Politics
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The World Anti-Doping Association (WADA) revealed Russian hackers released the confidential medical records of certain U.S. Olympic athletes, including Biles.
A Flint, Michigan pastor interrupted Donald Trump's stump speech at her historically Black church. The candidate had agreed to focus on the water crisis and its impact, but veered instead into Hillary bashing.
HHS announces improvements to its Head Start program. The revisions are touted as the most significant in the program's five-decade history.
Retired Republican four-star general and former Secretary of State Colin Powell has little to no respect for his party’s presidential nominee Donald Trump, according to newly released emails hacked from his private account. In comments about Trump in a June 17, 2016, email to Emily Miller, a journalist who once worked under Powell as a deputy press secretary […]
Former "Black Men For Bernie" founder is campaigning for Trump. He has no concerns about Trump's flirtation with racism.
The First Lady is valuable to the Clinton campaign; in juxtaposition to Clinton, Obama continuously soars in popularity and reliability.
San Francisco school board president set off a firestorm on social media for his proposal to rename George Washington H.S. He said no school should be named for slave holders.
A state judge ruled that Connecticut underfunds poor schools. The state now has a deadline to overhaul its system.
A Mississippi judge wants schools to handle misbehaving students.
Reports of a 'Blacks Only' dorm at Cal State L.A. are false. The school sets the record straight.
President Obama and The First Lady gracefully cover the October issue of Essence Magazine for a farewell issue, set to hit newsstands on September 9.
On September 14, Black Lives Matter activists plan to rally on Capitol Hill in an effort to push against a bipartisan criminal justice reform compromise ahead of a late September vote.