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New York (NYTimes)– An achievement gap separating black from white students has long been documented — a social divide extremely vexing to policy makers and the target of one blast of school reform after another.
New York (NYTimes)– In my reporting, I regularly travel to banana republics notorious for their inequality. In some of these plutocracies, the richest 1 percent of the population gobbles up 20 percent of the national pie.
New Orleans (The Gadling)– Six Flags New Orleans, which closed as Hurricane Katrina approached in 2005 and has never reopened. The sign outside the park still announces that it’s “CLOSED FOR STORM.” The theme park was in New Orleans’ Ninth Ward, one of the hardest hit areas during Katrina and the flooding after the storm. […]
(Newsone)– This is a commentary I was bound to write regardless of the outcome of the midterm election. I start by saying that your country is not so great, Americans. Any discussion of “what went wrong” must be prefaced with that statement. Harsh words, perhaps, but I do not utter them in haste. And we […]
Houston (HoustonChronicle)– An area in Texas City that 143 years ago was settled by former slaves now is on the list as one of the recognized historical places in the nation.
San Francisco (Colorlines)– Since ex-BART cop Johannes Mehserle’s sentencing last Friday, Oscar Grant supporters angry at a criminal justice system that seems to have abandoned their efforts to bring about justice have been ramping up their actions to demand institutional recognition and accountability for Grant’s death.
New York (TheGrio)– Lion King star Shannon Tavarez lost her life and her battle against leukemia last Monday, and will be laid to rest today. Despite her efforts — and those of leukemia patients before her — to increase the number of donors of African descent, there remains a large disparity for African-American cancer patients […]
New York (BlackVoices)– Angela Burt-Murray, editor-in-chief of Essence magazine, exited stage left today, resigning from her post after a five-year-run.
Washington (WashPost)– The chairwoman of the Congressional Black Caucus said Monday that Rep. James Clyburn, the highest ranking African-American in the House Democratic leadership, should be the vanquished party’s second in command in the next Congress. “Jim has spent a lifetime working to bridge what divides us,” Rep. Barbara Lee, D-Calif., wrote in a letter […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Bill Clinton has extended a lease on his office space in Harlem. According to the U.S. General Services Administration, Clinton signed a lease for another 10 years for the top floors of the 14-story building on West 125th Street in New York City. The lease was negotiated by the […]