Новости за 12.03.2016

Bowie State University will offer a new academic minor program in hip-hop studies and visual culture in the fall 2016 semester, according to BSYou, a weekly newsletter from the school.

Octavia Butler, one of the finest science fiction writers to have ever done it, is being celebrated by her hometown with “Radio Imagination,” a yearlong series of cultural events honoring her legacy throughout the greater Los Angeles area.

He certainly made a splash when he appeared on scene to pay his respects—clad in a fatigue jacket and American flag draped on his head—he definitely stood out amidst the seas of somber faces dressed in all black.

President Barack Obama is down to three finalists for the open seat on the Supreme Court and is expected to make a decision as soon as next week, according a report by the Washington Post.

After altercations in several cities on the campaign trail, Republican front runner Donald Trump canceled his rally in Chicago last night, saying that he “didn’t want to see anybody hurt.”

A few weeks ago I walked into Broadway Dance Center and bought a 10-class card, ending months of wanting and planning and needing to get back into dance, specifically ballet. I promised myself that I would dive back in when I landed in New York City in July, and then life happened. But still I rise, and so here we are. I’m opening up my hips and getting my fifth position back together again, in the same studio where I first met my friend the grand plié, several pounds and eight years later.

Usually, when we think about teaching kids the importance of saving and handling money, it starts with a piggy bank into which they stuff a dollar or two until they reach a particular goal, smash it open and spend it all on that one thing.

Dear Professor Gates:

Last Friday, the dean of Harvard Law School, Martha Minow, endorsed the demands of student activists to change the school’s official shield, which contains the crest of Isaac Royall, a plantation and slave owner. The endorsement comes months after students at Princeton University made similar demands. They petitioned the university to rename the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs.

Donald Trump cancelled a rally on Friday at the University of Illinois at Chicago after protesters and Trump supporters confronted each other in the venue.

President Barack Obama arrived at the annual South by Southwest conference in Austin, Texas, on Friday to call on the tech industry and other digitally savvy folks to help with solving some of the country’s biggest problems.

What is Joe’s Crab Shack?

78-year-old, John McGraw, the Trump supporter who was caught on video sucker punching a black man during Wednesday's rally in North Carolina was not only unrepentant but told Inside Edition: "Next time, we might have to kill him."

Editor’s note: This post contains social media messages that some may find offensive.

Baltimore has been in the national spotlight for the past year on issues of police brutality, civil unrest and an unprecedented court case where Maryland’s highest court is compelling a police officer to testify against his fellow officers.