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Although there was improvement in job growth from 2013 to 2014, Black women continue to struggle in the economy, according to recent statistics from the United States Census Bureau. Economist, Valerie Wilson of the Economy Policy Institute (EPI) and the Director on the Program on Race, Ethnicity, and Economy, says that the earnings for Black women […]
NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — City officials in South Carolina approved a $6.5 million settlement Thursday with the family of an unarmed black man fatally shot by a white police officer who was captured on cellphone video firing at the man’s back as he ran away. The North Charleston City Council approved the settlement by […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Confronting insurmountable obstacles, Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy suddenly withdrew from the contest for speaker of the U.S. House on Thursday, shocking colleagues just before they were to vote and producing ever-deeper chaos for a divided Congress. “We need a new face,” McCarthy declared after a closed-door meeting where House Republicans were prepared […]
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Airman 1st Class Spencer Stone, celebrated as a hero for helping to stop a terror attack on a French train over the summer, was stabbed and seriously wounded outside a bar in his hometown early Thursday in what police said was an alcohol-related brawl. Stone, 23, was knifed repeatedly in the […]
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Two Los Angeles police officers who shot and killed a man after a beer bottle shattered their patrol car’s rear window thought they were under attack because of an online video that turned out to be a publicity stunt, the lawmen’s attorneys said Wednesday. Attorney Gary Fullerton said the officers involved […]
Yup, people still haven’t learned that blackface just isn’t cool. Black student groups at UCLA are up in arms about a predominantly White fraternity and sorority holding a “Kanye Western”-themed party. According to the student paper, the party-goers dressed in baggy clothes, blackface, and traditional Kardashian-like attire. UCLA students protest after guests wear blackface to […]
Chicago police have reported that Barbara Byrd-Bennett, The former CEO of Chicago Public Schools, was charged in connection with allegedly steering a $20.5 million contract and other jobs, to her former employer. The Chicago Sun Times reports: Byrd-Bennett — Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s handpicked choice — becomes CPS’ first CEO to face criminal charges in connection […]
NEW YORK (AP) — The founder of the global News Corp. media empire, Rupert Murdoch, issued an apology Thursday after he faced social media backlash following his suggestion that President Barack Obama isn’t a “real black President.” Murdoch was praising Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson and his wife on Twitter on Wednesday when he wrote: […]
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — Indiana University said Thursday it has suspended the local chapter of the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity while it investigates a video purportedly showing a pledge performing a sex act on a woman during an apparent hazing ritual. The university said the recording that surfaced on social media “appears to be credible […]
Quvenzhane Wallis is making leaps and bounds in the publishing world by landing a four-book deal with Simon & Schuster.
CINCINNATI (AP) — A star University of Dayton basketball player has sued the Ohio school in federal court over his suspension after a sexual assault accusation. Dyshawn Pierre’s lawsuit asks a U.S. district court judge to order his reinstatement, and also seeks unspecified damages. The lawsuit notes that Montgomery County prosecutors declined to file charges […]
BOSTON (AP) — Months after winning a national title, Harvard’s debate team has fallen to a group of New York inmates. The showdown took place at the Eastern New York Correctional Facility, a maximum-security prison where convicts can take courses taught by faculty from nearby Bard College, and where inmates have formed a popular debate […]
