    Public school systems throughout the nation will now be required to be a lot more transparent when it comes to school funding.
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Last week marked the solemn 50th anniversary of Dr. Kingâs assassination in 1968, as well as the historic Memphis Sanitation Workerâs Strike. Beginning April 2nd through 4th, these groups and more all came together to successfully participate in the I AM 2018, a campaign and series of activities conceived not just to commemorate watershed events, but also to connect the legacies of King, and the strikers and to train and mobilize next generation activists to affect change in their communities.
    The campaign will focus on an aggressive voter registration drive, community-level education on important issues, and a mobilization effortâall designed to reach young, Black eligible voters.
    Fifty years later, after rising above a male-dominated industry and surviving decades of challenges in a declining print industry, 2018 marks Leavellâs 50th year as publisher of the Chicago and Gary Crusader newspapersâtwo historic, family-owned Black publications.
 âThe American Petroleum Institute launchedhttp://www.oilgasworkforce.com/, to provide a platform where users can apply for jobs and learn more about the oil and natural gas industry.
Young Black Professionals, HBCU Students join movement for homeownership, financial education
Panel talks Dr. Ronald Waltersâ Legacy, Black Power and the Black Press
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), the nationâs premier civil rights organization, issued the following statement following the disgraceful arrest of two African American men in a Philadelphia Starbucks
For many Black Washingtonians, gentrification threatens housing and health
    As a rising star in the public relations field, Alonda Thomas has always sought to inspire young, Black women who want to break into the industry.