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What Black History Month means to Me as an International Student Toronto Metropolitan University Source link
A federal appeals court on Thursday blocked President Joe Biden’s administration from continuing to implement a new student debt relief plan designed to lower monthly payments for millions of Americans. The St. Louis-based 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals granted a request by seven Republican-led states to put on hold parts of the U.S. Department […]
By McKenzie Jackson, California Black Media The California Civil Rights Department (CRD) won a $10,000 fair housing settlement last November against a property management company, CIM Group LP, a global real estate company headquartered in Los Angeles, and property owner, RACR Sora, LLC, for implementing a blanket ban on renting to tenants with criminal histories […]
‘I see your fear, your hurt and your pain’: Biden addresses the Jewish community 01:25 Now playing – Source: CNN Source link
Columbia University student protesters stand together on April 18, 2024. Photo by Dean Moses The protests on college campuses across the country and the authoritarian crackdown on their calls for divestment reveal who the colleges and our government are truly accountable to. Can you think of a better example of the fruits of higher learning than the […]
WANF Ronald Yancey, Georgia Tech’s first Black graduate, presents his granddaughter Deanna her diploma at her commencement ceremony on Friday, May 3, 2024. CNN  — Nearly 60 years after Atlanta native and engineer Ronald Yancey overcame barriers to become Georgia Institute of Technology’s first Black graduate, he presented his granddaughter with her diploma as she […]
By Brandon Drenon BBC News 2 hours ago Image source, Getty Images Image caption, Protesters gather on the University of California, Los Angeles In January 2020, they were seniors in high school. Graduation was just around the corner. But so was a deadly pandemic. By mid-March, Covid had upended daily life . . .
26 April 2024 Updated 49 minutes ago Image source, Getty Images Dozens of college campuses across the US have been taken over by students protesting against the war in Gaza. More than a thousand demonstrators have been arrested as the universities struggle to deal with the encampments on college grounds just days before graduation ceremonies. […]
Pro-Palestinian student protesters sit on the front steps of Hamilton Hall at Columbia University in New York City on April 30, the morning after protesters took over the college building. Emily Byrski/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Emily Byrski/AFP via Getty Images Pro-Palestinian student protesters sit on the front steps of Hamilton Hall […]
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Colleges around the country implored pro-Palestinian student protesters to clear out tent encampments with rising levels of urgency Monday as classes wrap up for the semester and campuses prepare for graduation ceremonies. Students and others have been sparing over the Israel-Hamas war and its mounting death toll. Many students are demanding […]