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Intel Ponies Up $4,500,000 for STEM Scholarships at 6 HBCUs
As the numbers of women and people of color in Silicon Valley continue to be elucidated, it has become increasingly clear that there is a long way to go. One tech company, however, is investing in the talent pipeline while students are still in college, ostensibly to prepare them for work in the STEM (science,…
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Asian Americans and Race: It’s Complicated
4 Tackle Identity Question at Journalists Conference Hundreds at N.Y. Times Train for ‘Unconscious Bias’ Judge Throws Out Class Action Suit Against CNN Cortes, Ex-Fox News VP, Sues His Former Company U.S. Muslims Perceive ‘a Lot’ of Discrimination Black Producers Defend ‘Confederate’ Show Idea Short Takes When four Asian American journalists get together in public…
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2 Spelman Students Die in Separate Car Accidents Less Than a Week Apart
Two young, ambitious women of Spelman College died in two separate accidents last week, one of which has seen another former Spelman student charged in the death. Rising senior Erica Lanier of Stone Mountain, Ga., died after a car accident Wednesday. The driver, Alexis Sims, was charged with first-degree vehicular homicide and DUI, according to…
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Black Ukrainian Woman Faces 5 Years in Prison After Baring Breasts During Protest
Angelina Diash is a black woman, a native-born Ukrainian patriot. She loves her country but hates the direction in which it’s headed. Corruption is rampant. The leadership talks a good game about democracy, but at times, she says, it feels like a dictatorship. Though with a new, pro-Western government in office, Diash felt she at…
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So Maybe John McCain Found Some Courage In Between A Couch Cushion
Earlier this week, I wrote that by receiving government-funded health care to deal with his terminal brain cancer, and returning to D.C. to vote for a measure that would snatch benefits away from millions of people, John McCain — whose entire career is built on a maverick/hero narrative — exhibited a level of cowardice unique…
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What Happened to Trump’s Favorite Blacks?
During his run to the White House, President Donald Trump seemed to have an endless supply of African-American supporters whom he could rush out to sing his praises. There was the B.A.P.S-like duo of Diamond and Silk and the greasy-headed preacher Darrell Scott. And there was 2017’s real-life Stephen from Django: Milwaukee County Sheriff David…
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New Study Finds Multiracial High Schoolers Show No Test-Score Gap With White Students
Editor’s note: Once a month, the National Interest column will tackle broader questions about what the country should do to increase educational opportunities for black youths. “I’m not white. I’m also not not-white. So it’s fuzzy figuring out exactly what privileges I benefit from,” explained Sierra Fang, a rising senior in an Oakland, Calif., high…
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I Know Trump Didn’t Just Donate His Salary to the Education Department After Proposing a $9,000,000,000 Cut
At this point, I wonder if President Donald von Douche Face even knows what’s in the budgets he proposes, or if Papa Bannon just hands them to him and tells him to initial here and here. I don’t think it’s too much to ask that the president of “people who love deer jerky” know that…
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Hampton U Professor Wins $1,000,000 in Va. Scratch-Off Game
A Hampton University professor and dean just hit the jackpot in a scratch-off game worth a million bucks. Calvin Lowe, dean of Hampton’s School of Science, won the top prize of the Gold Bar Bonanza scratch-off, the first-ever million-dollar prize to be claimed. HBCU Buzz reports that after examining the ticket with a magnifying glass,…
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Former Fla. High School Principal Asked Teachers to Do Son’s Math Assignments, Charged Students $1 to Attend Pep Rallies: Report
A former principal in Florida asked teachers to do math assignments for his son, pressured teachers to change students’ grades and charged students $1 just to go to pep rallies, a school district investigation has uncovered. On top of it all, George Lockhart, former principal of Lake Worth High School, also suspended students without reporting…