By Shannon Dawson Karen Bass is already making powerful moves in her new role as the Mayor of Los Angeles. On Sunday, the 69-year-old politician announced plans to move the city’s homeless from tent encampments into hotels and motels through a new housing program set to launch Tuesday. During an interview with NBC’s “Meet the Press,” Bass
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By William H. Kelly III Jackson State University’s Department of Music alums recently returned to their alma mater to host a benefit concert at JSU’s F.D. Hall Music Center in the Jimmy James, Jr. Recital Hall. The concert was a collaboration between the Department of Music and Opera Unique, LLC, featuring talents and performances by
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Administrators at Winston-Salem State University, an HBCU, have pledged to “bring a resolution” after a Black student was arrested in a white professor’s classroom following a verbal altercation. The Hill reports Chancellor, Elwood L. Robinson, said in a letter, “We understand that the weaponization of police is a prevalent problem in our community; however, that is not what happened
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By Tony Dixon North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University’s Alisa Taliaferro, Ed.D. recently received the prestigious 2022 Ed-Fi Alliance Educator Interoperability Leader of the Year Award. The award is one from seven community award categories including Lifetime Achievement, Partner, Technical Contributor, Ambassador, Solution and Rookie of the Year. “The impact of data interoperability is
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By Becca Wood One week after announcing the death of Stephen “tWitch” Boss, his wife shared her heartbreak Wednesday in a new Instagram post. “My ONE and ONLY Oh how my heart aches. We miss you so much,” Holker wrote, sharing a photo of the couple together. Boss was pronounced dead just before 11:30 a.m. local time
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By Sholnn Z. Freeman Howard University President Wayne A. I. Frederick, M.D., MBA announced the appointment of Oluwaranti “Ranti” Akiyode, Pharm.D., as College of Pharmacy dean. Akiyode has been serving as the interim dean of the College of Pharmacy since July 2022, and has taught at Howard University for 21 years. “After a nationwide search, we are delighted that
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