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A study finds that black men's college football and basketball players' graduation rates lag behind black male non-athletes at the same schools. Researchers say this is troubling because the additional financial and academic support the athletes receive seem to make no difference.
Couple Attacked And Burned With Boiling Water For Being Gay In February, Marquez Tolbert, 24 and Anthony Gooden, 23 were asleep at an apartment that Gooden shares with his mother. The mother’s boyfriend, Martin Blackwell, allegedly committed a hate crime by tossing boiling water on the couple. “Get out of my house with all that gay,” […]
Ralph David Abernathy III, a former Georgia state senator and son of civil rights icon Ralph Abernathy, died Thursday morning after a long battle with colon cancer, according to the AJC.
As Hillary Clinton positions herself closer to gaining the Democratic Party’s nomination for President of the United States, the nation’s current leader made a weighty appeal on the former first lady’s behalf. At a dinner last Friday, President Barack Obama appealed to donors at the private to rally around Clinton, the New York Times reports. […]
While her parents sat in the waiting room, the 4-year-old suffered from multiple seizures after given several sedatives and tied down in a device.
The office of U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Preet Bharara, has launched an investigation of health concerns among public housing units and homeless shelters across the city. Cases of elevated blood lead levels and false claims from housing and shelter officials will fall under the scrutiny of federal prosecutors, the New York Times reports.
President Obama is advocating for women who have had the unfortunate experience of being harassed online.
According to reports, Coley passed away on Tuesday night while receiving hospice care.
The Georgia teacher who called his student the "dumbest girl" resigned under pressure. Despite an audio recording of the verbal abuse, it took months of pressure to force his resignation.
Video footage showed police standing idly by as anti-Trump protester Rakeem Jones was punched in the face by Trump supporter John McGraw.
Arguing that Barack Obama should have selected a person of color to fill the Supreme Court vacancy, NewsOne legal analyst Damario Solomon-Simmons expressed disappointment with the president's Supreme Court pick.
Grandma Virginia was visited by members of the exhibition basketball troupe on Tuesday at the Roots Public Charter School in Washington D.C., where McLaurin volunteers as a foster grandma for the children. Players Moose Weekes and Zeus McClurkin danced for McLaurin and spoke to the children about the importance of education.
