First- and second-grade students sit in a classroom at the former Genoa Indian Industrial School in Genoa, Neb. Researchers are now trying to locate the bodies of more than 80 Native American children buried near the school. National Archives/AP Few US presidents have formally apologized to Americans for the “sins” of previous administrations. In 1976, President … Continued The post J. [...]
Photo Credit: Metro Centric – Queensbridge Houses, CC BY 2.0 By Jennifer Porter Gore This article was originally published on Word In Black. Over the weekend, President-elect Trump announced his nomination of Scott Turner to lead the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Turner, a former NFL player and Texas legislator, would be the first … Continued The post Why [...]
Civil rights marchers protest housing discrimination in Chicago on Aug. 2, 1966. AP Photo by Colin Gordon, University of Iowa Donald Trump has picked former football player Scott Turner to lead the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. While not much is known about Turner’s positions as he awaits confirmation by the Senate, Trump’s … Continued The post Trump’s [...]
Several Black political commentators consider themselves the “talented tenth.” W.E.B. Dubois coined the term “talented tenth” at the turn of the twentieth century. Between 1865 and 1900, the majority of Black Americans received industrial education. Dubois believed that 10 percent of the most outstanding Black Americans should pursue higher education and that “talented tenth” would … Continued The post J. [...]
Linda McMahon, who led the pro-Trump group America First Action and chairs the America First Policy Institute, a Trump-aligned think tank, is the President-Elect’s pick to lead the Dept. of Education (AP pic courtesy of Malaysia Today under Creative Commons license 4.0). By Quintessa Williams In yet another controversial pick for his second-term cabinet, President-elect … Continued The post What [...]
President-elect Donald Trump spent months on the campaign trail saying he has no connection to Project 2025, a radical right-wing policy plan put together by the Heritage Foundation that seeks to be a road map for a second Trump term. “I have no idea who is behind it,” Trump wrote on his social media platform … Continued The post Guest [...]
Donald Trump appears on ‘Fox & Friends’ in April 2017 with co-host Pete Hegseth, now his nominee for defence secretary, at the White House. A woman has accused Hegseth of sexually assaulting her a few months later. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) by Jennifer L. Berdahl, University of British Columbia Reading the news about United States president-elect Donald … Continued The post A [...]
Photo: Getty Images Vice President Kamala Harris has reportedly told her advisers to keep her options open as she considers runs for California governor or the presidency. According to Politico, Harris will be exploring a possible 2028 presidential run or running for governor in her home state in two years during the holiday season. The … Continued The post Harris [...]
President Joe Biden and son Hunter Biden stepping out of a bookstore in Nantucket, Mass. on Nov. 29, 2024. Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images by Scott Davidson, West Virginia University The decision by President Joe Biden to pardon his son, Hunter, despite previously suggesting he would not do so, has reopened debate over the use … Continued The post Pardon [...]
First- and second-grade students sit in a classroom at the former Genoa Indian Industrial School in Genoa, Neb. Researchers are now trying to locate the bodies of more than 80 Native American children buried near the school. National Archives/AP Few US presidents have formally apologized to Americans for the “sins” of previous administrations. In 1976, President … Continued The post J. [...]
First- and second-grade students sit in a classroom at the former Genoa Indian Industrial School in Genoa, Neb. Researchers are now trying to locate the bodies of more than 80 Native American children buried near the school. National Archives/AP Few US presidents have formally apologized to Americans for the “sins” of previous administrations. In 1976, President … Continued The post J. [...]
Civil rights marchers protest housing discrimination in Chicago on Aug. 2, 1966. AP Photo by Colin Gordon, University of Iowa Donald Trump has picked former football player Scott Turner to lead the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. While not much is known about Turner’s positions as he awaits confirmation by the Senate, Trump’s … Continued The post Trump’s [...]
Several Black political commentators consider themselves the “talented tenth.” W.E.B. Dubois coined the term “talented tenth” at the turn of the twentieth century. Between 1865 and 1900, the majority of Black Americans received industrial education. Dubois believed that 10 percent of the most outstanding Black Americans should pursue higher education and that “talented tenth” would … Continued The post J. [...]
Two days before the 2024 presidential election, an ABC/Ipsos survey found Democratic nominee and current Vice President Kamala Harris ahead of Republican challenger and former President Donald Trump by three percentage points. On Election Day, Harris supporters were confident the vice president would defeat the former president because he was impeached twice and charged with … Continued The post J. [...]
The Message, a new book by award-winning author Ta-Nehisi Coates, includes a contentious essay about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Coates concluded that the dispute isn’t complicated. It’s a simple matter of right and wrong—and Israel is wrong. Coates never mentioned in his book that Israel is surrounded by nations seeking to eradicate it and is constantly … Continued The post J. [...]
First- and second-grade students sit in a classroom at the former Genoa Indian Industrial School in Genoa, Neb. Researchers are now trying to locate the bodies of more than 80 Native American children buried near the school. National Archives/AP Few US presidents have formally apologized to Americans for the “sins” of previous administrations. In 1976, President … Continued [...]
Civil rights marchers protest housing discrimination in Chicago on Aug. 2, 1966. AP Photo by Colin Gordon, University of Iowa Donald Trump has picked former football player Scott Turner to lead the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. While not much is known about Turner’s positions as he awaits confirmation by the Senate, Trump’s … Continued [...]
Several Black political commentators consider themselves the “talented tenth.” W.E.B. Dubois coined the term “talented tenth” at the turn of the twentieth century. Between 1865 and 1900, the majority of Black Americans received industrial education. Dubois believed that 10 percent of the most outstanding Black Americans should pursue higher education and that “talented tenth” would … Continued [...]
Two days before the 2024 presidential election, an ABC/Ipsos survey found Democratic nominee and current Vice President Kamala Harris ahead of Republican challenger and former President Donald Trump by three percentage points. On Election Day, Harris supporters were confident the vice president would defeat the former president because he was impeached twice and charged with … Continued [...]
President-elect Donald Trump, joined by Melania Trump and Barron Trump, on Nov. 6, 2024, in West Palm Beach, Fla. AP Photo/Alex Brandon by Art Jipson, University of Dayton A growing movement believes President-elect Donald Trump is fighting a spiritual war against demonic forces within the United States. Trump himself stated in his acceptance speech on … Continued [...]