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• Devos’s Voucher Program Can Likely Discriminate

  By Free Radical Earlier this month Betsy Devos gave noncommittal answers to handling discrimination in voucher school programs at a Senate hearing. Vouchers are one cornerstone of Devo’s emphasis on school choice policy which also includes private education and charter Read More »

• Justice Deferred for Philando Castile- Shock? Hell Naw.

  By Steppin’ Razor On Friday, June 16, 2017, our collective expectations were unfortunately met with the not guilty verdict for the Minnesota cop who shot and killed Philando Castile, a Black man, during a traffic stop last year. Jeronimo Yanez Read More »

• Michael Middelton Takes the Helm at Lincoln University

  By Free Radical Michael Middleton, former interim president of the University of Missouri system, will have to delay his retirement plans. He was recently named interim president of Lincoln University. The vacancy became available after former Lincoln President, Kevin Rome, Read More »

• Conscious Traveler’s Guide- Part 2

  By S. Christopher Emerson And of course, my most recent trip to Jamaica, which was INCREDIBLE, by the way would inspire a bit more conscious advice… No need in squandering the experience just on myself. In travelling with others, and Read More »

• Big Sean Donates $15K to Help Homeless College Students, Again

  By MCNS Staff According to huffpost.com, for the second consecutive year, Big Sean is aiding the youth in his home state of Michigan. Huffpost.com reports that, through his Sean Anderson Foundation, the rapper supplemented his 2016 contribution of $25,000 by Read More »

• Common, Keri Hilson Join Colin Kaepernick to Help Chicago Students Know Their Rights 

  By Free Radical NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick is not allowing his free agency status to derail his activism. Earlier this month, he took his “Know Your Rights” camp to Chicago at the city’s historic DuSable Museum of African American History. Read More »

• Dear White People: Fooled Me Twice

  By S. Christopher Emerson I guess my primary disappointment is that the movie’s advertisement couched it as this “The Revolution WILL be Televised” kind of thing, and I rolled with the expectation of “School Daze” meets “A Different World.” But Read More »

• Baltimore Orioles Adam Jones Donates 20K to Negro Leagues Museum

  MCNS Staff According to national reports, Baltimore Orioles outfielder Adam Jones, the target of racial taunts during a recent game in Boston, has donated $20,000 to the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in Kansas City, Missouri. The site abcnews.go.com reports that Read More »

• Betsy Devos to Give Bethune Cookman Commencement Address

  By Free Radical  Last week, Bethune Cookman University, an HBCU in Daytona Beach, Florida, announced that Secretary of Education Betsy Devos would give their commencement address on May 10. The official announcement likened Devos, to Bethune-Cookman’s famous founder Mary McLeod Read More »

• Some Folks Would LOVE to have Problems like Fyre Festival

  By S. Christopher Emerson If you’re paying any attention to the #FyreFestival debacle, just know… Those are First World problems of the spoiledest order… I just got done (yep, that’s what I call it) with an almost 13-minute video on Read More »

• Damian Lillard and Portland Trailblazers Donate Playoff Bonuses to Support Staff

  MCNS Staff Basketball players are known for big paychecks and obligatory donations. But Damian Lillard is breaking that mold. CSN Northwest reports that the Portland Trailblazers players, spurred on by team captain Damian Lillard, decided to donate their playoff checks Read More »

• Study: Poverty Impacts Brain Function

  By Free Radical  Several studies have shown how structural racism and economic inequality can create a cyclical path for families trying to escape poverty. A recent piece in The Atlantic shows that economically disadvantaged people not only have to contend Read More »

• A May Day Reminder about the Fight for 15

  By S. Christopher Emerson Those who are fighting for $15/hour generally consider that wage a concession toward a “living wage.”  The argument is not just an economic issue, but moreover, a social/human issue, as in “I’m a human being and Read More »

• Big Shoe Companies Out of Endorsement Negotiations with Lonzo Ball

  By S. Christopher Emerson UCLA hoops phenom Lonzo Bell is not being considered for endorsements by the top three basketball shoe and apparel companies, Nike, Under Armour and Adidas, even though many anticipate his promising career ahead of the 2017 Read More »

• Why Black Kids Benefit From Black Teachers

  By Free Radical In a New York Times op-ed, David Jackson, a high school teacher in the New York City area, gave his own take on a recently published study which showed that Black male students were more likely to Read More »