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Share0 Image via Black Business There is great value is learning another language. Numerous studies have shown the cognitive benefits of raising a child in a bilingual household including improvements in overall learning ability. One group found that bilingual kids were able to concentrate better and can boost their self-esteem …

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Fairway Market, which credits itself with introducing New Yorkers to clementines, radicchio, fleur de sel, and vine-ripened fruit, started off as a small grocery store at 74th Street and Broadway, on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, where it still stands. According to family lore, Nathan Glickberg arrived at Ellis …

Princeton University has named the first Black valedictorian in the school’s 274-year history.  Nicholas Johnson, a Canadian-born operations research and financial engineering major will address the Class of 2020 in a virtual graduation for the Ivy League school’s students on May 31 due to the coronavirus pandemic, according to a …

Photo: Robyn Beck (AFP via Getty Images ) In 1996, the state of California passed proposition 209 which prohibited race and gender from being a factor in university admissions. Now, some 24 years later, the University of California voted unanimously to restore affirmative action. The move was made in the …

Every weekday evening, our editors guide you through the biggest stories of the day, help you discover new ideas, and surprise you with moments of delight. Subscribe to get this delivered to your inbox. DOUG MILLS / THE NEW YORK TIMES / BLOOMBERG / GETTY The polls aren’t getting better …

Basketball star Asia Todd is leaving Liberty University after  the school’s president, Jerry Falwell Jr., tweeted out a photo of blackface and the Ku Klux Klan.  Speaking with ABC11, Todd, who is Black, says she’s entering the transfer portal because she can no longer play for Liberty University’s girls basketball …

Share0 Image via Screenshot from @ilhanomar/Instagram The spread of COVID-19, or the novel coronavirus, pandemic has devastated many families across the country. With millions being forced to go on unemployment and uncertain about their economic future, many are also still processing the lost of loved ones due to the public …

Running back Chuba Hubbard #30 of the Oklahoma State Cowboys scores on a 62-yard run against linebacker Garret Wallow #30 and defensive end Ochaun Mathis #32 of the TCU Horned Frogs on November 2, 2019 at Boone Pickens Stadium in Stillwater, Oklahoma. OSU won 34-27. Photo: Brian Bahr (Getty Images) …

Photography: The Atmosphere of Crime, 1957, by Gordon Parks, published by Steidl In 1957, Life magazine sent one of its star photographers on a sprawling assignment: six weeks in four of America’s biggest cities to capture scenes of urban crime. The photographer was Gordon Parks, for 20 years the only …