By: Jordan Novet PayPal said Monday that it has applied for approval to form PayPal Bank, which would be able to offer loans to small businesses. “Establishing PayPal Bank will strengthen our business and improve our efficiency, enabling us to better support small business growth and economic opportunities across the U.S.,” PayPal CEO Alex Chriss
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Written By Lexx Thornton The Honors College at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University has been selected as one of only three recipients nationwide for the highly competitive 2025 National Collegiate Honors Council (NCHC) Portz Grant. The award will support the innovative “Honors Without Borders – Global Virtual Honors Collaboratives” program, designed to connect
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By Lexx Thornton The proposed legislation would redefine U.S. citizenship as an exclusive status. Under the bill’s provisions, the United States would no longer recognize the validity of a second passport for its citizens.  Key provisions of the bill include: A “Choose One” Mandate: Existing dual citizens would have one year from the bill’s enactment
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By Peter Nicholas Amid slumping approval ratings, President Donald Trump used a prime-time speech Wednesday to deride his predecessor, assert that his economic plan is working and suggest that Americans need to be patient as his policies start to kick in. Trump, in an 18-minute address from the White House, rolled out no new proposals apart from what he called
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By Danny Flannery Since 2022, Dr. Gloria Washington has been spearheading an approach to the artificial intelligence boom that places people at the center. As director of Howard’s Human Centered Artificial Intelligence Institute (HCAI), funded by the Office of Naval Research (ONR), she and her team of researchers are ensuring AI is useful for the actual people it serves.
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By Berkeley Lovelace Jr. The Department of Health and Human Services has terminated seven grants totaling millions of dollars to the American Academy of Pediatrics, escalating its confrontation with the group, which is suing Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. over vaccine policy. The grants supported initiatives aimed at reducing sudden infant deaths, improving teen and young adult health,
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By Sarah Dean, Garrett Haake, Alexandra Bacallao and Rebecca Shabad WASHINGTON — The White House has installed plaques on the exterior of the building bashing President Donald Trump’s predecessors, including Presidents Joe Biden and Barack Obama, and promoting disinformation about their administrations. The plaques were hung up below presidential portraits that have been on display on Trump’s recently added “Presidential Walk of Fame”
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Southern University made a statement the moment it hired Marshall Faulk — one that quickly reshaped the financial conversation around HBCU football. According to a report by WBRZ in Baton Rouge, Southern’s new head football coach will earn $1.2 million over three years. The contract pays Faulk $400,000 per season, placing him among the highest-paid head coaches in
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The United Negro College Fund’s Mayor’s Masked Ball is both a premier social gathering and a powerful fundraising initiative dedicated to promoting the value and impact of higher education. The event not only raises critical awareness around college access but also provides scholarships for students supported by UNCF, while spotlighting the vital role of Historically
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This fall marked the inaugural partnership between Sierra Club and HBCUs Outside, training 19 college students to become Sierra Club Chapter Outings leaders. With more than 5,000 chapter outings leaders nationwide, the partnership brings a new group of young Black leaders into the Sierra Club’s national network connecting thousands of people across the country to the
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