When Texas established independent school districts, the word “independent” was an intentional promise: the belief that local communities know best how to educate their own children. I would like to ...

As DHS funding nears a deadline, Rep. Jim Clyburn outlines 10 reforms for ICE and CBP after Alex Pretti's killing — and vows to block money without real change. It has been more than two weeks since ...

HOUSTON – Less than 10 years ago, Moises Badera, 14, was playing soccer at a refugee camp in Burundi. He never would have imagined that he'd step onto a World Cup field in Houston, next to one of his ...

ANNAPOLIS, Maryland (CNN) – The Banneker-Douglass-Tubman Museum in Annapolis is home to a new exhibit about a year in the making – one that examines 250 years of U.S. history through the work of 17 ...

Creative displays, cozy seating and student-led book clubs are drawing more visitors than ever, fueling a surge in checkouts. “One thing in the library that keeps me coming back is the quiet area and ...

As the Trump administration announces an expanded campaign to combat Medicaid fraud, many Americans will hear only the promise of rooting out waste and abuse. Far less attention is being paid to ...

The Texas Education Agency last year launched plans to take over four school districts due to low academic performance, confiscating decision-making power from elected leaders based on state-issued F ...

(NNPA) – During a recent gathering on Capitol Hill, lawmakers and advocacy leaders sharply criticized a series of policy decisions implemented since Donald Trump’s return to the White House. They also ...

The State Department’s Cuba: The Capital of 21st Century Communism is not merely a critique of Cuba. A section titled Front Groups and Fellow Travelers revives the language and logic of the Red Scare, ...

Haynes, a longtime champion for justice, entered the race with over four decades of dedicated service, leadership, and coalition-building within District 30 and across the nation. Haynes was chosen by ...

Like most of what Trump says, his take on HBCUs is false. International students are not the financial backbone of HBCUs and foreign students make up a very small fraction of the typical HBCU ...

Mike, as Speaker of the House of Representative, as a Louisianian and a professed Christian, I truly wanted to give you a chance to succeed for our people. I assumed you couldn’t be worse than any ...