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Duke Ellington, the Jazz Legend Who Became a Diplomat
Foreign Policy Magazine· 2 hours agoState Department’s Cold War-era cultural diplomacy even as he faced racism at home. The bandleader...
Study: Racial Segregation In Public Schools Is Widespread
Black Enterprise· 6 days agoAccording to a new study from Available To All, an education nonprofit, equal access to a quality...
I moved to a white, affluent U.S city. Then the hate crime happened
Newsweek· 6 days agoThe racial segregation was stark, with schools and neighborhoods divided along color lines. In the...
NYC Public Schools Gifted Programs Targeted by Segregation Lawsuit
Bloomberg via Yahoo News· 2 days ago(Bloomberg) -- A lawsuit accusing New York City of entrenching racial segregation in the country’s...
South African boxer Dingaan Thobela, 'The Rose of Soweto,' dies aged 57
San Francisco Chronicle· 5 days agoSouth African boxer Dingaan Thobela, a two-weight world champion known as “The Rose of Soweto,” has...
Justice Stephen Breyer's blunt message to Supreme Court conservatives: 'Slow down'
Good Morning America via Yahoo News· 4 days agoAssociate Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer retired from the high court in 2022 but isn't...
Court Allows Case Challenging Segregation in N.Y.C. Schools to Advance
New York Times· 3 days agoIf successful, it could lead to changes to gifted and selective programs, or even their elimination....
Medgar Evers receives Presidential Medal of Freedom, country’s highest civilian honor
Biloxi Sun Herald via Yahoo News· 2 days ago“We were all prisoners of that system.” It took three decades before Evers’ killer was finally...
Cap on faith-based school admissions to be lifted under government plans
Evening Standard via Yahoo News· 4 days agoSchool leaders said the move is “unnecessary and potentially retrograde” while campaigners said it...
Live updates: Pro-Palestinian college protests against Israel-Hamas war at Portland State, UCLA,...
CNN.com· 1 day agoNearly all pro-Palestinian protests rocking college campuses across the US have called for...