Colleges find workarounds to continue de facto affirmative action
Columbia University just became the first Ivy League school to permanently drop the SAT or ACT requirement for undergraduate admissions. It won't be the last.
Columbia University just became the first Ivy League school to permanently drop the SAT or ACT requirement for undergraduate admissions. It won't be the last.
SharesAfter Sen. Tim Scott, South Carolina Republican, delivered the GOP response to President Biden's address to a joint session of Congress in 2021, "Uncle Tim" began trending on Twitter.
SharesThe Florida Department of Education recently rejected a new Advanced Placement course in African American studies.
SharesVoters expect the new Republican majority in Congress to deliver real results for the American people.
SharesCongress has introduced a $1.7 trillion spending bill to fund the federal government for the rest of the fiscal year.
SharesGaslighting is the word of the year, but can we talk about how we have been gaslighted on abortion for the last 40 years?
Shareshe midterm elections did saw the wave of Black Republican leadership continue to grow on the state and local level with courageous Americans who were elected to serve, and will do so with distinction.
SharesStacey Abrams' political career has been sidetracked, again, but I doubt that will stop her from making unsubstantiated, if not contrived, claims about people of color in our election process.
SharesDespite some of them first airing when television was broadcast in black and white, Americans still flock to comedy programs depicting traditional family life.
SharesInflation hit 8.2% in September from one year prior. Core inflation -- an important reading of prices on goods because it excludes volatile food and energy prices -- accelerated to a 40-year high.
SharesHistorically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) have consistently "punched above their weight" against nearly insurmountable odds to prepare America's Black scholars to enter society with an education.
SharesThe Minneapolis public school system is so woke, that they are going to begin openly discriminating against teachers based on gender, sexual identity, and race beginning in the spring of 2023.
SharesCrypto-skeptics are taking a victory lap as digital asset prices unwind and layoffs sweep across the sector.
SharesAmple news stories from across the country have reported on recent attacks perpetrated by young Black assailants, some resulting in death.
SharesAmericans are right to be concerned for the future of our country, but it is not the economy that should most trouble us. The present economic woes will pass. Our economy is resilient.
SharesWith the U.S. Supreme Court poised to likely overturn Roe v. Wade, the public debate over abortion has switched into high gear.
SharesOn Monday, America marks our second Juneteenth national holiday. Some will focus on the severe pain and death that slavery inflicted on Blacks between 1619 and 1865. It would be far more useful, however, to celebrate so much that Black Americans have accomplished since the original Juneteenth liberated the last of some 4 million emancipated slaves.
SharesFor generations now, Black Americans have lagged -- oftentimes, significantly -- behind other racial and ethnic groups in multiple measures of socioeconomic achievement.
SharesApril is Second Chances Month, which provides us an opportunity to reflect on the progress made in criminal justice reform.
SharesIn a recent op-ed published by The Nation, Elie Mystal writes one of the most egregious and racist articles I have ever read.
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