Brent Campbell, a student at the University of North Carolina-Wilmington had no problems with anyone and was minding his business when he was verbally assaulted by a group of students. Campbell was walking home after a workout when he was threatened and harrassed by a group of students hurling racial slurs. Campbell told CNN, “It was […]
Roland Martin talks with Rep. Corrine Brown about how the Parent PLUS loan is negatively impacting students and universities across the country.
Death to Facebook and their invasive notifications! Seriously! Not too long ago, I was scrolling through my news feed and realized another one of my “friends”…
It’s commencement time for many HBCUs. Last week I spoke at Fisk University and Saturday I address the graduates at Stillman College in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.…
There are plenty of students that have problems to contend with at home that no one knows about. These brave soldiers still get up every morning and go to school to get some relief from their situation and try hard to focus. Drew Gooch is a high school senior that was living in his 1997 Toyota Camry because […]
Mike Epps’ daughter, Bria, has filed a police report and released audio against the comedian stating that he threatened to “f**k her up.” The 18-year-old filed a police report with the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department claiming Epps began the verbal threats following an argument after a February episode of “The Wendy Williams Show,” in which […]
It’s becoming increasingly difficult for parents and students to pay for college tuition. If it wasn’t for Pell Grants, Tuition Aid Grant (TAG) and the Education Opportunity Fund (EOF), 24-year-old Vanessa Denis would have graduated from Montclair State University with tens of thousands of dollars in debt. “My high school was a college prep school […]
NEW YORK — Due to the recession and rising college fees, many female students are turning to older men with money or “sugar daddies” to help them pay their college loan debt. The article talks about the website, Seekingarrangement.com, which is home to “college tuition sugar daddies.” The pieces focuses on a young, New York […]
NEW YORK — The story was compelling when it was first broken several weeks ago by the New York Daily News — a 13-year-old Black whiz-kid named Autum Ashante accepted to the University of Connecticut, only to have that acceptance rescinded, and her fraught father calling for justice. But the story might be a work […]
CLEVELAND — In 2007, New York Jets wide receiver Braylon Edwards told 100 high school students he would put them through any college of their choice if they completed 15 hours of community service and kept a 2.5 grade point average. LINK: Jill Scott Reveals Her 3 Most Memorable Black Moments The students complied and, […]
There are a lot of things we look forward to during the holiday season. Food, presents and quality time with our families are all the things we hold dear. For your average college student, the best part of the holiday season is a month long vacation from the books, annoying professors and late nights in […]
Two years after its cancellation, “The Wire” has been given the respect given to authors like Dickens and Shakespeare, Hemingway or Langston Hughes. It has been given its own class at Harvard. Not only has it been given an undergraduate class at Harvard, but in this spring, “The Wire” will be taught at Harvard Law […]
