WASHINGTON - Fuzzy math, Illinois State University's president called it. "Political theater of the worst sort," said the University of Washington's head. President Barack Obama's new plan to force colleges and universities to contain tuition or ...
The mayoral candidacy of Greg McLemore, the combative Ward 3 city councilman, almost assures that the black vote will be split. Say what you will about McLemore — and plenty has been said about him on this page — but he is just two years ...
The Brennan Center estimates that 18 percent of all seniors and 25 percent of African-Americans don't have picture IDs. Seniors traditionally have been the most consistent voting group, particularly in absentee balloting. Turnout among ...
COMMENTARY | I'm just now done shaking my head over the Georgia school that incorporated slave beatings in a math word problem for elementary students and now I hear this. Also from Georgia, The Huffington Post reports a group of third graders allegedly ...
SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) — The NAACP, on behalf of the Gilyard family, is requesting the Louisiana Attorney General's Office and the U.S. Justice Department review the findings of the Caddo Parish District Attorney's office in the shooting death of a ...
He said the candidates did not seek out black voters or prominent black Republicans to address these issues. “If they want us, they can find us,” Jackson said. For instance, “They can find us to join the military,” he said.
PARIS — Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda urged the eurozone to get to grips quickly with its debt crisis on Saturday, branding it the biggest threat to the global economy. “It is indeed the major source of risks for the global economy,” Noda ...
German calls for an EU bureaucrat to be given complete control over the Greek economy sparked fury yesterday – with eurosceptics in Britain urging Athens to resist ‘economic domination’. Under the extraordinary new power grab, a eurozone ‘budget ...
Pakistan's economy has never been fully free of crises. But those that must be dealt with at this time are both deeper and wider in scope. They have touched all the features of the economic landscape. What makes the situation worse is the ...
Ghana edged closer to claiming a place in the quarter-finals of the CAF Africa Cup of Nations with a2 2-0 victory over Mali in Franceville. Goals from Asamoah Gyan and Andre Ayew gave the Black Stars a second win in as many Group D games, with a match ...
