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UMKC seeks to remove "race-based" scholarships, 15 Scholarships to be affected
KCTV 5 Kansas City· 2 days agoThe University of Missouri is looking to remove racial criteria from its scholarship programs. This...
Tragedy and triumph: Union City baseball players lost friend, teammate 11 years ago on field
Gannett via AOL· 10 hours agoHis older brother, Derick, earned a Lilly Scholarship to Notre Dame. His younger sister, Brianna,...
University of Missouri seeks to remove racial criteria from donated scholarships and funds
KOMU Columbia· 3 days agoThe University of Missouri Curators filed a petition last week to change the use of donations from...
Iowa primaries finalize Statehouse races as legislative leaders look to November
Iowa Capital Dispatch via Yahoo News· 1 day agoWith the primary election finished, incumbent state lawmakers and newcomers aiming to fill vacancies...
Evanston faces lawsuit over reparations payments to Black residents
NBC NEWS· 18 hours agoA conservative activist group filed a class action lawsuit against a reparations program in...
'America's Got Talent': 6 Things to Know About Liv Warfield
TV Insider· 2 days agoAmerica’s Got Talent is heating up as two more contestants have been sent straight to live shows,...
Rep. Andi Story and former Rep. Bill Thomas will face off in only locally contested legislative race...
Juneau Empire· 3 days agoOnly one of Juneau’s three legislative races will be contested in this year’s election, with Rep....
Appeals Court Blocks Venture Firm’s Grant Program for Black Women
The Wall Street Journal· 3 days agoMany lawsuits have been filed taking aim at various grant, scholarship or fellowship programs at...
Deere, University of Iowa partner with Davenport schools on new scholarship program
Quad-City Times· 4 days agoThe John Deere Foundation and Davenport schools have partnered for a need-based program covering 90%...
Aziz Rana Wants Us to Stop Worshipping the Constitution
The Nation· 4 days agoWhy do so many Americans worship the US Constitution? In his new book, The Constitutional Bind: How Americans Came to Idolize a Document That Fails Them, Aziz Rana argues that today’s reverence ...