Written By Lexx Thornton The pandemic is keeping doctors busy at Chicago’s first Black-owned urgent care facility. A year and a half after opening, doctors are already talking about expanding. Premier Urgent Care in the city’s Hyde Park neighborhood isn’t just surviving, it’s thriving, as doctors there continue their quest to fill the health care
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By Rich Schapiro, Ryan J. Reilly and Michael Kosnar Jillian Snider, a retired New York Police Department officer, began working at a think tank in downtown Washington, D.C., four years ago. Back then, at the height of the pandemic, the area had a very different feel. “You couldn’t walk down 14th Street or 16th Street near the White House
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The HBCU community is mourning the loss of Macahri Washington-Parker, a junior mechanical engineering student at Tuskegee University and member of the Golden Tiger baseball team, who died on August 10. A Life of Leadership and Service at Tuskegee University Washington-Parker, a native of Montgomery, Alabama, was a standout on and off the field. In addition
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By Megan Lebowitz Dozens of liberal groups unveiled plans Tuesday to hold around 50 events across 20 states to protest Republican redistricting efforts in Texas backed by President Donald Trump. The demonstrations scheduled for Saturday — branded as “Fight the Trump Takeover” — are being organized by more than three dozen groups, including the Democratic National Committee, according
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By Berkeley Lovelace Jr., Priya Sridhar and Daniela Hernandez Centers for Disease Control and Prevention staffers are voicing frustration over Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s past vaccine comments, following Friday’s shooting at the agency’s headquarters in Atlanta that left one police officer dead. Although the motive of the suspected shooter — Patrick White, 30, from Kennesaw, Georgia — remains unknown,
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Avery*Sunshine and Dana Johnson share their HBCU love story in Rolling Out and Genesis’s latest Because We Met campaign, spotlighting culture, connection, and the GV80 Coupe. RollingOut has once again teamed up with Genesis Motor America to celebrate the powerful bonds forged through the HBCU experience in the latest installment of their acclaimed Because We Met series. The
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By Taylor Vance U.S. Rep. Ro Khanna of California visited Jackson to highlight a technology job training initiative with Jackson State University he’s spearheading as part of a larger effort to connect the tech sector to historically Black colleges and universities. Khanna, a Democrat, represents Silicon Valley, home to Google, Nvidia and Apple. His Thursday
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A Norfolk State University alum hopes to raise over $10 million for HBCUs in an innovative way. Rod Bell is as proud of his HBCU education as he is his hot wheels. He will take his custom NSU-themed motorcycle to the streets in a planned visit to over 100 historically Black institutions. In the “RIDE4MYHBCUs”
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Bands are one of the most iconic symbols of HBCU culture — and now, Tougaloo College is joining that tradition. The Mississippi-based HBCU has formed a groundbreaking partnership with Jacktown AllStar Band LLC to create its first-ever band program. Tougaloo and Jacktown signed a Memorandum of Understanding and lifetime contract on August 5. The agreement marks
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Written By Lexx Thornton Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) sued Capital One, N.A., and its parent holding company, Capital One Financial Corp., for cheating millions of consumers out of more than $2 billion in interest. The CFPB alleges that Capital One promised consumers that its flagship “360 Savings” account provided one of the nation’s “best”
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