February 21, 2025

From homegrown genre to an official museum, D.C. celebrates 50 years of go-go

By Donna M. Owens  In the nation’s capital, where a plethora of cultural institutions dot the landscape, a new arrival pulses with a go-go beat. The Go-Go Museum & CafĂ©, the world’s only collection dedicated to the celebration, study and preservation of all things go-go, opens Wednesday in its birthplace, Washington, D.C. For the uninitiated, the genre

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HBCU gymnastics coach surprisingly resigns after historic program start

By Chris Stevens Less than three years into their program’s history, the Fisk University gymnastics team will have a new leader for the remainder of the season. The university announced that Nuriya Mack will serve as interim head coach following Corrine Tarver’s sudden resignation. Mack was hired by Tarver as the program’s meeting director and social media

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FILE - In this Jan. 6, 2021, file photo, Trump supporters try to break through a police barrier at the Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)

Justice Department broadens Jan. 6 pardons to cover gun, drug-related charges

Written By Tom Dreisbach The Department of Justice has widened the scope of President Trump’s pardons for Jan. 6 riot defendants to include separate but related gun charges. The charges stemmed from FBI searches executed during the sprawling investigation into the Jan. 6, 2021 attack, which allegedly turned up evidence of other crimes not directly connected to the

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Delaware State University Launches New Master’s Program in Educational Leadership

Courtesy of Delaware State University Delaware State University is expanding its graduate degree offerings by introducing a Master of Education in Educational Leadership in Adult and Higher Education program. The program aims to prepare future leaders in the higher education landscape. This program, which will launch in Fall 2025, is one of the few available in

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Westchester celebrates Black history: Exhibits explore theme of African Americans, labor

By Samantha Antrum Two Black History Month exhibits have embraced this year’s theme for Black History month, African Americans and Labor, putting on display the many contributions Black people have made in Westchester County and across the country. “History Restored: Black Entrepreneurship,” on display at the New Rochelle Public Library, and “Black History & Culture:

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Senate adopts $340 billion budget blueprint for Trump’s agenda after marathon ‘vote-a-rama’

By Sahil Kapur, Scott Wong, Frank Thorp V and Kate Santaliz WASHINGTON — The Republican-controlled Senate on Friday morning adopted a $340 billion budget blueprint designed to boost funding for President Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement efforts, energy production and the military. The mostly partly-line vote came just before 5 a.m. ET following an all-night “vote-a-rama,” where senators cast votes on 33 amendments

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Billions of dollars owed to Mid-South black colleges, UNCF and others leading the charge for better investment

By Kelli Cook Funding for Historically Black Colleges and Universities reached new records during the last Presidential administration—$17 billion over a three-year period. Yet, at the same time, federal data shows Tennessee, Mississippi, and Arkansas underfunded those same schools. Thursday, hundreds of students, alumni, and administrators will meet in Memphis to discuss what’s next when

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A 2013 file photo of the Internal Revenue Service building in Washington, DC. New rules issued by the agency say that politically active nonprofits no longer have to disclose their donors to the IRS

IRS cuts over 6,000 jobs in the middle of tax season

By Scott Horsley The Internal Revenue Service, better known as the IRS, is cutting more than 6,000 jobs in the middle of a busy tax season. The cuts are part of a widespread downsizing throughout the federal government being led by Elon Musk’s deputies at the informal “Department of Government Efficiency.” IRS employees were notified

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