Congresswoman Alma S. Adams, Ph.D. (NC-12), founder and co-chair of the Bipartisan, Bicameral Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) Caucus, and Congressman Shomari C. Figures (AL-02) introduced the Land-Grant Institution Parity Act. The Land-Grant Institution Parity Act protects federal funding for our land-grant colleges and universities, including the country’s 19 land-grant HBCUs, commonly referred to as 1890
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HBCU football programs are once again poised to cash in during the 2025 college football season with several high-profile road games against Football Bowl Subdivision opponents. According to Sports Illustrated here are the “Money Game” known payouts for 2025. Leading the way is Grambling State, which will travel to Ohio State in what promises to be a headline-grabbing
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By Gary O’Donahue Three months into Donald Trump’s second term, foreign leaders should be aware that a coveted trip to the Oval Office comes with the risk of a very public dressing down, often straying into attempts at provocation and humiliation. Wednesday’s episode with South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa was a classic of its kind,
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Courtesy of Clinton College Clinton College has appointed Dr. Pamela Richardson Wilks as its 14th president, marking a significant leadership transition for the historic South Carolina HBCU. Wilks, who brings more than 25 years of experience in higher education leadership—primarily at Historically Black Colleges and Universities—will officially begin her tenure on June 1, 2025. The
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YouTube has released its first-ever Top 100 Podcasts rankings, which include several podcasts hosted by Black creators. Most of these podcasts are sports-related, with a few focusing on daily news, but many also have cultural significance within music, entertainment, and urban communities. The rankings feature strong sports podcasts hosted by former Black athletes such as Shannon
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By Danny Flannery In 2023, schools in D.C.’s wards 7 and 8 faced an overwhelming mental health crisis. The long-term effects of the pandemic — the isolation, loneliness, disruption to daily life, and possibility of having to learn in an unstable home environment — along with the everyday stressors of racism and poverty, only exacerbated
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The Trump administration is moving to dismiss federal oversight agreements in Louisville and Minneapolis reached following the fatal shooting of Breonna Taylor and police killing of George Floyd, and dropping investigations into several major US police departments. The move, announced by the head of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, reflects the administration’s opposition to
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The Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) recently obtained a dismissal in court of a $150 million lawsuit pertaining to the media rights to the conference’s athletic games. According to the Raleigh News & Observer, Urban Edge Network claimed they had the right to broadcast SWAC athletic competitions on its streaming platforms. The suit was dismissed in April
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The road to higher education philanthropy seems to lead to Salisbury’s only HBCU: Livingstone College president, Dr. Anthony J. Davis, announced during the college’s 143rd commencement ceremony on May 3 that another seven-figure gift had been received, this time to support green energy as part of Davis’s “Miracle on Monroe Street” campus revitalization plan. The gift
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SALT deduction cap increase to $40,000 phased above $500K, with remittance cut, silencer tax breaks, Trump accounts now! House Republicans are planning to quadruple the cap on state and local tax deductions to $40,000, under a catch-all amendment for their sweeping domestic policy legislation. The amendment would also tweak provisions affecting remittances from people in
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