Study: Minorities less likely to attend top public colleges
October 19, 2016
Black and Latino students in the U.S. are far less likely than their peers of other races to attend elite public universities
Breaking News
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- Cal, UNLV Inspire La Tijera Students at Day of Play
President Barack Obama
Black Donors Made New African American Museum Reality
September 28, 2016
The opening of the National Museum of African American Culture and History was full of glitz and glamour as celebrities, elected officials, civil rights icons and three American presidents came together to celebrate the historic moment.
LEGENDS: President Barack Obama
August 24, 2016
Barack Obama is the 44th and current president of the United States, and the first African American to serve as U.S. president. First elected to the presidency in 2008 and won a second term in 2012.
National Sports Beat by Brady Pye Jr. (8/18-8/24)
August 17, 2016
Notes, quotes and things picked up on the run from coast-to-coast and all the stops between and beyond.
First Family Arrives at Martha’s Vineyard for two- week break
August 10, 2016
President Barack Obama’s seventh and final summer vacation at Martha’s Vineyard has begun with hopes of getting in some relaxing time with the first family before the busy fall leading up to November’s presidential election.
Obama will fill the next two weeks with leisurely rounds of golf, beach outings, bike rides and hikes with his wife and daughters, and dinner with Mrs. Obama and their friends at some of the island’s top restaurants.
Congress is also on an extended summer break from Washington, something the White House has chided it for as the nation deals with the Zika virus making its way to Florida.
National Sports Beat
August 4, 2016
LOS ANGELES—Notes, quotes and things picked up on the run from coast-to-coast and all the stops in between and beyond.
Blacks Turn Democratic Convention Around for Hillary Clinton
August 4, 2016
The Democratic Convention needed help and 36 African Americans, stepped up to the podium and answered the call
Obama: Trump’s NATO comments show ‘lack of preparedness’
July 28, 2016
Obama cited the ability to build a team of talented, hardworking people is what it takes to be an effective president.
The President and the People: A National Conversation
July 21, 2016
The discussion seemed to focus an inordinate amount on what black people can do to eschew being targeted by law enforcement
President Obama, Vice President Biden Endorse Kamala Harris in California U.S. Senate Race
July 19, 2016
Tuesday, Democrat Kamala Harris was endorsed by President Barack Obama for U.S. Senate and supported by Vice President Joe Biden.
‘Open your hearts,’ President Barack Obama tells Americans
July 13, 2016
Obama said the violence has left all deeply wounded and hurt
Obama must recommit to eliminating nuclear arms
May 25, 2016
The president will use the occasion to revive attention on the need to rid the world of nuclear weapons
President Obama Finds Flint Michigan, Drinks the Water
May 12, 2016
On May 4, President Barack Obama spent the whole day in Flint, Michigan. He also drank a glass of filtered water. In April 2014, the drinking water in the city of Flint was contaminated after the brilliant decision was made to change the source of Flint’s water from Detroit Water and Sewage Department water to the Flint River. General Motors stopped using water from the Flint River, after new auto parts exposed to the river water showed signs of rust. The result was that over 10,000 children were exposed to unacceptable high levels of lead in their water. An outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease was
Obama: US in `better place’ than when he graduated college
May 12, 2016
President Barack Obama said Saturday that the country is “a better place today” than when he graduated from college more than 30 years ago, citing his historic election as “one indicator of how attitudes have changed.”
Malia Obama to take gap year before entering Harvard in 2017
May 4, 2016
WASHINGTON (AP) _ President Barack Obama’s daughter Malia will take a year off after graduating high school in June before enrolling at Harvard University in 2017, a year later than had been widely expected, the president and his wife said in a long-awaited announcement Sunday.
Harvard encourages admitted students to defer for one year to travel, pursue a special project or activity, work or spend time in another meaningful way. The student must not enroll in a program at another college that would grant the student a degree.