In the past 50 years, the organization — which opened its doors in 1970 to women, Latinos, and Native Americans — has offered more than $325 million in fellowships to MBA students across the country, covering full tuition and fees for up to two years of full-time study.
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Dallas Police Chief David Brown Lost His Son, Former Partner and Brother to Violence
Few people understand loss better than David Brown, the Dallas police chief who stood before television cameras Friday morning and said, “We are heartbroken.”
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There Is a War Over Race in America
This is the central thing to understand about what happened in Dallas: Black people who target whites are fundamentally allied with white people who target blacks.
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Walter Fauntroy Vows to Return from UAE to Face Legal, Financial Troubles
Walter E. Fauntroy, the former District delegate to Congress and civil rights legend who left Washington in 2012 for the Persian Gulf — leaving his aging wife in debt and eluding a criminal charge in Maryland — vowed in his first interview in four years that he is coming home next week.
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Sale of Ebony, Jet Opens ‘Next Chapter’ for African-American Publications
Johnson Publishing announced the sale of its African-American lifestyle magazines on Tuesday. The new owner, a private equity firm, says it intends to continue their legacy.
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Working to Avoid Foreclosure: City of Detroit to hold Property Tax Assistance Fair
The City of Detroit, in an effort to ease some homeowners’ property tax burden and prevent the threat of foreclosure, will host a Property Tax Assistance Fair.
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Cornel West: Black America’s Neo-Liberal Sleepwalking Is Coming To An End
In this exclusive, Cornel West talks Bernie Sanders’ Neo-Populism, Donald Trump’s Neo-Fascism – and sweeping away the myopic careerism and chronic narcissism that prevented any serious critique of Obama’s Neo-Liberalism.
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The List of 358 Obama Accomplishments So Far, With Citations – Progressive Coast to Coast
In 2008, we elected the most progressive president in history. And regardless of the negativity, when you actually look at the record, there has been a lot of progress since January 20, 2009.
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Has Obama Ignored African American Concerns? Nope. Here’s the Evidence.
When he gave the commencement address recently at Howard University, President Obama spoke about race and the interests of African Americans in the United States.
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Despite Racism, Black People Are More Optimistic About The Future than Anyone Else
Two recent studies have found a new racial divide facing America right now—namely, the optimism gap.
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