By Julianne Malveaux — President Joe Biden made a campaign promise to alleviate some student loan debt, and on August 24, he honored his commitment. Some say it is too…
By Julianne Malveaux — This August, you can’t turn on a television or open a newspaper without reading or hearing about the teacher shortage. And it is clear that current…
Covering up slavery in the birth of the US. Lawmakers are seeking to downplay the role that slavery played in the development of the United States, but history tells a…
In the classroom, historical events that happened more than a century ago can still prompt difficult conversations about race and inequality. By Fahima Haque, NYT — The ongoing debate over…
The Black Lives Matter movement may have contributed to the high enrollment. By Paul Meara, BET News — Enrollment at HBCUs have increased since the rise of Black Lives Matter….
By Herb Boyd — A torrent of compassionate encomiums for Dr. James Turner showered the African American academic community when the word spread that he was an ancestor. Even more…
In their 40 years as Ithacans, James and Janice Turner have worked to reshape a campus, a community and a culture. By Kara Cusolito, Ithaca Times — In their 40…
By Isheka N. Harrison, The Moguldom Nation — Dr. James Turner – the trailblazing scholar, activist and educator who pioneered Africana Studies at Cornell University – died last week. He was…
Over 95 universities are officially studying their ties to slavery. By Michela Moscufo, ABC News — Universities across the country are studying their relationship to slavery and are being called…
By Henry Giroux, CounterPunch — I consider the survival of National Socialism within democracy to be potentially more menacing than the survival of fascist tendencies against democracy. –Theodor Adorno 1959…
By Dr. Maulana Karenga — Certainly, practicing the morality of remembrance, we cannot pass the month of July without paying rightful homage to our foremother, Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune, born…
Mary McLeod Bethune is the first Black American to be represented with a state statue in the National Statuary Hall. Her likeness replaces a statue honoring one of the last…