After starting the nation’s first gymnastics program at an HBCU in 2023, Fisk University has made the decision to shutter the program at the conclusion of the 2025-2026 gymnastics season, citing recruitment disadvantages and scheduling issues as reasons for their decision. In a press release, Valencia Jordan, the director of Fisk Athletics addressed the rationale behind the
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By Alexandra Marquez Sen. Cory Booker on Sunday said he would not accept campaign donations from tech mogul Elon Musk but urged the former Trump adviser to “get involved right now in a more substantive way” in Democrats’ push against the sweeping GOP-backed spending bill. “This bill is disastrous for our long-term economy,” Booker told
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Written By Lexx Thornton Grammy Award-winning producer Timbalandis going to make us listen to his AI music if it’sthe last thing he does. Today it was announced that he will be launching a new AI entertainment company, Stage Zero, and introducing the world to his first AI-generated artist known as TaTa. Stage Zero co-founder and
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Written By Lexx Thornton Being first isn’t something new to this fraternity. Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. has announced the release of Issue 1 of its groundbreaking comic book series,The Men of Distinction–AlphaPhi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.According to the fraternity, the project blends the fraternity’s historic legacy with a dynamic and imaginative take on superhero storytelling.
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Written By Lexx Thornton Google agreed to pay $50 million to settle a lawsuit accusing the search engine company of systemic racial bias against Black employees. A preliminary settlement covering more than 4,000 Google employees in California and New York was filed on Thursday evening in the Oakland, California federal court, and requires a judge’s
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Digitalization has changed the world in a blink of eye. Our ancestors could never have dreamed that their stories would matter one day. Maybe they lacked resources to preserve their history. Preserving the legacies that history holds wasn’t easy task for them. Today, things are different, thanks to collaboration of Getty Images and Ancestry. Recently, Getty Images
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Generate Key Takeaways Tougaloo College said it received “concerning calls” following the commencement speech delivered by Texas Democratic Rep. Jasmine Crockett on Sunday, according to Black Enterprise. The HBCU is investigating threats, while Crockett called out these incidents. The HBCU sent a letter to the campus community a day after commencement. Tougaloo College has launched an investigation “We
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The United Negro College Fund’s (UNCF) Institute for Capacity Building (ICB) is leveraging the power of networks, technology and innovation to help Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and Predominantly Black Institutions (PBIs) achieve their missions. Ed Smith-LewisThrough digital and innovative platforms, UNCF is building a connected ecosystem where “institutions can learn from one another,
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Dr. Shelley Rousery any measure, $11.73 billion is a staggering amount of public investment — that’s what states collectively spent in just one year on state-funded preschool, according to the latest report from the National Institute for Early Education Research. To offer perspective, that’s about double the entire annual budget for a small state like Delaware. And
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By Kathryn Watson The relationship between President Trump and Elon Musk broke down in dramatic and public fashion on Thursday, with the president threatening to cancel Musk’s lucrative government contracts and Musk claiming that Mr. Trump could not have won the presidency without him, fueling a feud that erupted over Musk’s opposition to Republicans’ tax
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