By Jessica Dean and Ali Zaslav, The creation of a federal Medicaid expansion program is likely not going to be in the Democrats’ sweeping social safety net package. Instead, lawmakers are discussing a plan to subsidize private insurance on the Affordable Care Act exchanges for those who are in the coverage gap, Democratic Sen. Tammy Baldwin of
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By Jason Hanna, Rates of Covid-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths have sunk significantly in the US since a wave driven by the highly contagious Delta variant peaked in September. But with cases still relatively high, many children still ineligible to be vaccinated, and colder weather coming, it’s not time to feel comfortable about the country’s position, leading health experts
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By Clare Foran, Manu Raju, Daniella Diaz and Annie Grayer, House Democratic leaders on Thursday were once again forced to push back the timeline for a vote on a $1 trillion infrastructure bill, a sign of ongoing divisions within the party and a major blow to President Joe Biden and party leaders eager to show they
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By Howard University Newsroom, Howard University assistant professor of architecture Dahlia Nduom’s research work on the intersection of history, culture and traditional building practices in contemporary Ghanaian architecture was selected and is on display at the ArchiAfrika Pavilion in the New Blood 2021 exhibition. The exhibition is in conjunction with the European Cultural Centre’s Time Space Existence exhibition,
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Review by Brian Lowry, Colin Kaepernick possesses greater gifts as an athlete and activist than as a TV personality, which becomes apparent watching “Colin in Black & White,” a series that — much like NBC’s “Young Rock” — revisits a famous person’s early life, here by awkwardly mixing documentary and dramatic elements. As it happens, the Netflix
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By Morehouse College, Morehouse College’s Culturally Relevant Computing Lab and its National Training Institute on Race and Equity announce their partnership with Google’s Jigsaw to create Trainer, a platform using virtual technologies designed to train police in de-escalation tactics in an immersive, realistic environment. Through collaboration with a diverse group of civil society organizations, academics, researchers, and law enforcement in
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By Coppin State University, Coppin State University (CSU) is pleased to announce its Student Debt Relief Initiative (SDRI) which is federally funded by the 2021 American Rescue Plan Act. In total, Coppin State’s commitment will clear roughly $1,000,000 in student balances. This unprecedented relief fund, available to students who were enrolled during Fall 2020 and
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By Denmark Technical College, Twenty-one Denmark Technical College students participated in the kickoff session for an eight-week internship bootcamp last week, meeting virtually with Commvault executives and Denmark Tech leadership for an orientation into the program. “We are thrilled that our students have been offered this groundbreaking opportunity through Commvault. Participation in the internship bootcamp
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By Brynn Gingras, In a settlement between Philadelphia and the family of Walter Wallace, the city says it will provide money for stun guns, such as Tasers, for every patrol officer in the Police Department. The city also says officers will be required to wear the less-lethal weapons, and they will be properly trained as part
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Courtesy of Clark Atlanta University, Clark Atlanta University will be one of four HBCUs to lead a Regional Center for Entrepreneurship, thanks to a $16.8 million PNC grant. The national center will be located on the campus of Howard University, and will use a regional structure to include programming at three regional HBCUs—Clark Atlanta University,
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