Jesse’s Recent Stories
Nation May 28
Lonnie Bunch to become the first African American to lead the Smithsonian InstitutionBunch, who was the first director of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, will become the Smithsonian Institution's 14th secretary.
Politics Aug 15
Black Americans aren’t buying Omarosa’s turn against TrumpOmarosa Manigault Newman's falling out with President Donald Trump and her decision to call him a racist as she sells her new book have not been enough for many African-Americans to invite her back to the family picnic. Too little,…
Nation Jul 17
NAACP lifts travel advisory against American AirlinesThe NAACP is lifting its travel advisory against American Airlines, saying the company is making improvements that address worries about African-Americans being subject to discrimination or even unsafe conditions while flying.
Nation Oct 21
NAACP names new leader for more active futureThe NAACP turned to an insider Saturday to help bring the nation's oldest civil rights organization back to prominence.
Education Sep 18
White House, black college heads to meet amid strained tiesPresident Donald Trump on Monday named a lawyer and former NFL player as executive director of the White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities, as the administration faces criticism from those institutions of promises unkept.
Politics Sep 14
Trump repeats there were ‘bad dudes’ among those protesting white supremacists in CharlottesvilleTrump's remarks came a day after the Senate's lone black Republican spoke with him about blaming "many sides" for the violence and death around a Confederate statue.
Nation Sep 13
Scott asks Trump to be more careful on racial mattersThe Senate's lone black Republican urged President Donald Trump on Wednesday to avoid inflammatory racial rhetoric such as his statement blaming "many sides" for the violence at a recent white nationalist protest in Virginia.
Nation Aug 30
Schools wrestle with Confederate names, images and statues as students return to classThe violence at a white nationalist rally over a Robert E. Lee statue in Charlottesville, Virginia, is giving school officials a new reason to reconsider whether it's appropriate for more than 100 schools to be named after Confederate generals and…
Politics May 19
NAACP president will step down in JuneNAACP President Cornell William Brooks will not be returning as the leader of the nation's oldest civil rights organization after his contract expires.
Nation May 18
1 in 6 newlywed spouses are of different race or ethnicityFive decades ago, only 3 percent of the people in the country were intermarried — that is, had spouses of a different race or ethnicity. That was in 1967 when the Supreme Court ruled interracial and interethnic marriage was legal…
