By Lawrence Hurley  Conservative justices objected as the Supreme Court on Monday sidestepped a new dispute over race in education by declining to consider whether an admissions program for public high schools in Boston unlawfully considered race. Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas both said they would have taken up the case, while Justice Neil Gorsuch said
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By Ashley Brown In a remarkable fusion of literature and wellness, Dr. Viola Lanier, a distinguished Morehouse School of Medicine graduate, has opened A Better Today Books & Boutique in Marietta, a suburb of Atlanta. Officially opened on Nov. 30, this innovative establishment stands out for its commitment to promoting reading and holistic well-being. A
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By Mark Landler President Biden is commuting the sentences of nearly 1,500 people, the largest grant of clemency by an American president in a single day, the White House announced in a statement on Thursday. A large number of those being pardoned had been placed in home confinement during the coronavirus pandemic, while 39 were
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By Ashley Nash The South and Northeast are home to a significant number of HBCUs. Still, Ohio houses Wilberforce, an HBCU that was erected in 1856 and 1951. The midwestern university offers teacher training and classical education. Once one university, the second school broke off and became its own official school in 1965. Both are
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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 universityâs 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 Harvardâs Faculty of Arts and Sciences Deanâs 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 â 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 RenĂ©e 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 â and even within his own administration â it feels like he left the Oval Office weeks ago. Biden has effectively disappeared from the radar in the wake of Democratsâ bruising electoral
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By Mia Berry When Hurricane Helene hit western North Carolina in September, floods left UNC Ashevilleâs campus without power and potable water, displacing the womenâs 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 womenâs basketball community proposed a solution. After hearing about
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