October 2024 - Page 14

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American Nurses Foundation’s $339K Grant Positively Impacting Male Nursing Students

By Ashley Brown The American Nurses Foundation is celebrating the impact of the $339,000 grant it awarded to Southern University and A&M College in April aimed at enhancing educational programs for male nurses of color. The funding is part of the foundation’s Diversify Nursing Research through Support of Minority Institutions research grant. The groundbreaking proposal titled “Workplace Racism, Perceived

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Justice Department launches first federal review of 1921 Tulsa race massacre

By Reuters and Michelle Garcia The U.S. Justice Department has launched a review and evaluation of the 1921 race massacre in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke said. The massacre started on May 31, 1921, when white attackers killed as many as 300 people, most of them Black, in Tulsa’s prosperous Greenwood neighborhood, which had gained the nickname

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Eric Adams’s future in question as legal woes threaten to mount

By Hanna Trudo Embattled New York City Mayor Eric Adams is fighting for his political life as he finds himself in the middle of a legal firestorm, raising questions about how much longer he can hold on to power. Adams was indicted last week by the Manhattan U.S. attorney’s office in a wide-ranging federal corruption probe, the culmination

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On Nov. 5, we must ‘be about’ voting – especially young people

By Dr. Frances ‘Toni’ Draper The lyrics of an old Negro Spiritual poignantly declare, “Everybody talkin’ ’bout Heaven ain’t goin’ there.” Unfortunately, in 2024, despite all the discussion and debate about the presidential election, everybody talking about voting ain’t going there, either. It’s one thing to talk about the importance of this year’s presidential election,

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WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 5: (L-R) Vice President Kamala Harris and Former President Barack Obama attend an event to mark the 2010 passage of the Affordable Care Act in the East Room of the White House on April 5, 2022 in Washington, DC. With then-Vice President Joe Biden by his side, Obama signed 'Obamacare' into law on March 23, 2010. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
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Obama to hit the campaign trail for Harris in battleground states

By Kierra Frasier Kamala Harris was among Barack Obama’s earliest supporters in 2008, knocking on doors and raising money to help propel him to a two-term presidency. Now, he’s returning the favor. The former president will appear Thursday at an event in the Pittsburgh area, the start of what will be part of a swing-state

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Tuskegee University’s Aviation Program Earns Accreditation

By Ashley Brown Tuskegee University’s aviation program has officially received accreditation and will launch in January 2025. This achievement makes Tuskegee the only historically Black institution in Alabama to offer a fully accredited aviation program. Dr. S. Keith Hargrove, provost and senior vice president of academic affairs, expressed his pride in this milestone. “We have

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Eight HBCUs Receive Federal Grants to Advance Diversity in Education and STEM Workforce

Courtesy of Fort Valley State University Two programs from the United States Department of Education have awarded over $2.7 million in funding to eight historically Black college and universities to increase diversity among America’s education and STEM workforce. The Augustus F. Hawkins Centers for Excellence Program will award grants to four HBCUs to establish a

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