Sections SEARCH Skip to content Skip to site index U.S. Subscribe Log In Log In Today’s Paper U.S. | Louisiana School Made Headlines for Sending Black Kids to Elite Colleges. Here’s the Reality. Supported by T.M. Landry, a school in small-town Louisiana, has garnered national attention for vaulting its underprivileged black students to elite colleges. But the school cut corners and doctored college applications. ByErica L. Green and Katie Benner Photographs byAnnie Flanagan Nov. 30, 2018 BREAUX BRIDGE, La. — Bryson Sassau’s application would inspire any college admissions officer. A founder of T.M. Landry College Preparatory School described him as a “bright, energetic, compassionate and genuinely well-rounded” student whose alcoholic father had beaten him and his mother and had denied them money for food and shelter. His transcript “speaks for itself,” the founder, … [Read more...] about Louisiana School Made Headlines for Sending Black Kids to Elite Colleges. Here’s the Reality.
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Investigative Chicago Reader to Become Black-Owned
Head of Black-Press Group Heads Ownership Team A Boon for Diversity Among Film Critics Festivals Allot Press Passes for ‘Underrepresented’ Only Half of Republicans View Diversity as a Positive Trump Aide Urges Suspending Acosta’s Credentials Press Looks Inside U.S. ‘Shelter’ for Immigrant Boys Back-Up Data Essential in Pitching Racial Stories Sinclair Selling Williams 3 Stations at Deep Discount High Court Decision on Voting Considered Harmful South Asians Have ‘Always Belonged’ in the U.S. Media View Players’ Protest Through Wrong Lens Short Takes Head of Black-Press Group Heads Ownership Team In an unusual marriage of the black press and the alternative press, the Chicago Sun-Times announced Friday that it is selling the Chicago Reader, an alternative weekly that covers the arts, culture and politics, to a group led by black-press leader Dorothy Leavell, publisher of the Chicago Crusader. Leavell is president of … [Read more...] about Investigative Chicago Reader to Become Black-Owned
In the Name of Cardi, Let Us Pray
Sections SEARCH Skip to content Skip to site index Style Subscribe Log In Subscribe Log In Advertisement Supported by A blessed night on the town with Jeremy Scott. ByCaity Weaver May 8, 2018 Clothed in a 30-pound pearl-encrusted dress the color of cream made of gold, a faintly lustrous silk duchesse satin overskirt that billowed like summer cumulus, gem-covered gloves that stretched to the shoulder, a jeweled halo headpiece, a thick buckle-and-pearl choker and colossal pearl drop earrings that clamped firmly to her ears on the backs of grinning gleaming putti, Cardi B communed with God in her hotel suite for 40 seconds. Technically, the faintly lustrous silk duchesse satin overskirt was still being affixed to her at the instant of communion by a knelt helper fastening a semicircle of hooks and eyes around her waist. But time was running out (technically, time had run out 30 minutes earlier). And so, even though the Bronx-born rapper and … [Read more...] about In the Name of Cardi, Let Us Pray
Jack Daniel’s sues Houston and Dallas-based spirits companies for infringement
By Craig Hlavaty Updated 3:59 pm, Wednesday, April 25, 2018 window._taboola = window._taboola || []; _taboola.push({ mode: 'thumbnails-c', container: 'taboola-interstitial-gallery-thumbnails-5', placement: 'Interstitial Gallery Thumbnails 5', target_type: 'mix' }); _taboola.push({flush: true}); window._taboola = window._taboola || []; _taboola.push({ mode: 'thumbnails-c', container: 'taboola-interstitial-gallery-thumbnails-10', placement: 'Interstitial Gallery Thumbnails 10', target_type: 'mix' }); _taboola.push({flush: true}); window._taboola = window._taboola || []; _taboola.push({ mode: 'thumbnails-c', container: 'taboola-interstitial-gallery-thumbnails-15', placement: 'Interstitial Gallery Thumbnails 15', target_type: 'mix' }); _taboola.push({flush: true}); window._taboola = window._taboola || []; _taboola.push({ mode: 'thumbnails-c', container: 'taboola-interstitial-gallery-thumbnails-20', placement: 'Interstitial Gallery Thumbnails 20', … [Read more...] about Jack Daniel’s sues Houston and Dallas-based spirits companies for infringement
Melania Trump, at the State Dinner in Chanel, Gave Everyone Something to Chew On
Sections SEARCH Skip to content Skip to site index Fashion & Style Subscribe Log In Subscribe Log In Advertisement Supported by The first lady’s couture selection was an exceptional, if not unexpected, choice by a woman adapting the role to fit herself. ByVanessa Friedman April 25, 2018 In the end she played the part, donned the costume — and gave everyone something to chew on. Melania Trump, who orchestrated the first state dinner of the Trump administration, a.k.a. the most fancy ceremonial evening since the inauguration, stood next to her husband and welcomed President Emmanuel Macron of France and his wife Brigitte while wearing a Chanel haute couture dress of black Chantilly lace, hand painted with silver, and embroidered with crystal and sequins. The State Dinner Had a Red Carpet, Too 9 Photos View Slide Show› Lawrence Jackson for The New York Times Mrs. Trump’s dress looked kind of like … [Read more...] about Melania Trump, at the State Dinner in Chanel, Gave Everyone Something to Chew On