By Rebekah Riess, A White man has been awarded a $10 million payout in a wrongful termination lawsuit filed against his former employer, which he said fired him and replaced him with a White woman and a Black woman as part of a push for diversity, according to court documents. Plaintiff David Duvall was hired as
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By Nicquel Terry Ellis and Jennifer Henderson, Black leaders are rallying around Howard University students who have been protesting since earlier this month what they say are subpar living conditions such as mold, mice and roaches in campus dorms. Students at the historically Black college in Washington, DC, have been assembling for sit-ins at the
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By Meharry Medical College, Meharry Medical College President and CEO Dr. James E.K. Hildreth was named among the 10 inductees recognized in the Tuesday, October 19th Tennessee Health Care Hall of Fame ceremony honoring pioneers, leaders, educators, executives and researchers in the state’s health care industry. The combined 2020 and 2021 classes were acknowledged at a
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By Stella Chan, Two families whose loved ones were killed when a helicopter carrying Kobe Bryant and others crashed on a California hillside have reached a tentative settlement over allegedly leaked photos of the scene. Lawyers representing Los Angeles County have offered $1.25 million each to the Altobelli and Mauser families. John Altobelli, 46, his
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By Ariane de Vogue, A sharply divided Supreme Court will gather Monday to once again consider a Texas law that bars abortion at around six weeks of pregnancy, reigniting a debate concerning the most restrictive law in the country. Oral arguments come two months to the day after a 5-4 court allowed the law to go into
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By Christina Carrega and Holly Yan, The families of nine people fatally shot in 2015 at a historically Black church in Charleston, South Carolina, have reached an $88 million settlement with the Justice Department in their lawsuit over the shooter’s weapon purchase, according to agency officials and a news release Thursday. The settlements range from $6 million
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By Seán Federico-O’Murchú Amirite, or amirite? As the world evolves, words follow, which is why Merriam-Webster has added 455 new ones to the dictionary this month. TBH, many have emerged from the Covid-19 pandemic that has shaped so much of people’s lives over the past 20 months. In 2020, the English word of the year was not surprisingly “pandemic.”
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By Lucas Johnson, Amazon is investing $800,000 to endow a professor at Tennessee State University and equip computer science students with the skills they need to one day work for the company or elsewhere in the technology space. The idea originated in 2018 as a part of announcing Amazon Nashville, which is expected to ultimately
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By Delaware State University, The state Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC) has engaged a trio of Delaware State University sociology professors and their research skills to help the agency improve its public engagement effectiveness. DNREC awarded the University a $249,773 grant earlier this year to conduct the research, which will focus on traditionally
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By Martin Savidge, Mallika Kallingal, Angela Barajas and Eric Fiegel, It’s been nearly two weeks since jury selection began in the trial of the three men charged with killing Ahmaud Arbery, and of the thousand people summoned for jury duty, less than half have turned up. Of the first batch of 600 people summoned when
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