African Americans

After Supreme Court decision, “Being Black at U of M” just got harder

April 29, 2014 By Alexandria Foster

In my first political science class at U of M, I quickly realized I was only one of a handful of African American students in a lecture class of 200.

Socialist and journalist Carl Bloice dies at 75

April 15, 2014 By John Case

Carl Bloice focused his daily and weekly and monthly journalistic production on economics, on the struggle for equality, on youth, especially African American, Latino and Asian youth in his hometown, on internationalism.

Racial discrimination leads to increased deaths of black women from breast cancer

March 27, 2014 By W. T. Whitney Jr.

Although breast cancer survival rates increased overall between 1990 and 2010, white women benefited far more than did black women.

The war that won’t go away

March 26, 2014 By Len Yannielli

Melvin Morris, 80, received a Medal of Honor this month. Why is he receiving it belatedly? Because he was discriminated against during the time of the U.S. War in Vietnam.

“Truthful Tuesday”: Moral Monday movement spreads to South Carolina

March 21, 2014 By Harold Geddings III

"A goal of our Truthful Tuesday protests was to get people talking, change the dialogue, and reduce the tea party influence on Republicans. That is happening," said Brett Bursey, director of the S. C. Progressive Network.