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The Office for Civil Rights Needs to Listen to Teachers Like Me on School Discipline

As a school-based social worker for over eight years, I know firsthand how punitive discipline practices impact students both in the short and long term. In the short term, students are often harshly punished-missing valuable instructional hours and, more often that not, fast-tracked to special education services. I've also seen long-term impacts in which students begin to view themselves as bad, aggressive and hopeless.

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Hurricanes Irma and Harvey Have Racked Up Billions in Damages. Who Pays?

Who will pick up the tab in Florida, Georgia and Texas? That's the big question, now that flood waters from Hurricanes Irma and Harvey have receded. Left behind is damage that Moody's Analytics expects will exceed $150 billion, on par with the cost of Hurricane Katrina.

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Justice Department asks appeals court to freeze judge's order that could make abortion pill unavailable Friday

The Justice Department asked a federal appeals court on Monday to put on hold a judge's ruling that could make a medication abortion drug unavailable nationwide starting Friday at midnight.

Justice Department sues Texas and Gov. Greg Abbott over executive order restricting travel of undocumented migrants

The U.S. Department Justice Department sued Texas and Gov. Greg Abbott on Friday, July 30, over Abbott’s executive order restricting transportation of undocumented migrants.

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British broadcaster ITV has suspended "The Jeremy Kyle Show" and launched a review of the long-running program after a guest died shortly after taping an episode.

A little more than a week ago, the man who was watching 4-year-old Maleah Davis told police he, the young girl and her brother were abducted by three Hispanic men who knocked him unconscious. When he awoke on the side of a road after nearly 24 hours, he said the young girl wasn't there.

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Jailed American appeals to Biden in unprecedented interview from Iran's most notorious prison

Iran's longest-held American prisoner has made an emotional plea to US President Joe Biden to put the "liberty of innocent Americans above politics" and ramp up efforts to secure his release, in an unprecedented interview with CNN from inside Iran's notorious Evin prison.

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Trump Stacks Schedule for Foreign Policy Advice

President Donald Trump, formulating US strategy toward some of the world's most volatile regions, is packing his schedule this week with meetings and phone calls designed to elicit input and advice for how to proceed.

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The Real Estate Mogul's Architect: Bannon's Influence Swells

To outsiders looking in, President Donald Trump's decision to give his chief strategist Steve Bannon a permanent seat with the National Security Council's most senior officials marked the startling elevation of a political adviser to a policy-making role.

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Trump's intelligence whisperer prepares for State role

As news of Donald Trump's upset victory flashed across the TV screen in front of him in November 2016, Mike Pompeo watched in astonishment.

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How the first Black woman to help discover an element 'claimed a seat at the periodic table'

As a kid, Clarice Phelps often turned to one image for inspiration.

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Trump to Thank Atlanta's 'heroic' First Responders in I-85 Collapse

The first responders who helped prevent any injuries in Atlanta's fiery highway collapse were scheduled to meet Thursday with President Donald Trump, according to the White House.

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The Ensemble Theatre Presents Regional Premiere “The Green Book”

The Ensemble Theatre presents the regional premiere of The Green Book, written by award-winning author Calvin Alexander Ramsey and directed by award-winning director Shirley Jo Finney.

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The Ensemble Theatre Presents Regional Premiere “The Green Book”

A Story Inspired by Victor Green’s The Negro Motorist Green Book

The Ensemble Theatre presents the regional premiere of The Green Book, written by award-winning author Calvin Alexander Ramsey and directed by award-winning director Shirley Jo Finney with Opening Night and Media Reception Thursday, November 14, 2019, 6:30 p.m. 3535 Main Street, Houston, Texas 77002.

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Attorneys Ben Crump and R. Allen Smith Call Linkage Between Johnson & Johnson Baby Powder And Ovarian Cancer a Civil Rights, Public Health Crisis

The High-Profile Attorneys Joined Forces with the National Council of Negro Women (NCNW) to Urge Minority Women to Stop Using Johnson & Johnson Baby Powder and to Reach Out Immediately For Legal Assis

Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump hosted a press conference in Atlanta on Monday, February 25, 2019, in partnership with Attorney R. Allen Smith and Janice L. Mathis, Esq., executive director of National Council of Negro Women (NCNW), the oldest advocacy group for minority women, to alert women of color about evidence that shows a direct correlation between ovarian cancer and the use of Johnson & Johnson baby powder. Attorneys Crump and Smith are joining forces nationally to represent women harmed by their unsuspecting use of the product and urge women that believe they may have been negatively impacted by the product to contact them immediately.

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DC attorney general sues Mark Zuckerberg over his handling of the Cambridge Analytica incident

Washington, DC, Attorney General Karl Racine sued Mark Zuckerberg on Monday, accusing the Facebook co-founder of misleading the public on the company's handling of privacy and personal data in connection with the Cambridge Analytica scandal.

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Biden was 'expressing solidarity' when he said 'we're going to free Iran,' White House says

President Joe Biden was "expressing solidarity" with protesters when he said at a campaign event late Thursday that "we're going to free Iran," a White House spokesman clarified on Friday.

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Adidas scoops up CEO who turned around rival Puma

Adidas has appointed the head of Puma to succeed outgoing CEO Kasper Rorsted, betting on his ability to replicate its crosstown rival's comeback.

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Texas Southern University, Southwest Airlines Announces Career Pathway Partnership

Texas Southern University (TSU) and Southwest Airlines Co. announced TSU as a university partner – and the first Historically Black College and University (HBCU) – in the airline’s First Officer recruitment program: Destination 225°. On a compass, 225° is the southwest directional heading, and the carrier developed Destination 225° to lead aspiring pilots to Southwest Airlines.

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The stock market is this close to setting another record -- the shortest bear market in history

The S&P 500 could finish Tuesday at a new record high -- its first since the pandemic hit and exceeding its all-time high from February. That would mean it took Wall Street less than five months to go from nadir to new record, and the 2020 bear market would be the shortest in history.

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Mental Health and Stigmas - Breaking Generational Curses with a Mental Health Day

I wasn't sure what to expect after pulling up to the large, unassuming building that held everything from a bank to the office that I was there to visit. Once inside I found the room was cozy and inviting, as I sat on a comfortable couch across from a woman that mostly let me vent for an hour - allowing me to vocalize my thoughts and more as I worked through them. A little over an hour later I left the session oddly satisfied, now wondering why I hadn’t gone through with it sooner.