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For generations, the federal government enforced civil rights laws with an eye toward remedying historic, systemic discrimination against Black people and other people of color. The Justice Department pressed schools to desegregate. The Education Department worked to promote equal opportunity and held schools accountable for racial bias. But under the Trump administration, efforts to address […]
Source: BET NewsPublished: Feb 18, 2026Link: https://www.bet.com/article/qmx5jc/feds-probe-portlands-black-excellence-school-hub BET reports that the U.S. Department of Education opened a civil rights investigation into Portland Public Schools’ Center for Black Student Excellence, focusing on whether resources were restricted in ways that violate federal rules. This sits at the center of a national tension: targeted supports that address historic […]
The University of Missouri faces criticism after canceling the Legion of Black Collegians’ (LBC) “Black 2 Class Block Party,” citing the word “Black” in the title as potentially exclusionary. LBC offered to rename it, but administrators upheld the cancellation. Students argue the decision reflects a pattern of institutional erasure, especially after past pressure to rename […]
Medical schools in the U.S. are facing challenges in increasing the number of Black doctors, particularly after the Supreme Court’s 2023 ruling against affirmative action and subsequent anti-diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) legislation in several states. This is especially problematic in states like Mississippi, where nearly 40% of the population is Black, but only 10% […]
Two young Black high school students, Calcea Johnson and Ne’Kiya Jackson from St. Mary’s Academy in New Orleans, have achieved a groundbreaking mathematical feat by finding a trigonometric proof of the Pythagorean Theorem—a task considered impossible for over 2,000 years. This theorem, fundamental in geometry, states that in a right triangle, the square of the […]
Joining California, New Jersey, and New York, Virginia is the fourth state to pass legislation that bans hair discrimination in schools while other states are considering similar legislation. You’ve read the reports in the media of black students being penalized for their hairstyles. A school in Georgia shared photos on a poster of what is […]
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