By Sholnn Z. Freeman LeVar Burton, who has portrayed the Black experience from slavery to the stars, serenaded Howard University graduates with āButterfly in the Sky,ā the iconic āReading Rainbowā theme song, and hailed them as āliving proof of your ancestorsā dreams.ā āRemember that you are descended from some of the most resilient souls in
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ByĀ Cela Migan Howard University senior Dezmond Rosier had his sights set on the federal government to begin his career. The 22-year-old, who graduated this month with a bachelorās degree in political science and an economics minor, planned to apply to the Department of Education, butĀ cuts to the departmentās workforceĀ and the Trump administrationās efforts to ditch
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ByĀ Kyle StewartĀ andĀ Nnamdi Egwuonwu President Donald Trump fired the Librarian of Congress, Carla Hayden, on Thursday, according to a copy of her termination email obtained by NBC News. In the email sent to Hayden, Trent Morse, the deputy director of presidential personnel, wrote: āOn behalf of President Donald J. Trump, I am writing to inform you
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By Tami Luhby PresidentĀ Donald TrumpĀ signedĀ a sweeping executive orderĀ Monday morning that promises to crack down on āunreasonable or discriminatoryā practices by foreign countries that result in Americans paying far higher costs for prescription drugs. āStarting today, the United States will no longer subsidize the health care of foreign countries, which is what we were doing,ā Trump
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The American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) is pleased to announce the 2025 awardees of theĀ ACLS HBCU Faculty Fellowship and Grant Program, which supports exceptional research by faculty in the humanities and interpretive social sciences at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). This year’s 20 awardees come from 11 HBCUs and represent a range of
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Democratic governors warned en masse Monday that it will be “impossible” for states to make up for the hundreds of billions inĀ MedicaidĀ spending cuts that House Republicans are proposing. Why it matters:Ā The country’s 23 Democratic governors are trying to amplify their Medicaid message by speaking in a unified voice. The proposed spending cuts are “disastrous,” the
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By Steven Corder When Malia Obama stepped behind the camera to direct her first commercial, she didnāt just make artāshe made history. The Nike spot, launching Aāja Wilsonās signature āAāOneā sneaker on May 6, did more than promote a shoe; itās a cinematic love letter to Black excellence, athletic greatness, and the undeniable rhythm of
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The Ninth Annual Harry T. Burleigh Spirituals Festival Scholarship ConcertĀ will take place on Monday, April 14th at 7:30 p.m. at the Laura Turner Concert Hall in the Schermerhorn Symphony Center. Presented by the Tennessee State University Department of Music and Big Blue Opera Initiatives (BBOI), in collaboration with the Nashville Black Music Association (NBMA), Burleigh
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