education
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Florida HBCU Students Accuse State of Unequal Treatment
A Florida judge is allowing a class-action lawsuit brought by Florida A&M students alleging chronic underfunding to the tune of $1.3 billion to go forward.
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Amanda Gorman Speaks Out After FL School Restricts Access to Her Poem
In an interview on CBS Mornings, Gorman expresses her concerns about conservatives’ attempts to silence voices they don’t agree with.
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Alabama Teens On a Mission to Provide Menstrual Products to People in Need
The Root spoke with twin sisters Brooke and Breanna Bennett about their nonprofit organization which advocates for an end to period poverty everywhere.
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Cheat Sheet: What is Juneteenth?
Before Juneteenth was made a federal holiday in 2021, most Americans had no idea about its history and its profound significance.
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Students at Amanda Gorman’s Alma Mater Fight For Her Banned Poem
Students at New Roads School in CA read “The Hill We Climb” and wrote letters of support in response to a recent ban at a FL school.
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What Year is this? In Mississippi The Fight For School Desegregation Continues
Decades after Brown v. Board, the DOJ announced that 32 school districts in Mississippi are under desegregation orders.
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Most Americans Want Affirmative Action Even Though Supreme Court Is Determined To End It
A new poll reveals that most Americans want affirmative action in college admissions.
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FL Parent Who Had Amanda Gorman’s Poem Removed from School… Doesn’t Read
“I’m not an expert,” Daily Salinas admitted. “I’m not a reader. I’m not a book person. I’m a mom involved in my children’s education.”
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FL Parent’s Complaint Censors Amanda Gorman’s Inaugural Poem at Local School
The youngest students at a Miami-Dade school will not read Gorman’s inspirational poem, “The Hill We Climb.”