By Sara Weissman The interim president of Tennessee State University, Ronald Johnson, abruptly announced plans to resign on Wednesday after leading the historically Black land-grant institution for less than six months, as The Tennessean first reported. Dakasha Winton, chair of the university’s Board of Trustees, implied in a statement that the board pressured Johnson to leave.
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By Neeraja S. Kumar Four visiting professors from historically Black colleges and universities praised Harvard’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences Dean’s Visiting Professorship Program for offering the opportunity and funding to explore their scholarly work. The professors participating in the program for the 2024-25 academic year — Asem Abdulahad and Carmen Luz Cosme Puntiel from
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By Sholnn Freeman Students from the Howard University Cathy Hughes School of Communications, along with Associate Professor Jennifer Thomas, are participating in the CNN Academy Newsroom Simulation in Abu Dhabi, UAE, from December 8-18. Howard University seniors Kyle Fisher and Donovan McNeal are the only representatives participating from an HBCU. Fisher studies strategic communications and criminology, while McNeal majors in digital journalism and
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By Andrew Limbong The renowned poet Nikki Giovanni has died. Giovanni died on Monday, Dec. 9, following her third cancer diagnosis, according to a statement from friend and author Renée Watson. She was 81. “We will forever be grateful for the unconditional time she gave to us, to all her literary children across the writerly
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By Adam Cancryn Joe Biden is president of the United States for 42 more days. But within the Democratic Party, on Capitol Hill — and even within his own administration — it feels like he left the Oval Office weeks ago. Biden has effectively disappeared from the radar in the wake of Democrats’ bruising electoral
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By Mia Berry When Hurricane Helene hit western North Carolina in September, floods left UNC Asheville’s campus without power and potable water, displacing the women’s basketball team a month before the start of its season. As first-year coach Tynesha Lewis mulled how to move forward, a fellow coach in the women’s basketball community proposed a solution. After hearing about
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By Curtis Bunn The University of Michigan Board of Regents did not vote on whether to defund its diversity, equity and inclusion program at its final meeting of the year Thursday following protests on campus to keep the embattled program intact. The board did, however, decide it will no longer require diversity statements for faculty members
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By Ashley Brown In a significant development for the 119th Congress, Congresswoman Sydney Kamlager-Dove (CA-37), a proud member of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Incorporated, has been elected to serve as the Whip of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC). This prestigious position places her at the forefront of the CBS. Expressing her gratitude for the appointment, Kamlager-Dove
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By Judy Kurtz In a night filled with political moments — including multiple nods to President Biden, a Grateful Dead tribute from former Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and accolades for performers-turned-activists — there was scant mention at the Kennedy Center Honors of President-elect Trump’s return to office and what it could mean for the annual awards gala. The 47th-annual Honors ceremony
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By Hansi Lo Wang With Republicans set to control Congress and the White House starting next year, some voting rights advocates are renewing their focus on protections against racial discrimination in elections that don’t rely on the federal government. Several states have enacted state-level voting rights acts over the past two decades, and Democratic-led Michigan
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