Florida students create app to prevent football concussions
Associated Press FORT LAUDER-DALE, Fla. – A group of South Florida middle school students has won a $20,000 grant from Verizon for inventing an app …
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Haiti’s troubled transition
By Calibe Thompson Haiti’s embattled president Michel Martelly is out, but not without great incident. News reports describe violence in the streets, a purported stolen …
The politics of blackness© “Election 2016: How quickly we forget!”
By Barbara Howard For those who have wondered why they have not heard from me over the past year, it’s because I have watched politics …
Will black Americans be left out of the 2016 primary?
By Roger Caldwell In the 2012 election cycle, black voter turnout surpassed the white vote for the first time since 1996. This was a phenomenal …
Preserving Black History: We’ve got the whole world in our hands
By James Swain This month we are called upon to look back on the history of black Americans and, consequently, more broadly, to review the …
Clemson trustees stop short of removing segregationist name
Associated Press CLEMSON, S.C.- A task force of Clemson University trustees has several suggestions for the university to better tell the story of its history, …
Smithsonian opening African-American history museum Sept. 24
WASHINGTON – The Smithsonian Institution will open the National Museum of African American History and Culture on Sept. 24 in Washington. Smithsonian chief spokeswoman Linda …
Clinton calls Flint water crisis ‘immoral,’ vows personal commitment
By KEN THOMAS and DAVID EGGERT Associated Press FLINT, Mich. – Taking a detour from New Hampshire’s campaign trail, Hillary Clinton said Sunday that a …
Federal jurors award man shot by deputy $23.1 million in civil suit
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – A federal jury awarded $23.1 million on Wednesday to a 22-year-old black man who was unarmed when he was shot and …
Taylor abandons run for Congress
By Daphne Taylor WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – A decision made by Palm Beach County Commissioner Priscilla Taylor has caused an upheaval in one key …