Black women face increased violence
Black women were murdered at more than double the rate of White women in 2012 and almost all (92 percent)...
HistoryMakers bring Black role models to schools
This Friday, more than 400 Black role models will visit students at schools in 67 cities across 32 states as...
Feds launch pilot college program for prisoners
This summer, the Department of Education announced an experimental Second Chance Pell Pilot program to examine how such prison education...
Desegregation linked to closing achievement gap
Year after year in measure after measure, Black, Latino, and Native American students trail their White peers in educational outcomes....
Voting rights threatened as Voting Rights Act turns 50
As the nation marks the 50th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, civil rights groups and leaders, union...
Ferguson — one year later
It’s been one year since the murder of Michael Brown galvanized the Ferguson, Mo. community and forced the nation to...
