Category: Education, State/National News
New York State Attorney General Sues College Student Loan Servicer
By Carol Elizabeth Owens NYS Attorney General Letitia James sued the Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency (PHEAA) on October 3,...
County Executive Dinolfo Sues State Over Driver’s License Law
Monroe County filed suit against New York, challenging a law that allows driver’s licenses to be issued to immigrants who are in the...
Another 100 Million Consumers at Risk from Capital One Bank Data Breach
By Charlene Crowel A second major disclosure of major consumer data breach was announced on July 29 by Capital One Bank. That same...
Coalition Pressuring Twitter to Shut Down White Supremacist Accounts
By Barrington M. Salmon (TriceEdneyWire.com) – A coalition of racial justice and civil rights organizations, based in...
A National Crisis: Surging Hate Crimes and White Supremacists
By Charlene Crowell (TriceEdneyWire.com) – A Saturday morning shooting rampage in El Paso, Texas on August 3 took the lives of 22...
Supreme Court Sends Mixed Civil Rights Signals As America Celebrates July 4th
By Hamil R. Harris (TriceEdneyWire.com) – On the eve of America’s celebration of its 243rd Independence Day, the U.S. Supreme Court...
Traffic-ticket debt can cost low-income drivers their license
Patti Singerpattisinger@minorityreporter.net Like a lot of drivers, Ashley Gantt got pulled over. She ended up with two traffic tickets. At...
Teachers’ Union Tells Regents to “Correct” State Test Procedure
By Patti Singer – pattisinger@minorityreporter.net – The union representing teachers in New York called on the state Board of...
New York Attorney General Letitia James Sues Treasury, IRS
New York’s attorney general is suing the U.S. Department of the Treasury and its subsidiary the Internal Revenue Service, claiming...
Cutting-Edge Program Aimed to Stem Prescription Drug Abuse in New York Now in Limbo
African-Americans among those who may feel the most immediate consequences By Hazel Trice Edney – Six years ago, public health...
