By Michael Johnson HBCU 20Ă20-The Application is a non-profit organization thatâs helping students and recent college graduates prepare for their futures. CEO/Founder Nicole Tinson and Senior Vice President of Programs and Partnership Dr. Dennis Johnson, who is a native of Chicagoâs South Side, joined Jewell Hillery via Zoom on Sundayâs WGN Weekend Morning News to discuss
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By Geoffrey Knox We’re getting old guys! Former Philadelphia Eagles DeSean Jackson and Michael Vick are coaches now. We remember when these guys were freshmen in college. We remember watching D-Jax house one vs. the Tennessee Volunteers at Cal (2007) and watching Vick torch the Florida State Seminoles in that 2000 Sugar Bowl, albeit in
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By Stephanie Nolen Funds for vital health programs around the world remain frozen and their work has not been able to resume, despite a federal judgeâs order that temporarily halted the Trump administrationâs dismantling of the governmentâs main foreign aid agency. Interviews with people working on health initiatives in Africa and Asia found that parents
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By Leah Douglas The U.S. Department of Agriculture has suspended a college scholarship program for students from rural and underserved backgrounds who attend historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs), according to the program website. The 1890 scholars program aims to increase the number of agriculture students at the country’s 19 historically Black land-grant universities, which are federally
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By  Steve Peoples Hundreds of thousands of federal workers have been given little more than 48 hours to explain what they accomplished over the last week, sparking confusion across key agencies as billionaire Elon Musk expands his drive to slash the size of federal government. Musk, who serves as President Donald Trumpâs cost-cutting chief, telegraphed the extraordinary request Saturday
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By Levi Ismail The U.S. Department of Agricultureâs website shows that it has suspended a scholarship program for students who enroll at Tennessee State University and other land-grant historically Black colleges. Itâs not clear when the suspension of the 1890 National Scholars Program took effect, but word began to spread this week once people noticed the
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 Voletta Wallace, the dedicated mother of the late great rapper The Notorious B.I.G., died Friday morning at 78. Monroe County Coroner Thomas Yanac confirmed her death Friday to The Associated Press, saying she died at her home in Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, after a stint on hospice care. She died of natural causes. A representative for the estate of The
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By Jonathan Landrum, Jr. Former Vice President Kamala Harris stepped on the NAACP Image Awards stage Saturday night with a sobering message, calling the civil rights organization a pillar of the Black community and urging people to stay resilient and hold onto their faith during the tenure of President Donald Trump. âWhile we have no illusions about what we are
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By Michael Coard Exactly 188 years ago on Feb. 25, 1837, Cheyney University was born as a result of the 1829 last will and testament of Richard Humphreys when his estate in Philadelphia adopted the âAfrican Institute’s text, preamble, and constitutionâ for the âeducation and improvement of the Children and youth, of the African race,
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By Donna M. Owens  In the nationâs capital, where a plethora of cultural institutions dot the landscape, a new arrival pulses with a go-go beat. The Go-Go Museum & CafĂ©, the worldâs only collection dedicated to the celebration, study and preservation of all things go-go, opens Wednesday in its birthplace, Washington, D.C. For the uninitiated, the genre
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