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A white man who stopped his daughter from shaking the hand of a Black superintendent during a graduation ceremony is in trouble.

Omar X. Easy is suing the town, a former School Committee chair, and a current committee member for allegedly fostering a racially hostile environment that made it impossible for him to perform his duties, legal filings show.

/PRNewswire/ -- Dr. Shawn Joseph, Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies and Co-Director of the Urban Superintendent Academy at...

How Rihanna’s Non-profit is giving back during Black History Month

Portland Public Schools has announced that the PPS Board of Education renamed the Blanchard Education Service Center (BESC). At a board meeting Tuesday night, the PPS Board of Education voted unanimously to rename the central office after Matthew Prophet, former PPS Superintendent from 1982-1992, who passed away in June. The resolution is historic, and establishes that the current building – and any future PPS School headquarters – be named after Prophet.

Portland Public Schools has announced that the PPS Board of Education renamed the Blanchard Education Service Center (BESC). At a board meeting Tuesday night, the PPS Board of Education voted unanimously to rename the central office after Matthew Prophet, former PPS Superintendent from 1982-1992, who passed away in June. The resolution is historic, and establishes that the current building – and any future PPS School headquarters – be named after Prophet.

A recent Enumclaw, Wash., school board meeting was overtaken by racist intruders, in a “Zoom bombing” that prompted a full investigation by the school district and the citys police department.

Arthur Wellington Conquest III / brookline@wickedlocal.com The last Monday of June just past, Michelle Bachelet the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights issued an urgent call for all States and jurisdictions around the globe to adopt a “transformation agenda” to uproot and expunge systematic racism. Ms. Bachelet published a scathing report casting a spotlight on the litany of human transgression of economic, social, cultural, civil and political rights endured by people of Afri...

Saweetie by Brian "Spazz" Contreras (Press Photo courtesy of Warner Records) Popular hip-hop artist Saweetie, whose new single “Fast (Motion)” is quickly gaining traction at rhythmic radio, will make a daytime television appearance this coming week. According to ABC, Saweetie will appear as an interview guest on the May 18 “GMA3: What You Need To Know.” That day’s episode of the “Good Morning America” spin-off series will also feature Raja Krishnamoorthi and Tamika D. Mallory. Com...