Written By Lexx Thornton Cleveland’s new pay transparency law takes effect today, bringing a major shift in how jobs are advertised across the city. The ordinance, which applies to most private employers with 15 or more employees, was approved unanimously by the City Council.  The law mandates two key changes for employers: Salary Disclosure: All
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Written By Lexx Thornton Student leaders at THEE Jackson State University (JSU) have launched an ambitious, unified campaign aimed at tackling voter apathy among the Millennial and Gen Z student body. The initiative seeks to bring all student voter registration efforts under one umbrella to promote consistent civic engagement.  The central goal is to use
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Written By Lexx Thornton The fast-food chain Wendy’s has announced plans for a significant number of restaurant closures, just one year after already shuttering 140 locations. During a quarterly earnings call on Friday, Interim CEO Ken Cook told investors the company plans to close a “mid single-digit percentage” of its approximately 6,000 stores nationwide. This
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By Sahil Kapur, Frank Thorp V, Melanie Zanona and Julie Tsirkin WASHINGTON — The Senate passed legislation Monday night to reopen the government and end the record-long shutdown after eight Democrats broke with their party and joined Republicans to break the logjam. The vote was 60-40, with every Republican except Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky voting in favor of the measure. The measure now
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The Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) announced sweeping discipline on Monday following its investigation into the HBCU brawl that broke out during halftime of Saturday’s game between Grambling State University and Bethune-Cookman University. A total of 27 players — 18 from Grambling State and 9 from Bethune-Cookman — have been suspended. Three of those players received two-game suspensions
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By Jonathan Allen, Matt Dixon and Henry J. Gomez President Donald Trump is confident that he drew the right battle lines when he launched a nationwide redistricting fight to try to preserve the Republican House majority, GOP strategists familiar with the White House’s thinking say — even after Tuesday’s election results gave Democrats openings to counterstrike in California and
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By Zoë Richards President Donald Trump on Monday doubled down on his criticism of air traffic controllers who have been absent during parts of the record-long government shutdown, when they’re required to work without pay. During a Fox News interview, Trump roundly dismissed the employees who in some cases have had to take on second jobs to pay their
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Written By Lexx Thornton Fort Valley State University’s (FVSU) Department of Nursing has achieved a historic milestone: its Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) program has received official accreditation from the Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN). This recognition is poised to significantly strengthen the pipeline of qualified nurses serving rural and underserved communities
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Written By Lexx Thornton Jackson State University senior Malik Alexander spent his summer immersed in one of the world’s most diverse journalism programs, serving as a Program Counselor at The School of The New York Times’ NYC Summer Academy. The Dallas native was instrumental in guiding a globally diverse cohort of high school students through
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Spelman College is expanding its innovative partnership with the newly renamed National Education Opportunity Network (NEON), formerly the National Education Equity Lab. The collaboration, which brings college-credit courses to high school students from Title I schools across the country, has rapidly grown at Spelman from one class and 50 students in Spring 2023 to nearly 300
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