By Chloe Melas and David K. Li Lionel Richie underwent a heart procedure leading to the postponement of at least three shows and casting doubt on an upcoming Las Vegas residency, a representative for the famed singer and producer said Tuesday. Richie was scheduled to perform with Earth, Wind & Fire at the Chase Center
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Strada Education Foundation committed $25 million over eight years to HBCUs in August 2020 and, instead of imposing a pre-designed program, ran a listening tour with presidents and chancellors to surface needs. The framework that emerged now runs at 47 institutions, pairing a $7,000 scholarship with $1,200 per student per year in flexible funds to
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By Jena Roberts Early’s Kitchen is the Tallahassee spot for breakfast. Located on the Southside, the Black-owned restaurant draws patrons from miles around the capital city. The David Jolly/ Gwen Graham team stopped by at the invitation of Leon County Commissioner Bill Proctor and was greeted by a packed house of folks looking for answers.
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By Janet Roach As historians, educators, and community leaders gathered downtown at the Norfolk Waterside Marriott for the 111th Annual Conference of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH), the foundational institutions of American social, economic, and political history have taken center stage. Among the week’s featured sessions was a panel on Thursday dedicated to
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By Janelle R. Baker, Ph.D. Every fall, small college football programs, including HBCU programs, sign contracts to get blown out by the sport’s biggest budgets, and everyone calls it smart business. Guaranteed money, what fans and coaches call “money games,” keeps HBCU athletic departments running in a sport where the gap between programs is now
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C.R. Neal Academy is preparing to make history in South Carolina as the nation’s first public charter school authorized by a historically Black college or university, with a curriculum designed to connect students to STEM education, college, and high-demand careers, Afrotechreports. The tuition-free charter school is scheduled to open in Columbia in August 2027 after
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By Gary Grumbach, Dareh Gregorian, Rudy Chinchilla and Rebecca Shabad WASHINGTON — CNN, MS NOW and Politico journalists were allowed back at the White House on Thursday, nearly a week after President Donald Trump banned them. They were reinstated after a judge ruled that the administration had to temporarily restore their access. White House reporters
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The University of the District of Columbia has once again been recognized among the nation’s top 25 historically Black colleges and universities, ranking #24 in U.S. News & World Report’s 2027 Best Colleges rankings and #14 among public HBCUs. “UDC’s place among the nation’s top HBCUs reflects the extraordinary work taking place across our university
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Six-time NBA champion Michael Jordan made a huge investment in HBCU life in Atlanta. Jordan and the Jordan Brand supported an initiative that birthed the Morehouse Multimedia Center. The center opened on Wednesday, September 23. Jordan helped open the center by committing $1 million in 2021 to support Morehouse students studying journalism and sports-related fields.
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By Rebecca Cohen, Sam Brock, Kathryn Prociv and Phil Helsel Millions across the Northeast are bracing for an intense, multiday nor’easter this weekend that is forecast to bring heavy rain and strong wind gusts to the East Coast. Forecast models Thursday disagreed on the storm’s exact track, but one thing is clear: Wherever it goes,
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