The federal government shutdown has had a tremendous impact on thousands of people – but one HBCU coach is looking to provide some assistance. Prairie View A&M head coach Tremaine Jackson has agreed to pay for 100 tickets for furloughed government workers for his team’s next game. Jackson made the announcement via Twitter on Wednesday
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Written By Lexx Thornton New York City Mayor Eric Adams today announced that his administration has already helped cancel nearly $135 million in medical debt for over 75,000 New Yorkers. Last year, Mayor Adams launched a pioneering program that — through an $18 million investment by the city over three years — will relieve some
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Written By Lexx Thornton Former First Lady Michelle Obama is set to dominate the publishing world once again with her latest release, The Look, which traces her style evolution from her early public life to her post-White House era. The anticipation is immense, with the book widely expected to replicate the historic success of her
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Written By Lexx Thornton Community leaders and volunteers, elected officials, Cooperative Extension professionals, business owners, religious leaders, and others interested in positive community action will gather in Greensboro on Friday, Nov. 14, for the 2025 Grassroots Leadership Conference (GLC). The conference, sponsored by Cooperative Extension at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University and the
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By Phil Helsel At least seven people are dead after a UPS plane crashed as it was taking off late Tuesday afternoon in Louisville, Kentucky, causing a large fire and hitting an area with two businesses, officials said. UPS Flight 2976, with three crew members on board, crashed around 5:15 p.m. departing Louisville Muhammad Ali International
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Billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott has given Atlanta’s Spelman College a $38-million gift, the latest in a series of donations to support the nation’s historically Black colleges and universities. Spelman officials say the unrestricted gift will help the university address two of its strategic priorities: Expanding financial aid to ensure student access and affordability, and improving
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By Matt Dixon, Henry J. Gomez, Jonathan Allen and Garrett Haake No one thought Tuesday was going to be Donald Trump’s election night, but there were even fewer silver linings than many Republicans had hoped. Democrats attacked Trump’s agenda to help score victories in Virginia, where former Democratic Rep. Abigail Spanberger quickly defeated Republican Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears. They also prevailed in
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By Ben Kamisar California voters have approved a new congressional map drawn by state Democrats, NBC News projects, giving the party the chance to gain up to five House seats in next year’s midterm elections and counter Republican redistricting efforts in other states. The approval of the ballot measure allows California Democrats to temporarily circumvent the independent
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Written By Lexx Thornton Jackson State University (JSU) senior Camrynn Wimberly recently achieved a significant milestone, presenting her research at the prestigious American Political Science Association (APSA) Conference in Vancouver from September 11–14. The Political Science major from Hattiesburg, Mississippi, was one of only seven students nationally selected to present their work at the international
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Just weeks after Imani Robinson’s pilot episode of “3 Blind Mice” went viral on social media, the United Negro College Fund reached out to partner with her on a new campaign aimed at raising scholarship money for students attending historically Black colleges and universities in Baltimore. “Working with Imani and her team, we are able
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