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Graduation season is here. As announcements pour in and graduation pictures fill your timeline and Instagram feed, there’s a definite…

06.05.18

Chicago’s black, low-income students suffer most for school closures

Children are being left behind.

05.24.18

Betsy DeVos’ dismantling for-profit colleges fraud probe matters to black students

Gotta peep game.

05.16.18

Yale student demands white woman who called police be expelled

Lolade Siyonbola spoke out this morning.

05.15.18

Obama Foundation announces new programs to develop leaders

The Obama Foundation opened applications for a program designed to empower and train emerging young leaders to tackle local challenges.…

05.03.18

12 Voices: Paying our student loans

We all know that Jesus can make a way out of no way. *Let the church say amen* However, despite…

04.30.18

New game app created by Chicagoan benefits HBCUs

I’ll be honest, the creators of Tipoff should thank their lucky stars for Jason, my co-worker, whose ingenuity and tireless…

04.23.18

Operation Push takes students to site of King assassination

Operation Push held a press conference on April 2, 2018, to announce a bus tour that would take place for two days…

04.05.18

Mike Colter, Gabourey Sidibe, Danny Glover and all-star cast perform ‘The Radical King’

Recording introduces first-ever dramatic interpretations of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s essays and speeches (Black PR Wire) Audible Inc., the world’s…

04.04.18

Black students march 50 miles for gun control

Dozens of teens walked from Madison, Wisconsin to Janesville, home of House Speaker Paul Ryan. Written By Clarissa Hamlin Posted 20…

03.29.18