August 11, 2026

Black Lives Matter makes $200,000 HBCU athletics investment

Black Lives Matter Sports is putting its mission into action, investing nearly $200,000 into nonprofit organizations, HBCU athletics, and community-based initiatives working to create meaningful change. The investment directs resources toward programs supporting Black communities both on and beyond the playing field, reinforcing the role sports can play as a vehicle for opportunity and long-term

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Bowie State University Ranked Among Nation’s Top Public HBCUs by Forbes

Bowie State University has been ranked No. 7 among the nation’s public Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) in Forbes’ inaugural ranking, America’s Top HBCUs: 20 Historically Black Colleges and Universities That Set Grads Up for Success. The ranking is primarily based upon recognition of institutions that demonstrate strong student outcomes, return on investment, graduation success,

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WASHINGTON, DC - AUGUST 10: U.S. President Donald Trump, accompanied by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (R) and Jayme Leagh Franklin with the The Conservateur (L), speaks after signing an executive order calling for childhood vaccine shots to be spaced out into separate visits during an event in the Oval Office of the White House on August 10, 2026 in Washington, DC. During his second term, Trump has urged Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to investigate further research on vaccines. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Trump order aims to cut number of diseases all children should be vaccinated against from 18 to 11

By Aria Bendix and Erika Edwards President Donald Trump issued an executive order Monday that aims to reduce the number of universally recommended vaccines for children — a move that reaffirms the dramatic overhaul Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced this year, which has been blocked in court. Similar to that vaccine schedule change, the new order recommends dropping the

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RFK Jr. proposes fix to loophole that allows additives into food. Critics say it doesn’t go far enough.

By Berkeley Lovelace Jr., Aria Bendix and Erika Edwards The Trump administration said it’s taking first steps in strengthening rules over ingredients food companies have long added to their products with minimal oversight. Under a proposed rule announced Monday, manufacturers will have to notify the Food and Drug Administration when they deem additives as “generally recognized as safe,” also known as

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