Written by Lexx Thornton Morehouse College and Spelman College have officially trademarked the wordmark “SpelHouse,” a phrase most identified with the institutions’ joint homecoming activities but symbolic of the historic bond between these two, single-gender, liberal arts colleges. To celebrate the occasion, Morehouse and Spelman have partnered with the Collegiate Licensing Company (CLC) and ProStandard
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Written By Lexx Thornton Walmart announced on Tuesday a landmark partnership with OpenAI, enabling customers and Sam’s Club members to shop directly within the ChatGPT interface, utilizing the chatbot’s Instant Checkout feature. This move, which sent the company’s shares up 5% to close at $107.21, signals a critical acceleration in the retailer’s digital transformation strategy
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By Danielle Chemtob Antonio Sweeney relied on a mix of private and school scholarships, plus a federal Pell Grant for low income students, to pay for his first two years at his dream school, Morehouse College, in Atlanta, the alma mater of Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-Georgia) and Martin Luther King Jr. But by junior year, most of
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By Phil Helsel The Trump administration has offered nine major universities preferential access to federal funds in exchange for agreeing to a list of administration demands. The “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education” lays out demands that include no consideration of race, sex or other factors in enrollment, financial aid or hiring decisions. The 10-page agreement
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By Ben Kamisar, Bridget Bowman and Joe Murphy The Democratic Party’s ongoing reckoning is fueling more primaries against longtime lawmakers, new fundraising reports show — the latest in a string of signs that some veteran Democrats next year may face their toughest challenges yet, as the party grapples with generational and ideological divides. Fourteen House Democratic incumbents are facing
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By Daniel Arkin Five major broadcast news networks announced Tuesday that they will not sign the Pentagon’s new press policy before an afternoon deadline, joining several other media organizations that have objected to a set of rules that many journalists consider restrictive. “Today, we join virtually every other news organization in declining to agree to the Pentagon’s new
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