The Portland Trail Blazers and Alaska Airlines are once again teaming up to transform this yearās HBCU (Historically Black Colleges and Universities) to the Pros Night into a celebration of the HBCU experience across the Portland community. Members of the Howard University Showtime Marching Band and Auxiliary Units will fly to Portland, courtesy of Alaska
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By Stephen J. Gaither Heisman Trophy winner Travis Hunter recently did the media rounds at the Super Bowl, and the topic of his time at HBCU Jackson State came up. During an interview with Cam Newton, the former Colorado two-way star was asked about his decision to go to Jackson State out of high school
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Courtesy of Masuga Communications This Valentineās Day, Ashley ShantĆ© and Brandon Gerard, the husband-and-wife filmmaking duo behind Our Blues Make Us Gold, share a deeply personal tribute to historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs). More than just a documentary, the film is a love letter to HBCUs, Black excellence, and the transformative power of community.
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By Robert Legare, Mellissa Quinn A federal judge in Massachusetts allowed the Trump administration’s bid to offer “deferred resignations” to federal workers who voluntarily leave government service to continue and lifted a previous court order pausing the program’s deadline. Shortly after the ruling, Office of Personnel Management spokesperson McLaurine Pinover said in a statement that
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The NBA today announced that the Morehouse College and Tuskegee University menās basketball programs have been selected to compete in the 2025 NBA HBCU Classic presented by AT&T as part of NBA All-Star 2025 in the San Francisco Bay Area. The Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) matchup will take place on Saturday, Feb. 15, 2025,
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By Annie Nova As House Republicans look for ways to slash spendingĀ to fund President Donald Trumpās tax cuts, theyāveĀ floated proposalsĀ that could raiseĀ federal student loan billsĀ for millions of borrowers. GOP lawmakers are expected to useĀ the budget reconciliation processĀ to make major cuts to the federal budget. The savings from the student repayment plan overhaul would be $127.3
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By Chris Megerian TheĀ Trump administrationĀ on Thursday intensified its sweeping effortsĀ to shrink the sizeĀ of theĀ federal workforce, the nationās largest employer, by ordering agencies to lay off nearly all probationary employees who had not yet gained civil service protection ā potentially affecting hundreds of thousands of workers. In addition, workers at some agencies were warned that large
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Courtesy of the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff is making significant strides in redefining the intersection of athletics and agriculture with a groundbreaking partnership launched by its Athletics Department. The collaboration with James Bunch, president of PickinGreens Productions, and the 1890 Agriculture and Student Athletes Project has
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By Walter Hudson The Trump administration announced it is overturning Obama-Biden guidance that required colleges to provide equal name, image and likeness (NIL) payment opportunities to male and female student-athletes under Title IX regulations, marking a significant shift in collegiate sports policy that could have far-reaching implications for gender equity in athletics. Craig Trainor, acting
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By Sara Weissman On his first day in office, President Donald Trump rescindedĀ a slew of Biden-era executive orders and actions that he deemed āharmful.ā In his order disbanding the initiatives, he slammed the former president for injecting diversity, equity and inclusion work āinto our institutions,ā calling DEI a ādangerous preferential hierarchy.ā Among the programs Trump
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