Today: September 12, 2024
Today: September 12, 2024

Race and Ethnicity

Arts|Education

In a reversal, Georgia now says districts can use state funding to teach AP Black studies classes

Georgia state Superintendent Richard Woods now says the state will pay for districts to teach a new Advanced Placement course in African American Studies

In a reversal, Georgia now says districts can use state funding to teach AP Black studies classes
News|Political

Census shows 3.5 million Middle Eastern residents in US, Venezuelans fastest growing Hispanic group

The United States had 3.5 million residents who identify as Middle Eastern or North African

Census shows 3.5 million Middle Eastern residents in US, Venezuelans fastest growing Hispanic group
News|Political

Judges aiming to give Black voters more influence in Alabama set to redraw congressional districts

A federal judge says the court will swiftly adopt new congressional map for Alabama after ruling the state should have a second district with a substantial percentage of Black voters

Judges aiming to give Black voters more influence in Alabama set to redraw congressional districts
Sports

Iowa State's Jack Trice Stadium remains only major college football stadium named for a Black man

George Trice is thankful that the tragic story of his cousin, Jack Trice, still is being told a century after he died from injuries sustained on a football field

Iowa State's Jack Trice Stadium remains only major college football stadium named for a Black man
News|Political

5 takeaways from AP's Black attorneys general interviews about race, justice and politics

In wide-ranging interviews with The Associated Press, six sitting Black attorneys general discussed the challenges and opportunities of serving as the top law enforcement officer in their respective states

5 takeaways from AP's Black attorneys general interviews about race, justice and politics
News|Political

Antioch, a city with a complex anti-Asian history, takes meaningful steps toward reconciliation

Over the last two years, the quiet city of Antioch, California, has been wrestling with its long and complicated history of discrimination against early Chinese immigrants during the gold rush

Antioch, a city with a complex anti-Asian history, takes meaningful steps toward reconciliation
News|Political

A Trump campaign stop at an Atlanta Chick-fil-A offers a window into his outreach to Black voters

Donald Trump's visit to a Chick-fil-A restaurant location in Atlanta near the campuses of prominent historically black colleges and universities electrified conservative media at a moment when Republicans hope to make inroads with Democrats' most committed voting bloc

A Trump campaign stop at an Atlanta Chick-fil-A offers a window into his outreach to Black voters
Political|Education

Latinos found jobs and cheap housing in a Pennsylvania city but political power has proven elusive

A federal lawsuit argues the way representatives are elected to a local school board in Pennsylvania's coal region is unfairly shutting Latino voters out of power

Latinos found jobs and cheap housing in a Pennsylvania city but political power has proven elusive
News|Opinion|Political

Armenians, Hmong and other groups feel US race and ethnicity categories don't represent them

The federal government recently reclassified race and ethnicity groups in an effort to better capture the diversity of the United States, but some groups feel the changes are still missing the mark

Armenians, Hmong and other groups feel US race and ethnicity categories don't represent them
Education

Georgia denies state funding to teach AP Black studies classes

Georgia is refusing to provide state funding for the new Advanced Placement course in African American Studies

Georgia denies state funding to teach AP Black studies classes

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