By Curtis Bunn The three-hour drive Kwame Alexander had taken countless times from Nikki Giovanni’s home in Christiansburg, Virginia, to Washington, D.C., felt different on Thursday morning. Three days prior, he had stood by Giovanni’s bedside with her family and a handful of close friends as the legendary poet and activist took her last breath. Giovanni
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By Alina Selyukh A federal lawsuit alleges that Walmart deceived more than a million delivery drivers by creating deposit accounts without their knowledge or consent, using their Social Security numbers and other personal information. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Monday accused Walmart and payments platform Branch Messenger of costing delivery drivers over $10 million in fees
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By Shannon Dawson Kwanzaa, an annual celebration of African culture spanning from Dec. 26 to Jan.1, originated in 1966 amid the Black Freedom Movement. The celebration was created by Dr. Maulana Karenga, an activist and esteemed professor of Africana studies at California State University, Long Beach. Rooted in the early harvest festivities of Africa, this
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Approximately 1 million taxpayers will automatically receive special payments of up to $1,400 from the IRS in the coming weeks. The money will be directly deposited into eligible people’s bank accounts or sent in the mail by a paper check. The IRS said it’s distributing about $2.4 billion to taxpayers who failed to claim a
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Courtesy of Kentucky State University Kentucky State University, a historically Black institution in Frankfort, has recently partnered with Elizabethtown Community and Technical College to advance nursing education in Kentucky. Students who graduate from ECTC’s nursing program now have the opportunity to pursue a bachelor of nursing degree from Kentucky State University through the ECTC-2-KSU Pathway
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By Ashley Brown In a significant development for intellectual property access in underserved areas, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has officially designated Tuskegee University and the University of the Virgin Islands as Patent and Trademark Resource Centers. This brings the total number of PTRCs across the nation and its territories to 100. These institutions
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