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When Disadvantaged Students Overlook Elite Colleges | The Atlantic
Many poor, minority high-schoolers don’t apply to top institutions even though they could get in—a decision that can have lasting consequences.
View MoreOn the cusp of 112, a whirlwind tour for World War II’s oldest veteran | The Washington Post
Richard Overton, the grandson of a slave, worked in a furniture store and as a courier for decades until he finally retired when he was 85. That was more than 25 years ago.
View MoreSenate poised to roll back watchdog effort to prevent discrimination in auto lending market | The Washington Post
The Senate is poised to vote this week to rescind a five-year old Obama-era policy warning auto lenders against allowing minority borrowers to be charged more than their white peers.
View MoreThe Last Hours of William O’Neal | Chicago Reader
He was the informant who gave the FBI the floor plan of Fred Hampton’s apartment. Last week he ran onto the Eisenhower Expressway and killed himself.
View MoreKelechi Udoagwu: Moving Fast and Breaking Things | She. Leads. Africa.
From Tinsel to Technology. Kelechi is changing the narrative of African women in the tech world.
View MoreRead Mary J. Blige’s Heartfelt Nina Simone Rock Hall Induction Speech | Rolling Stone
Blige honors Simone for singing songs “about injustice, struggle, and black life [that] resonate to this day”
View More1,300 people held for 4 years in Louisiana jails without a trial, sheriffs say | NOLA.com
The Louisiana Sheriffs’ Association says around 1,300 people have been in local jails for four years waiting for their trials, and 70 people have been held for five years without having their case heard, according to the group’s informal survey.
View More‘Uncommon Bonds’ Explores What It Takes for Women to Have Real Friendships Across Race | Colorlines
The collection of essays, poetry and letters, edited by Kersha Smith and Marcella Runell Hall, uncovers the tensions, vulnerabilities and power dynamics of true cross-racial friendships.
View MoreA Loving Tribute to a True Southern Food Legend | Southern Living
“Her cookbooks mentored me quietly, passionately. I am not certain which I relished more: her recipes for delicious country cooking or her storytelling.”
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