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Passion + knowledge = change: Kent State alumna jumps into creating information platform

Arkayla Tenney-Howard graduated from Kent State last May with a degree in public relations. Now, she’s using her skills and passion to create a platform that provides access to accurate stories about...

Timothy Moore, emeritus professor and former president of BUS.

OPINION: Reflections on Juneteenth: A 2020 context

Editor's Note: KentWired invited E. Timothy Moore, emeritus professor of Pan-African studies at Kent State, to write a guest column about the importance of Juneteenth in the Black community, and to all...

United States LGBTQ SUPCO workplace ruling

John Lamparski June 18, 2020

People gather at the historic Stonewall Inn to celebrate the LGBTQ victory, in Greenwich Village, a section of New York City, US on 6-15-2020 . A landmark 6-3 decision to protect , gay, lesbian and transgender...

Kent Plaza Cinemas is set to reopen Friday

MovieScoop Kent Plaza Cinemas in Kent is scheduled to open for viewings Friday, June 19."We wanted people to come out to the theater and get back to 'normal life' or as normal as we can get," Liz Harper...

Sophomore general business student Chase Nelson.

LGBTQ+ students at Kent State begin the celebration of pride month

Andre Claudio Reporter June 18, 2020

With this year’s pride month taking place during quarantine, some students at Kent State decided to get creative and celebrate pride from home. Pride month is an event that takes place throughout June...

People gather at the historic Stonewall Inn to celebrate the LGBTQ victory, in Greenwich Village, a section of New York City, US on 6-15-2020 . A landmark 6-3 decision to protect , gay, lesbian and transgender workers from discrimination, has passed today by the Supreme Court. The ''opinion'' written by Justice Neil Gorsuch protects individuals from being fired based on actions or traits that would not have been questioned in members of a different sex, according to CNN. (Photo by John Lamparski/NurPhoto via AP)

Local LGBTQ advocates hail Supreme Court’s anti-discrimination ruling

Paige Bennett, News Lab reporter, [email protected] June 18, 2020

Jackie Knutti had all but given up hope that the United States would enact laws that protect LGBTQ people from discrimination in the workplace. “I actually have two T-shirts that say ‘married today,...

Immigration protest in DC

SAUL LOEB June 18, 2020

Immigration rights activists take part in a rally in front of the US Supreme Court in Washington, DC on November 12, 2019. - The US Supreme Court hears arguments on November 12, 2019 on the fate of the...

Immigration rights activists take part in a rally in front of the US Supreme Court in Washington, DC on November 12, 2019. - The US Supreme Court hears arguments on November 12, 2019 on the fate of the "Dreamers," an estimated 700,000 people brought to the country illegally as children but allowed to stay and work under a program created by former president Barack Obama.Known as Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals or DACA, the program came under attack from President Donald Trump who wants it terminated, and expired last year after the Congress failed to come up with a replacement. (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

Supreme Court blocks Trump from ending DACA

(CNN) -- The Supreme Court on Thursday blocked the Trump administration's attempt to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, an Obama-era program that protects hundreds of thousands of immigrants...

OPINION: White societies on trial

Editor's Note: KentWired invited Mwatabu Okantah, associate professor in the Department of Pan-African studies at Kent State, to share a guest column about racial injustices in America. “Until the killing...

Garrett Rolfe, the Atlanta Police officer who shot and killed Rayshard Brooks at a Wendy's parking lot, has been charged with felony murder and other charges.

Atlanta Police officer who killed Rayshard Brooks charged with felony murder

(CNN) -- The Atlanta Police officer who shot and killed Rayshard Brooks at a Wendy's parking lot last week was charged with felony murder, and the other officer on scene was charged with aggravated assault,...

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Kent State announces majority of courses remote, makes adjustments to campus life

Kent State University announced it expects to offer up to 40 percent of fall semester classes in-person, with 60 percent conducted remotely.The university released further information regarding course...

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