culture
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Ariz. Teacher Sues High School for Racial Discrimination
English teacher Cicely Cobb says she has been tormented by students and administrators at Desert Vista High School in Ahwatukee, Ariz., because of her race, and that the matter has escalated since she filed a lawsuit against the school and the Tempe Union High School District in February, the Raw Story reports. Students brazenly disrespect…
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What Kerry Washington Can Teach Beyoncé and Kim Kardashian
Kerry Washington did something shocking a couple of weeks ago: She reached one of life’s major milestones—giving birth to her beautiful baby girl—but she didn’t publicize it. She didn’t tweet, Instagram or Facebook it. She didn’t leak it to People magazine. And somehow, in our social media-saturated age, the Scandal star decided that she didn’t…
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9-Year-Old Brooklyn Girl Killed in Car Crash
A 9-year-old Brooklyn, N.Y., girl leaving church on Sunday was killed in a three-car crash, the Daily News reports. Fourth-grader Rebecca Ramnarine died at Brookdale University Hospital shortly after the late-afternoon accident, the news site notes. The driver who caused the crash is also the suspect in a hit-and-run collision that occurred before the accident…
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Nigerian President: Location of Kidnapped Schoolgirls Unknown
Editor’s note: Days have turned into weeks for the more than 200 schoolgirls who were abducted in Nigeria last month. As reported in this excerpt from The Vanguard newspaper, government officials have admitted to not knowing the girls’ exact location, and hopes that they will be returned home soon are beginning to diminish. Calling on…
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Report: Oregon State Fires Head Coach Craig Robinson
Oregon State fired head coach and Michelle Obama’s brother, Craig Robinson, Sunday night, according to Sports Illustrated. In six seasons with the Beavers, Robinson had a losing 95-104 record, with no NCAA tournament appearances. According to SI, the big surprise in the firing of the president’s brother-in-law is not that he was let go but…
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White House Press Corps Pays Homage to Black Journalist Harry McAlpin
At Saturday’s White House Correspondents’ Association dinner, the group honored black reporter Harry McAlpin, with first lady Michelle Obama presenting a scholarship bearing his name to Howard University student Glynn Hill, the Associated Press reports. The White House Correspondents’ Association—an organization of journalists who cover the president and the White House—is certainly celebrating its 100th…
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Study: US Teachers Don’t Reflect the Diversity of Students
A new study from the Center for American Progress and the National Education Association shows that the racial and ethnic backgrounds of U.S. teachers don’t reflect the diversity of their students. According to the study, nearly half of students who attend public schools are members of minority groups, while less than 1 in 5 of…
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Teen Arrested in Killing of Boy Trying to Protect His Sister
Loved ones gathered around a sign in 8-year-old Martin Cobb’s yard not far from the church he and his family attended in Richmond, Va. “Martin: A real hero lived, fought and died here,” the sign read. Martin died Thursday trying to fight off his 12-year-old sister’s attacker, authorities say. On Saturday a 16-year-old boy, whose…
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Father Fatally Shoots Teen Son by Accident
Darius Adams, 17, was behaving aggressively when he arrived at his McIntosh, Ala., home around 2 a.m. Friday, his father told authorities. And the dad says he only meant to scare his son when he went to grab his gun. But the gun went off, hitting the McIntosh High School football player in the stomach…
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I Was Walking Home When the War on Women Got Personal
Since I was a young and slightly overdeveloped girl on the streets of Brooklyn, N.Y.’s East Flatbush neighborhood, I’ve endured street harassment in the form of disrespectful, intimidating, sexualized verbal assaults by strange men. More and more, I’ve truly begun to understand how my experience is part of a larger troubling pattern. One incident in…