College admission season is upon us. Letters sent to anxious applicants and hyperventilating parents have been flooding both electronic and residential mailboxes. Needless to say, many are left in a less than desirable temperament. The …

In 1969-70, racial conflict enveloped the Elm City as nine Black Panthers charged with the murder of Alex Rackley stood trial. Only 35.6 percent of the New Haven population today is white, but race controversy …

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - The Nebraska Board of Education has approved a resolution in support of diversity in the state’s public education facilities.The measure adopted Thursday comes as state lawmakers consider an amendment to the …

DURHAM (WTVD) — Department of Correction is investigating postdated embellishments in Laurence Lovette’s probation records.
In just over a year as an adult, Laurence Lovette racked up quite a criminal record. And the supervision of Laurence …

UPDATE: MSU’s Office for Inclusion and Intercultural Initiatives released a report this past week that found two student groups did not violate the university’s anti-discrimination policy.
FLINT, Michigan — It was a bake sale of …

They call them “diversity fellowships,” but they’re anything but, since the money and opportunity is only dispensed to blacks, Latinos, and Native Americans. So, maybe the rich kid gets a handout, as long as he …

Come election time in November, voters in five states might have a decision to make as big as whom to elect president.
Ballot initiatives have been proposed in Arizona, Colorado, Missouri, Nebraska and Oklahoma that would …

This year, Congress, which meets in a Capitol built partly by slaves, will consider issuing its own apology.
“We’ve seen states step forward on this,” says Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, citing the resolutions of Virginia, Maryland, …

SAN FRANCISCO—The city of San Francisco will pay $1.6 million to 12 police officers who claimed they were passed over for promotions because of reverse discrimination.
The Board of Supervisors approved the payment Tuesday after a …

Students gathered Monday to fight a proposed ban on affirmative action at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
The proposed amendment to the Nebraska Constitution would outlaw “preferential treatment to any individual or group on the basis of …