Written By Lexx Thornton The California Legislative Black Caucus (CLBC) today announced a historic victory with the signing of Senate Bill 518 (Weber Pierson), which creates the nation’s first permanent state agency dedicated to advancing reparations: the Bureau for Descendants of American Slavery. With Governor Gavin Newsom’s signature, California moves beyond simply acknowledging historic injustices
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By Mark Lawton The School of Education at North Carolina Central University (NCCU) has received a $2.3 million federal grant for graduate students to complete their field experience in integrated care settings. The four-year grant, known as IMPACT NC, was awarded by the Health Resources and Services Administration. Over half of the grant award is
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By Lexx Thornton MTV is closing the chapter on its music video roots. Paramount Global announced on October 12, 2025, that it will shut down several of its music-focused channels globally by December 31, 2025. The affected channels include: MTV 80s MTV Music Club MTV MTV 90s MTV Live This move signals a definitive shift
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By Sahil Kapur and Scott Wong At the two-week mark, Republicans and Democrats are bracing for a long government shutdown, with both parties seeing more upside in persisting with their conflicting demands. As a result, neither side is willing to give an inch in the standoff, now the fifth-longest shutdown in the country’s history. Republicans say their message
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Courtesy of Spelman College The Power of Representation: ElevateHER’s Impact More than 100 students, researchers, faculty, and STEM professionals gathered at 42 West Midtown in September for the second annual ElevateHER Summit, hosted by Spelman College’s Center of Excellence for Black Women in STEM (COE-BWS). The bold, one-day event delivered a potent mix of research, innovation,
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By  Mary Norkol, Anthony Vazquez and Kade Heather Federal agents chased a car through a residential neighborhood on the Southeast Side of Chicago Tuesday, and then intentionally crashed into the car in a risky maneuver restricted by some police departments nationwide. The maneuver was caught on local security cameras, which showed the car being hit by the feds’ vehicle,
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By Ayesha Ali Major airports across the country — including in New York City, Chicago and Atlanta — are refusing to play a video featuring Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem blaming Democrats for the impacts of the government shutdown. Many of the airport representatives said their facility’s policies bar the showing of political
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