Courtesy of Clark Atlanta University Clark Atlanta University (CAU) announced today it will receive $16.5 million as part of the Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation’s landmark $50 million, 10-year scholarship commitment to Atlanta’s Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). This transformative gift, the largest private donation in CAU’s history, will provide critical financial support to
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Throughout its history, Howard University has been a hotbed of Black political thought, with visits from political organizations like Planned Parenthood, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). However, the announcement that BLEXIT, a conservative political organization, intends to visit Howard and nine other HBCUs
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Written by Lexx Thornton On Monday afternoon, Amazon Web Services (AWS) finally confirmed it had resolved a massive cloud hosting outage that had caused widespread disruption for millions of internet users globally. The event, which Reuters called “global turmoil,” was reportedly the worst outage since last year’s CrowdStrike incident. As the world’s largest cloud provider,
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Written By Lexx Thornton With Significant Gains in Graduate, Transfer, and Black Male Student Enrollment, Morgan State Solidifies Its Position as One of the Nation’s Fastest-Growing HBCUs BALTIMORE — Morgan State University’s steady rise in national prominence and student demand shows no signs of slowing. For the fifth consecutive year, the University has set a
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Written By Lexx Thornton A burgeoning local reparations initiative in Detroit, Michigan, is making tangible strides in building Black generational wealth by providing direct funding for homeownership and crucial support for ancestral research. The organization, Reparation Generation, recently expanded its impact after appointing its first executive director, Christian Harris, last year. The group is dedicated
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By Dan Mangan President Donald Trump has demanded that the Department of Justice pay him a whopping $230 million in compensation for its criminal investigations of him dating to before his first term in the White House and afterward, The New York Times reported Tuesday. The Times noted that any potential settlement might have to be approved by federal officials whom he has appointed during
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By Carlos Holmes Yesterday at the 75th Anniversary of the Newark, Delaware NAACP Chapter Freedom Fund Annual Dinner, University President Tony Allen, announced that Delaware State University would temporarily defer payments for students and families who are experiencing direct financial impacts due to the ongoing shutdown of the federal government. “Through no fault of their
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By Obed Manuel, Michel Martin Democratic House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries said he believes public pressure will mount on Republicans in the coming days to extend health insurance subsidies that are the heart of the shutdown fight. Most of the federal government remains shut down after Senate Republicans and Democrats again failed to pass a
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By Monica Alba and Raquel Coronell Uribe Construction crews Monday started demolishing part of the East Wing of the White House as part of President Donald Trump’s project to build a new ballroom, according to an administration official. Trump said in July that the project “won’t interfere with the current building.” “It’ll be near it, but not touching
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A groundbreaking partnership between New York City Public Schools and Delaware State University is now offering Southeast Queens students a unique opportunity: the chance to earn college credits–and even an associate’s degree– at a Black institution before finishing high school. Dr. Evelyn Edney discusses the importance of students receiving quality college-level prep, also being exposed
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