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UNC reading specialist turned whistle-blower says she is resigning

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — The reading specialist who questioned the literacy level of athletes who were admitted to the University of North Carolina at…

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…

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…

Prosecutors: Prep school graduates ran drug ring

ARDMORE, Pa. (AP) — Two prep school graduates sought to use their sports connections and business acumen to establish a monopoly on drug sales to…

Poll: Big Bang a big question for most Americans

WASHINGTON (AP) — While scientists believe the universe began with a Big Bang, most Americans put a big question mark on the concept, an Associated…

Small-town mayor supports Kansas shooting suspect

MARIONVILLE, Mo. (AP) — A small-town Missouri mayor’s public support of a Kansas shooting suspect has led to the resignation of one of his elected…

Voter suppression: Ohio’s incredible tactics

It was a sunny March morning when Ohio State Sen. Nina Turner (D) and her small band boarded the No. 4 bus, beginning their trek…

New Jersey High School Wrestlers in Lynching Photo Go Scott Free

BELVIDERE, N.J. (AP) — A New Jersey prosecutor says no charges will be filed against the members of a high school wrestling team who posed…

Obama says Civil Rights Movement opened door for his election

AUSTIN, Texas (NNPA) –With civil rights legends Andrew Young, John Lewis and Julian Bond and Jesse Jackson looking on, President Barack Obama on April 10…

Bill Clinton says voter ID laws undermine civil rights progress

AUSTIN, TEXAS (NNPA) – Former President Bill Clinton praised President Lyndon B. Johnson for signing the 1964 Civil Rights Act and the 1965 Voting Rights…

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