Kevin Hart is this year’s winner of the Mark Twain Prize

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Funny man Kevin Hart is the winner of the 25th Mark Twain Prize for American Humor.  Considered the highest honor in the funny business, previous recipients have included Tina Fey, Bob Newhart, David Letterman, and Jon Stewart.  Hart started telling jokes during amateur night at a local comedy club in his native Philadelphia. Today, his…

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High school student develops soap to treat skin cancer

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A 14-year high school student won a major award for developing a soap that treats skin cancer, which affects all people, including Blacks. Herman Bekele, a freshman at Woodson High School in Northern Virginia, spent his summer break working to cure skin cancer. Bekele was named “America’s Top Young Scientist†for creating a bar of soap…

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Back-to-Schoolers Face Teacher Shortages, Polarization and Learning Gaps

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By Selen Ozturk At an Aug. 18 EMS briefing, teachers and education officials discussed three challenges K-12 students face as they head back to school: teacher shortages, polarized curricula, and pandemic-era learning gaps. K-12 students returning to school this month face teacher shortages, pitched battles over curricula, and pandemic-era learning gaps, teachers and education officials explained…

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Willie McLaurin is kicked out as head of the Southern Baptist Convention

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Southern Baptist Convention leader Willie McLaurin has resigned as interim executive president and CEO of the denomination’s executive commission after he lied his resume.  McLaurin claimed he earned degrees from North Carolina Central University, Duke University Divinity School, and Hood Theological Seminary. He never obtained a degree from any of the schools mentioned. He was…

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Black women write about justice for Black men

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Black women are angry about the police murders of Black men and have organized to fight the depiction of Black men by the media and police, which was announced in relation to an upcoming book that will be published on September 15 by Broadleafbooks.com (https://www.broadleafbooks.com) The organization called “We Refused to be Silent: Women’s Voices…

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Black student arrests at Harvard are at a three-year high

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After the U.S. Supreme Court ruling outlawing affirmative action, Harvard University police will have fewer opportunities to stop and arrest Black students. Harvard is considered the citadel of higher education, but mirrors most of the nation’s cities where police arrest many more Blacks than Whites. That Harvard’s police department is headed by an African American…

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