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President Barack Obama recently signed legislation that will remove the outdated words “Negro” and "Oriental” from all federal laws.
To be sure, the makeup of the list comes as no surprise. Trump's campaign slogan, "Make America Great Again," appears to harken back to the days when Whites were a flourishing majority, writing some of the most reprehensible chapters in American history - notably slavery and Jim Crow laws, which gave birth to a corrupt criminal justice system.
During a victory speech Tuesday in California, Sanders told supporters he planned to stay in the race "'til the last ballot is cast," dismissing calls for him to drop out.
Desegregation has stalled, showing growing disparities - especially for poor Black and Hispanic students.
The attorneys made the dramatic statement during the start of a federal corruption trial after he and four codefendants were indicted last summer on racketeering conspiracy charges.
The president, speaking to a crowd of more than 50,000 in the school’s football stadium, said the world is becoming ever more interconnected and “building walls won’t change that."
Arizona's Black parents and leaders hear new data on the condition of their community. Their response is a solutions-oriented approach to ending disparities.
Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders won West Virginia’s primary Tuesday, signaling trouble for front-runner Hillary Clinton “in industrial states in the November general election,” reports Reuters. While the defeat slowed her coronation for the nomination, according to the news outlet, Clinton is still heavily favored to become her party’s candidate in the Nov. 8 election to face presumptive […]
Banning the box on college applications, "ensures that every young person has a shot," Valerie Jarrett, senior advisor to the President, said.
Donald Trump is drawing fire after calling Hillary Clinton a "nasty, mean enabler" of her husband's affairs.
A Mississippi school district remains successfully integrated since the 1970s. Clinton, Mississippi has one school organized by grade level.
"It just doesn't make sense to require a nonviolent drug offender to serve 20 years, or in some cases, life, in prison," Obama said