December 03, 2025

Langston University Spring Enrollment at Urban Sites

Throw those L’s up! Langston University is opening spring enrollment for their Tulsa and OKC campuses! Students can now join the HBCU (Historically Black college and university) experience while achieving their degrees! In 2026, the university will extend their cooperative extension and outreach program to now 48 Oklahoma counties. With the additions of Woodward and

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AKA Returns to Morris Brown College After 20-Year Hiatus

Morris Brown College has welcomed Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. back to campus after a hiatus of over 20 years. The Gamma Gamma Chapter officially returned to the HBCU on Sunday night with a ceremony held for the occasion. Alpha Kappa Alpha closed its chapter at Morris Brown College after the HBCU lost its accreditation in 2002. Although

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Airbus Cuts 2025 Jet Deliveries but Keeps Profit Outlook

By Dimitri Rhodes and Tim Hepher  Airbus cut its full-year commercial delivery target by 4% to around 790 jets on Wednesday but maintained its financial goals, sending its shares bouncing higher as the European planemaker cleared the air over its latest industrial setback.  The decision to act came a day after CEO Guillaume Faury confirmed

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Trump Criticizes Ilhan Omar and Somalia in Heated Remarks

By Dareh Gregorian President Donald Trump on Tuesday ripped Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., as “garbage” and said Somalis should “go back to where they came from.” “I don’t want them in our country. I’ll be honest with you, OK. Somebody will say, ‘Oh, that’s not politically correct.’ I don’t care. I don’t want them in our country. Their country

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Westlake vs. New Manchester in BOTY High School Finals

The road to Atlanta has officially narrowed, and the field for ESPN’s Red Lobster Band of the Year High School division now features two powerhouse programs representing metro Atlanta. Westlake High School of Fulton County and New Manchester High School of Douglas County have emerged as the final two competitors following the withdrawal of Jonesboro

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KhaDarel Hodge Backs HBCU Elite in My Cause My Cleats

It took exactly one game in college for Atlanta Falcons receiver KhaDarel Hodge to realize the difference between HBCUs and then-Power 5 football programs. In Week 2 of the 2016 season, Prairie View A&M, a historically Black university in southeast Texas, was playing a “money game” against Texas A&M. The Aggies were far from the toast of

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Janice Bryant Howroyd Honored at 2025 HBCU Honors

Written By Lexx Thornton For North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State alumna Janice Bryant Howroyd, 2025 is turning out to be a very special year.  Over the summer, the internationally recognized entrepreneur was inducted as an honorary member of Delta Sigma Theta alongside former Democratic National Committee Chair Donna Brazile, Queen Latifah (Dana Owens) and

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New Portable Benefits Act Aims to Protect Independent Workers

Written By Lexx Thornton Federal and state labor policies have failed to keep pace with modern work arrangements, leaving over 74 million self-employed professionals, freelancers, and gig workers nationwide unable to access workplace benefits without jeopardizing their independent status. As states grapple with how to regulate America’s evolving modern workforce, Independent Women today unveiled its

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Trump Administration Moves to Withhold SNAP Funds

By Raquel Coronell Uribe The Trump administration indicated Tuesday that it will begin withholding SNAP benefits from recipients in most Democratic-led states starting next week after those states refused to provide the Agriculture Department with data including recipients’ names and immigration statuses. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said during a Cabinet meeting Tuesday that 29 Republican-led states have complied but that

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New HBCU Fellowship Launches Innovators Across Alabama

A new statewide fellowship aims to turn big ideas from the state’s historically Black college and university students into real companies, and to keep that talent here in Alabama.  The group HBCU CARES — Consortium to Advance Research and Economic Strength — is launching a year-long Innovators Fellowship and Legacy Launchpad with support from Innovate

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