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Bondi Approves Investigations into Democrats, Trump Allies React

By David Rohde For three years, Mike Davis, a Republican lawyer and former legal counsel to Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, has pushed for federal criminal investigations of Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Joe Biden and senior FBI, CIA and Justice Department officials. Now, a series of recent investigations approved by Attorney General Pam Bondi suggests to Davis

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Kennedy Reinstates HHS Task Force on Childhood Vaccines

Written By Lexx Thornton Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said Thursday that HHS is reinstating the Task Force on Safer Childhood Vaccines, which disbanded in 1998. The decision comes months after a group he once led sued to bring back the panel.   The Children’s Health Defense, which Kennedy founded, filed a lawsuit in May against Kennedy

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Alcorn Alum Dr. McReynolds Wins $1.3M NSF CAREER Award

Written By Lexx Thornton Dr. Melanie McReynolds, an Alcorn State University alumna and a leading biochemistry and molecular biology scholar at Penn State, has received the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) highly sought-after Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) award. This award is the NSF’s most distinguished for early-career faculty, recognizing those who excel as role models

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Illinois Launches Free DNA Program to Trace Black Ancestry

Written By Lexx Thornton The Illinois Family Roots Pilot Program, launched in June, is a $500,000 state-funded initiative that sponsors free DNA tests and genomic analysis by The African Kinship Reunion research (TAKiR) project led by principal investigator and researcher LaKisha David at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, The Chicago Tribune reported. This is

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Reinvestment Fund Launches HBCU Brilliance Financial Program

Dr. Ibram X. Kendi at the UNCF UNITE convening in Atlanta last month. Reinvestment Fund, a Community Development Financial Institution with offices in Philadelphia and Atlanta, has launched the HBCU Brilliance Initiative, a comprehensive program designed to bolster the financial stability of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) across the country. The initiative combines $40,000 grants

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Ralph Lauren Celebrates HBCU Legacy on Martha’s Vineyard

On a warm August Friday evening at Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School, the stories of two worlds converged. The genteel summer retreat of Oak Bluffs met the rich legacy of historically Black colleges and universities through Ralph Lauren’s partnership with Morehouse and Spelman. The south and the legacy of HBCUs was brought to Martha’s Vineyard

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Entergy Texas Awards HBCU Students Power Your Future Grants

Entergy Texas proudly announces the six recipients of its Power Your Future Scholarship, an initiative that supports students pursuing eligible technology majors at select Historically Black Colleges and Universities and minority-serving institutions across the Gulf South. “These scholarships do more than support education—they help shape the future workforce that will lead our industry and help

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Disney World Hosts First HBCU Hoops Invitational 2025

Walt Disney World Resort is set to host the first HBCU Hoops Invitational this December 4-7, 2025. The tournament will showcase 4 men’s and 4 women’s teams from prominent HBCUs, consisting of Florida A&M, Bethune-Cookman, Hampton, and Tuskegee universities, at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex. This tournament will be an exhilarating experience for

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Tennessee State Faces Future After OVC-Big South Shakeup

Another domino has fallen in the Ohio Valley Conference–Big South (OVC-Big South) football partnership — and it leaves Tennessee State University, the lone HBCU in the league, as an HBCU power in a conference with dwindling membership. Tennessee Tech University announced it will leave the OVC after the 2025–26 season to join the Southern Conference (SoCon). The

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Newsom Pushes California Mid-Decade Redistricting Plan

By Natasha Korecki and Ben Kamisar Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday called on California lawmakers to approve a November ballot measure that would allow them to redraw the state’s congressional map to fight back against Republicans’ mid-decade redistricting plans in Texas and elsewhere. Newsom’s proposal, called the “Election Rigging Response Act,” would pave the way for California Democrats

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