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14-Year-Old Black Girl Suffers Brain Injury After School Police Body-Slammed Her, Officer Not Fired

Nationwide — Ke’Nadie Cathey, a 14-year-old African American girl from North Carolina, suffered a brain injury after a school resource officer body-slammed her during a fight outside West Charlotte High School. An internal investigation later led to a two-day unpaid suspension, and the officer remained employed. Officer Hasun Rogers responded to a report of a fight after school dismissal at West Charlotte High School in Charlotte, North Carolina. A large crowd formed in the parking lot as students ran toward the […]

todayMay 6, 2026 9

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Barack Obama, Kamala Harris react to deadly Minneapolis school shooting

The country is reeling from yet another mass shooting after the Annunciation Catholic School community in Minneapolis, Minnesota, was horrified by a deadly shooting during a church mass that left two young students dead and 17 others injured. Political leaders reacted to the deadly shooting, including some who called for stricter gun reform as America approaches nearly 300 mass shootings this year. President Donald Trump, who asked Americans to join him in “praying for everyone involved,” ordered that flags be lowered […]

todayAugust 28, 2025 1

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Trump calls for ‘ending radical indoctrination in K-12’ education and prioritizing school choice-what does it mean for Black students?

President Donald Trump signed executive orders directing federal agencies to end “radical indoctrination” in K-12 schools and allocate significant federal funding for expanding school choice. Some advocates warn that Trump’s latest actions on education could further politicize the classroom, while others say it would divert crucial funding away from already underfunded neighborhood public schools in predominantly Black and brown neighborhoods. The orders, which Trump signed on Wednesday, prohibits federal funding for schools that include what the administration considers to be […]

todayJanuary 29, 2025 1

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Oprah highlights Kamala Harris’ desegregation of school in powerful DNC endorsement speech

Dressed in royal purple, back in the city that launched her to superstardom, Oprah Winfrey delivered a Democratic National Convention speech that only the queen of television could give. During Wednesday night’s DNC keynote speeches, Winfrey officially endorsed Kamala Harris for president, calling on independents and undecided voters to get on board with the historic moment in politics. “I’ve always voted my values,” said Winfrey, who is a registered independent. “And that is what is needed in this election, now […]

todayAugust 23, 2024

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New law requires all Louisiana public school classrooms to display the Ten Commandments

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana has become the first state to require that the Ten Commandments be displayed in every public school classroom, the latest move from a GOP-dominated Legislature pushing a conservative agenda under a new governor. The legislation that Republican Gov. Jeff Landry signed into law on Wednesday requires a poster-sized display of the Ten Commandments in “large, easily readable font” in all public classrooms, from kindergarten to state-funded universities. “If you want to respect the rule […]

todayJune 20, 2024 1

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Virginia NAACP sues school board for reinstating confederate names

The Virginia NAACP sued a county school board Tuesday over its reinstatement of Confederate military names to two schools, accusing it of embracing segregationist values and subjecting Black students to a racially discriminatory educational environment. The school board in Shenandoah County voted 5-1 last month to revert the name of Mountain View High School back to Stonewall Jackson High School, and that of Honey Run Elementary to Ashby Lee Elementary. The vote reversed a 2020 decision to remove the original […]

todayJune 12, 2024 1

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Black Teacher Retires From School After 30 Years and Opens a Local Bar and Lounge in Her City

LoLecia Day, a 53-year-old former public school teacher, is pursuing her dream of running a bar with the opening of Day Drink Lounge, a Black-owned craft cocktail bar & lounge located in Duncanville, Texas. She has truly taken an exciting leap after retiring from her career of 30 years.LoLecia's decision to start her own business in the bar industry began with a desire to prioritize herself after years of putting others first."I realized that all of my life I've made […]

todayMay 16, 2024

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First Black-Owned Cosmetology School in New Jersey to Partner With Beyoncé’s BeyGOOD Foundation

Jana's Cosmetology Academy, the first ever Black-owned cosmetology school in the entire state of New Jersey, is celebrating having been selected to receive funding from global icon Beyonce's BeyGOOD Foundation. The academy will receive essential financial support for cosmetology students and professional hair stylists within the beauty industry.BeyGOOD, the philanthropic initiative founded by Beyoncé, recently announced the launch of the Cécred x BeyGOOD Fund and through an annual allocation of $500,000, will offer scholarships and salon business grants in five […]

todayFebruary 27, 2024

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NYC Mayor Eric Adams says tale of him firing a gun at school that’s recounted in his book didn’t actually happen

Even for Eric Adams, whose hardscrabble upbringing featured heavily in his rise to become mayor of New York City, the tale of his near-miss school shooting was harrowing. One day at school, Adams was hanging out with a group of friends when someone showed up with a gun, according to his 2009 book, “Don’t Let It Happen.” Still a child at the time, Adams believed the weapon was a fake. “I pointed what I thought was a toy gun at […]

todayJanuary 9, 2024 2