By Andrea Stevens From holistic health ventures to tech startups, a new wave of Black business owners are proving that entrepreneurship is far from a monolith. Tonya Pledger, founder of Love Your V by T, represents a growing movement in wellness entrepreneurship that elevates Black women’s health. Her business, which began in her home, offers
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Morgan State University has been named the 2025 recipient of the United Negro College Fund, Inc. (UNCF) HBCU Futurist Award, an honor presented by the UNCF Institute for Capacity Building during the UNITE 2025 Summit Awards Ceremony. The award recognizes institutions that are boldly imagining, designing, and implementing the future of higher education—leveraging technology, innovation, and partnerships
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These HBCUs have proven themselves to come with pathways to success long after one earns their degree. LinkedIn has rolled out its ranking of the top HBCUs for alumni success. With student enrollment on the rise and breaking records, the success of HBCU students after graduation has garnered significant attention. LinkedIn has revealed its list of the
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Written By Lexx Thornton Target named an insider as its next chief executive officer on Wednesday, a decision that comes as the discount retailer tries to reverse a persistent sales malaise and to revive its reputation as the place to go for affordable but stylish products. Minneapolis-based Target said CEO Brian Cornell, who has led
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Written By Lexx Thornton Dillard University is proud to announce it has received a $1.25 million grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. to establish Vision Quest, a new initiative designed to deepen children’s faith experiences through worship and prayer. This transformative program is funded through Lilly Endowment’s Nurturing Children Through Worship and Prayer Initiative. This national
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Written By Lexx Thornton President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he has ordered his attorneys to conduct a review of Smithsonian museums, calling their portrayal of U.S. history too negative and focused too much on “how bad Slavery was.” Trump said he would subject the museums to “the exact same process” his administration has conducted
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By Steve Kopack President Donald Trump said Wednesday on Truth Social that Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook “must resign, now!!!” Trump’s comment came after the director of the U.S. Federal Housing Finance Agency, William Pulte, a sharp critic of the Fed, alleged in a letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi that Cook “falsified bank documents and property records
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Tennessee State University is preparing to break ground on a $50 million engineering building. This project is intended to reshape the school’s research capacity. Underscoring the expanding role of HBCU alums in helping to meet workforce demands. Approved by the Tennessee State Building Commission on Aug. 15, the nearly 70,000-square-foot facility will consolidate the university’s engineering and
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By Ben Kamisar The Republican-controlled Texas House has passed new congressional maps that aim to pad the party’s majority in Washington by as much as five seats in the midterm elections as battles over redistricting spread across the country. With Texas set to fully enact its new plan as soon as this week, urged on by
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By Ryan Quinn The National Institutes of Health’s director ordered employees to “conduct an individualized review of all current and planned research activities,” including active grants and funding opportunity announcements, according to images of a document provided to Inside Higher Ed. The review comes amid concerns that the NIH won’t distribute all of its allocated
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