Backers, opponents of Michigan affirmative action ban react to ruling
DETROIT (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court decision Tuesday upholding the state’s ban on racial preference in college admissions comes as the University of Michigan…
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Teacher Loses Job After Reportedly Telling Student ‘We Do Not Need Another Black President’
Gil Voigt (pictured left), an Ohio teacher, has been placed on the unemployment line after making a racially charged comment about President Barack Obama to…
SCOTUS slams door on minority education in Michigan
By Bankole Thompson CHRONICLE SENIOR EDITOR The conservative majority of the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) on Tuesday issued a final ban…
Justice Dept. broadening criteria for clemency
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department is broadening the criteria it will use in evaluating clemency petitions from certain federal prisoners and expects the changes…
Legal minds eye quality control for convictions
NEW YORK (AP) — Hospitals have staff conferences to examine why patients died. Airline pilots have a system for voluntarily submitting information on safety concerns.…
High court upholds Mich affirmative action ban
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld Michigan’s ban on using race as a factor in college admissions despite one justice’s impassioned dissent…
Schools “Separate and Unequal” 60 years after Brown
WASHINGTON (NNPA) – As the 60th anniversary of the United States Supreme Court ruling in Brown v. Board of Education approaches, a new report by…
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Sharpton Says “Snitch” Headlines Only Helped NAN Convention
According to the Rev Al Sharpton, front page headlines that described him as a ‘snitch’ and a ‘rat’ only helped to make this year’s NAN…
Chris Brown Reacts To “The Boondocks” Premiere Episode [HUMOR]
It’s been more than five years since Chris Brown threw his career into disarray by assaulting his then girlfriend Rihanna. Since then, the R&B bad…
Roberts’ Court Takes Another Jab At Affirmative Action
The John Roberts’ (pictured) court did not completely pull out the rug from under affirmative action. Yet one could argue that it tripped Michigan’s Affirmative…
