[Education News]
Center For American Progress says if next president wants to make education work for “all America’s children” they must confront racial inequities…
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Black Star News
NEW YORK STATE SENATOR JAMES SANDERS PRESENTS YOUTH AWARDS AND NYSABPRL SCHOLARSHIPS TO DESERVING BLACK AND MINORITY STUDENTS
[Education News]
New York State Senator James Sanders gives Leadership Awards and scholarships to deserving Black and inority students…
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NEW REPORT: MORTGAGE LENDERS DISCRIMINATE AGAINST AFRICAN AMERICANS AND PUSH US TOWARD HIGH RISK AND SUB-PRIME LOANS
[Housing Discrimination News]
Report finds that: “African-American and Hispanic home buyers are respectively 105% and 78% more likely to use high-cost mortgages for home purchases, putting them at greater risk of foreclosure.”
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Apollo Theater Announces Author Ta-Nehisi Coates As Inaugural Artist-In-Residence To Coincide With His “The Water Dancer” Book Tour
[Apollo Theater News]
Acclaimed writer Ta-Nehisi Coates will become the Apollo Theater’s first artist-in-residence this September as he launches his “The Water Dancer” book tour…
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Urban League President Morial: “We Must Not Let Our Guard Down” Because Supreme Court Temporarily Blocked Trump’s Bigoted Census Citizenship Question
[Supreme Court]
Trump’s xenophobic attempt to add citizenship question was temporarily stopped because of what Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts called “contrived reasons.”
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Civil Rights Group Denounces New Racist Voter Suppression Law Signed By Florida Governor Ron DeSantis
[Voter Suppression]
Civil Rights group condemns new Florida law targeting Blacks who were previously incarcerated with new economic hurdles…
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New Research Warns Journalism Students To Explore Careers Outside Traditional News Media Because Of Industry Changes And Challenges
[Education News]
Max Besbris: “The post-Watergate media era where you would work for a local paper or TV station and work your way up to retirement with a nice pension is behind us.”
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NACA Weekend Event Guides Low-To-Moderate Income New York Area Residents On Steps Toward Achieving Homeownership
[Homeownership News]
NACA event, at Resorts World Casino, running until July 1, will show low-to-moderate income Queens residents how to achieve the dream of homeownership…
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Tiffany Cabán’s Candidacy For District Attorney Threatens To Upset Queens Mass Incarceration Exploitation Machine
[“Speaking Truth To Empower”]
Political forces are trying to stop Tiffany Cabán from becoming the next Queens District Attorney…
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New York Attorney General James’ Office Announces Creation Of New Internal “Diversity and Inclusion Office”
[New York State News]
New York State Attorney General Office announces the launching of a newly created internal Diversity and Inclusion Office…
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