State of Illinois Representative Christian Mitchell has a track record of advocating for change for the constituents he represents on the South Side of Chicago.
The Chicago Public School System has been in a state of turmoil over the past few years for numerous reasons. Teachers are fighting for their pensions
The racial incident at a Texas pool continues to spark emotions across the nation. After watching the viral video, a fourth grade teach from West
Noted Atlanta community activist and WAOK radio personality Derrick Boazman spoke recently to rolling out magazine about the Atlanta Public School cheating trial. Boazman and
While performing this past weekend in Pasadena, California, at the latest stop on his “On the Run Tour” with his superstar wife, Beyoncé, Jay Z commented on California Proposition 47. Prop 47 is to be featured on the ballot during the November election and emphasizes the reduction of non-violent crimes from felonies to misdemeanors. It is believed that Prop 47 will lower California’s ever-swelling incarceration rates–which disproportionately affect black and Latino men.
Newark, New Jersey, was once a thriving hub of manufacturing for the state. Now like many large urban cities it is faced with violence, poverty
Dr. Abraham L. Davis is now retired from Morehouse College in Atlanta after 41 years of educating the best black minds in America. A native
Segregation; a word and reality that took blood, constitutional amendments and a Supreme Court decision to attempt to purge a great injustice. Yet almost 60
Dr. Meria Carstarphen’s educational background, experience and annual base salary The Atlanta Board of Education voted unanimously on Monday, April 14, 2014 to hire Meria
David Edwards allegedly sexually assaulted several young boys during his tenure as principal at Douglas Byrd Middle School in Fayetteville, NC. According to ABC 11,
A 7-year-old girl broke her arm at her school and it was treated with ice cream sandwiches. According to reports by MyFox Detroit, Shatia Hill
Sick and fatigued from walking about four blocks to get to the press entrance of Morehouse’s 129th commencement ceremony, one thing was embedded in my
During a time when white flight and charter schools created issues with many all-black high schools, Emanuel Washington saw value in being enrolled at a
Several teachers have been reprimanded over racy photos.
Education disparities continue to be a major issue for inner schools across the nation. Teach For America seeks to even the educational playing field by
“Some of these children are just so in need right now.”
Nearly 60 years have passed since the historic Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kan., decision was passed that ruled segregation of white and
