Wilberforce University is Lifted From Accreditation Probation. The Higher Learning Commission (HLC), the agency that accredits degree granting colleges and universities, has removed the sanction of Probation for Wilberforce University. The Commission took this action based on the university’s ability to demonstrate that it now meets HLC’s Criteria for Accreditation. The university was placed on Read More…
Alabama Judge Accused Of Asking Black Employee If He Sold Drugs To Purchase Car Removed From Office. The Black employee said the judge saw his new car and asked him how he was able to afford it. Randy Jinks, a white probate judge in Alabama, has been removed from office after being accused of making racist and Read More…
CEMETERIES If they’re not simply abandoned, they are accused of wastefulness and pollution: cemeteries have a hard life in our current times. And yet, they can play an essential role — on both the environmental and human levels — for those who are still living. The only time I’ve ever slept in a cemetery was Read More…
Astroworld Disaster, a Reckoning for Music Festivals Flowers are seen outside of the canceled Astroworld festival at Houston’s NRG Park on November 7, 2021.Alex Bierens de Haan/Getty When the music started, the crowd of 50,000-plus festivalgoers surged forward. Those in front of the stage found themselves pinned against metal barriers, unable to raise their arms Read More…
NLRB Welcome back NLRB – America’s workers missed you Before I get into just what the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) means – and has meant – to the working men and women of this nation, I want to start by citing a couple of pieces of data because I think they tell a real Read More…
POITIER FUNERAL DIRECTOR Rev. Bernard Carlton Poitier Sr., a man friends and family say possessed a heart of gold, was given a homegoing ceremony fit for a prince last Friday. For decades, the founder and former proprietor of the Poitier Funeral Home devoted time, energy and even money to the beloved communities in Miami he Read More…
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