Week in review
NORTHWESTERN MARKS 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF MAJOR BLACK PROTEST EVANSTON, Ill.(AP) – Northwestern University is celebrating the 50th anniversary of a major protest by African American …
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From boys to doctors
GOOD MEDICINE: Dr. Chris Miller works with young boys at Wiley Elementary School in Greensboro, North Carolina inspiring them to become medical doctors. PHOTO COURTESY …
Steakhouse treat becomes a lesson in life’s manners
MANNERS MATTER: Laurenzo Haynes, co-founder of Young Men of Excellence Program at Tradewinds Middle School, oversees his students dining at Ruth’s Chris Steakhouse in West …
Anti-Semitic conspiracy theories derail D.C. council meetings
CONTROVERSIAL: Trayon White serves on the D.C. City Council PHOTO COURTESY OF TWITTER By ASHRAF KHALIL Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) – A spiraling controversy over …
Kanye West’s ‘slavery was a choice’ gets heavy backlash
CRITICAL MASS: Kanye West was criticized for saying slavery was a choice. By JOHN N. MITCHELL The Philadelphia Tribune Rapper Kanye West’s controversial comment earlier …
Love it or not, Facebook launches dating service
PHOTO COURTESY OF WIKIMEDIA COMMONS By BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer NEW YORK (AP) _ Facebook doesn’t think hookups are meaningful and doesn’t want you …
Chicago police struggling to hire black officers
CHICAGO (AP) _ The Chicago Police Department is struggling to hire more black officers despite a push to diversify the agency amid controversial shootings of …
University of Southern Mississippi awards posthumous degree to man who sought to integrate
HATTIESBURG, Miss. (AP) _ The University of Southern Mississippi will award a posthumous honorary degree to a black U.S. Army veteran who was rejected when …
Week in review
TRUMP SAYS KANYE WEST HAS ‘GOOD TASTE’ FOR LIKING HIM PHOTO COURTESY OF MIND EQUALS BLOWN WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump praised Kanye West …
“Whip smart,” college student killed at Waffle House mourned by hundreds
Hundreds paid respects to DeEbony Groves, one of four people killed at a Tennessee Waffle House. PHOTO COURTESY OF FACEBOOK By SHEILA BURKE GALLATIN, Tenn. …