James Enos “Jim” Clyburn was born July 21, 1940, in Sumter, South Carolina, and today marks his 85th birthday. From his early days leading NAACP
William L. Clay Sr., Missouri’s first Black member of Congress and a fierce champion of civil rights and labor, died Wednesday at 94, according to
The Supreme Court has handed President Donald Trump yet another win — this time allowing his administration to move forward with laying off nearly 1,400
The Supreme Court has cleared the way for the Trump administration to proceed with mass firings at the Education Department, effectively allowing the dismantling of
With school about to start in a few months, the Trump administration has pulled the emergency brake on nearly $6.8 billion in education funding —
(AURN News) — North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein, a Democrat, is taking a principled stand against what he calls a broader national campaign to dismantle
President Donald Trump is tightening the reins on student loan forgiveness. The administration is overhauling the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program, which cancels student
On July 4, 1881, Booker T. Washington — a formerly enslaved person turned pioneering educator — founded the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute in Tuskegee,
(AURN News) — Black unemployment rose to 6.8 percent in June, according to the latest U.S. jobs report, even as the broader economy added 147,000
(AURN News) — President Donald Trump continues to claim the economy is booming, but for millions of working Americans, the latest numbers tell a different
(AURN News) — President Donald Trump’s latest push to slash Medicaid and reward the wealthy is falling flat with voters, as a new poll from
A new WalletHub report shows that, on average, predominantly white school districts receive $23 billion more per year than those serving mostly nonwhite students, fueling
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