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As the president of Clark Atlanta University, Carlton Brown knows the problems plaguing the nation’s historically black colleges and universities. Like other public and private colleges, these institutions, known as HBCUs, struggle financially because of drops in endowments, cuts in state funding and increased demand by students for financial aid. They also face unique challenges […]
A 13-year-old New York girl is not on her way to high school like many of her peers, but the University of Connecticut. Autum Ashante, who was home-schooled by her father Ben Ashante, is planning on moving to Connecticut with her. Watch the video at Newsone.com
Black workers may be hit hardest as the lingering recession and the political drive to shrink federal and state spending are resulting in a dwindling number of government jobs, according to recently released Labor Department estimates. Continue Read >> http://bit.ly/irPDGX
Having the feeling that your age has cost you your job or fear that it may play a part. Well you have plenty of company. Read More >> http://bit.ly/mTTaEw
Students from the William A. Lawson Institute for Peace and Prosperity Preparatory Academy-Texas Southern University (WALIPP-TSU) will serve as ambassadors for not only the city of Houston but the entire United States as they attend the World Culture Festival in Berlin, Germany, July 2-3. WALIPP-TSU will send at least five middle school students to the […]
WASHINGTON — President Obama will announce his plans to withdraw 33,000 troops from Afghanistan, bringing the number of troops to its lowest total since the USA invaded Afghanistan in 2001.
Alaska state officials released about 24,000 pages of e-mail from former Gov. Sarah Palin’s administration Friday in response to requests from reporters dating back to her 2008 entry into the national spotlight. The release follows Freedom of Information Act requests filed by CNN and five other news agencies made shortly after Palin was tapped to […]
President Obama’s 2012 reelection campaign has named Latina Political, Katherine Archuleta, as its political director. Read More
*People magazine has posted part of an exclusive Father’s Day essay from President Barack Obama, which expresses how growing up without a dad made him want to be the best parent he could. An excerpt from the essay, available in its entirety this Friday on newsstands, is listed below: I grew up without a father […]
President Barack Obama met with the Prince of Bahrain on Tuesday. The President urged the ruler to investigate the alleged human-rights abuses by its security forces. Read More
via: cnn.com Los Angeles (CNN) — Nintendo is taking the idea of the “second screen” to a new level. For example, in a video demo of the system, which Nintendo showed off during a press conference at the E3 Expo in Los Angeles, a player puts his finger on a throwing star on the remote […]
*Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.) admitted today that he has sent explicit photographs of himself to women online, and apologized for what he called a “hugely regrettable mistake.” At least one of the women who received photographs from him is Ginette Nicole Cordova (pictured below), a journalism student studying in Seattle. Though Weiner said he came […]
