September 23, 2025 - Page 2

Millennials Struggle With Wealth Gap Despite Higher Education

Written By Lexx Thornton Millennials, born between 1981 and 1996, hold more college degrees than any previous generation in U.S. history. Roughly 40% have earned at least a bachelor’s degree. However, despite their academic achievements, many are confronting a harsh economic reality: they’re significantly behind previous generations in terms of wealth building and financial security. 

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MacKenzie Scott Donates $70M to UNCF to Support HBCUs

Billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott has donated $70 million to the UNCF, as the nation’s largest private provider of scholarships to minority students works to raise $1 billion to strengthen all 37 of its historically Black colleges and universities. The gift is one of Scott’s largest single donations ever and among the first to be publicly

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Jimmy Kimmel Returns to ABC Amid FCC, Sinclair Controversy

By Daniel Arkin Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night show will return to ABC’s airwaves on Tuesday, nearly a week after it was suspended amid criticism of the host’s remarks about the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. But many households across the U.S. still may not see the show. Sinclair, a company that operates more than 35 ABC affiliates across

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Trump to Meet Schumer, Jeffries as Government Shutdown Looms

By Melanie Zanona, Julie Tsirkin and Dareh Gregorian  President Donald Trump is expected to meet with House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer this week to discuss funding the government as the specter of a shutdown looms, two sources familiar with the matter told NBC News. A time and a date have not yet been

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Trump Links Tylenol to Autism, Sparks Medical Backlash

By Berkeley Lovelace Jr., Aria Bendix and Erika Edwards President Donald Trump endorsed unsubstantiated claims about a link between Tylenol and autism Monday and made a variety of outlandish claims about childhood vaccinations, offering perhaps his most emphatic support to date of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s agenda. At a White House briefing, Trump announced that his administration

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