who is […]

July 18, 2016

University, Coach Deny Discriminating Against Mormon Player

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho ― Idaho State University’s former assistant tennis coach and the university have denied allegations made in a lawsuit in which a former tennis player says he was discriminated against because of his Mormon faith. The Post Register reports that former coach Nate Gross has been accused of harassing Orin Duffin, who played […]

July 18, 2016