Giovanni Williams is on the verge of turning his football dreams into NFL history. The standout linebacker from Miles College, a Historically Black College and University (HBCU) in Alabama, earned a tryout with the New York Jets during rookie minicamp. But this isn’t just any opportunity. If he makes the team, Giovanni would join his
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By Taylor Johnson The United College Action Network collaborated with Howard University on April 27 to highlight 25 local graduating students who are headed to the prestigious HBCU. Hugh Durham, Howard’s executive director of admissions and recruitment, toured California throughout the month to celebrate graduates, including a visit to Sacramento. Around 75 people attended to
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By Naveen Dhaliwal Yet another equipment outage at Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) caused widespread delays and a ground stop over the weekend. The Federal Aviation Administration said the third outage in less than two weeks happened Sunday morning after a backup air traffic control system momentarily failed. 45-minute ground stop follows latest outage The FAA
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By Kendall Murry Clark Atlanta University is paying tribute to an alumnus and former faculty member who was shot and killed on a California technical college campus earlier this month. The HBCU announced on Wednesday the death of Dr. Cameisha Clark, 35, a former Office of Retention worker and seminar professor for the university. In
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By Tucker Reals The U.S. and China have agreed to a temporary but significant easing of the tariffs imposed over the last couple months, the country’s said in a joint statement shared by the White House, heralding significant success in trade negotiations that ramped up over the weekend. In the joint statement released early Monday
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President Trump says he’ll sign an executive order on Monday that, if implemented, he says could bring down the costs of some medications. It is an attempt to revive a program he tried and failed to implement during his first term. The order Mr. Trump is promising will direct the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to tie what
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Newly released NCAA Academic Progress Rate (APR) data reveals that while HBCUs have made significant long-term gains in academic performance, a disproportionate number of their programs still fall below the APR benchmark of 930—and several are facing penalties from the 2023-2024 cycle. NCAA report over time Over the past 15 years, HBCU programs have seen
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“Everything got caught up in all of this political drama,” she said. “It’s extremely disappointing. I’ve been so busy this semester and just trying to regroup since learning about this. I haven’t figured out, you know, what I will be able to do to get that time back.” Get Starting Point A guide through the
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By Natalie Sherman The US has agreed to reduce import taxes on a set number of British cars and allow some steel and aluminium into the country tariff-free, as part of a new agreement between the US and UK. The announcement offers relief for key UK industries from some of the new tariffs President Donald
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By Steven Corder When Doug Williams walked onto the stage at the 2025 Louisiana Legends Gala, the applause echoed far beyond the Old State Capitol in Baton Rouge—it reverberated through the heart of HBCU sports history. Williams, a Grambling State icon and the first Black quarterback to win a Super Bowl, was celebrated as one of six Louisiana
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