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Black Teachers Help Keep Black Boys Out of Special Education
A new study finds Black male elementary students assigned Black teachers are less likely to be recommended for special education services. The joint team of University of North Carolina and University of California-Davis researchers showed Black male students have a lower likelihood of being misidentified with disabilities or disciplinary problems when paired with Black teachers.
Read MoreVinícius still a target for racial abuse ahead of Spain’s ‘One Skin’ game against Brazil
Brazilian soccer Vinícius Júnior expressed frustration over the lack of racism in his sport, including that from fans.
Read MoreCash bail is unfair and violates due process
American jails are full of people waiting for trial because they cannot afford cash bail, leading to disrupted lives and communities.
Read MoreRegina King says her biopic about Shirley Chisholm’s 1972 campaign is also a story about 2024
A Netflix movie about Shirley Chisholm created by sister duo Regina and Reina King is the result of a 15-year vision.
Read MoreFulton County DA Fani Willis Says ‘The Train is Coming’ for Trump and His Co-Defendants
Fulton County, GA district attorney, Fani Willis, says “the train is coming” in regard to her case against Donald Trump and 14 co-defendants. Willis avoided being disqualified from the racketeering case over her former romantic relationship with now-resigned lead prosecutor, Nathan Wade. She does not feel embarrassed by the relationship.
Read More‘A talented, goofy kid’: family of Ryan Gainer, autistic teen killed by police, speak out
The family of Ryan Gainer, who was killed by police earlier this month, remember his personality in wake of the tragedy.
Read MoreLiverpool museum appeals for information on subject of The Black Boy
A museum in England is appealing to the public for information of a portrait by painter William Lindsay Windus featuring a Black boy.
Read MoreA New Orleans Community Confronts the Racist Roots of a Toxic Highway
Residents of one of the oldest Black neighborhoods, Tremé, New Orleans, fight to revitalize the once-bustling Claiborne Avenue community, struggling against the decades-long pollution of the Claiborne Expressway.
Read MoreSculpture Park in Montgomery Will ‘Humanize’ the Experiences of Enslaved Africans
Bryan Stevenson’s Freedom Monument Sculpture Park in Montgomery, AL attempts to “humanize” the enslaved person’s experience on plantations. The sculpture themes vary: some represent strength and some, pain. All serve to honor the 10 million Black people enslaved in America.
Read MoreWith a federal menthol ban looming, tobacco companies push ‘non-menthol’ substitutes
The federal government has yet to ban menthol cigarettes, but makers are changing their products just in case.
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