Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., has reached a historic milestone with the chartering of its first chapter in Ghana, officially expanding the organization’s presence to the African continent. The landmark moment reflects the sorority’s enduring commitment to service, leadership, and global sisterhood, while strengthening cultural and historical ties between its members and the African diaspora. As the oldest
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Tuskegee University has been awarded a $25,000 HBCU Cares State Agency Talent Pipeline Initiative mini-grant to support a collaborative workforce and internship initiative between the Department of Social Work (BSW and DL MSW) housed in the College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) and the Department of Food and Nutritional Sciences housed in the College of
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By Jonathan Allen President Donald Trump said Tuesday that federal agents “make mistakes sometimes” in enforcing his immigration crackdown, an acknowledgment that comes after weeks of violent confrontations — including the fatal shooting of Renee Nicole Good — in the streets of Minneapolis. “ICE is going to be too rough with somebody, or, you know, they’re
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By Austin Thompson On Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, much of the national conversation rightly reflects on values such as justice, equality and dignity. Less often do we ask a harder question than King himself increasingly emphasized toward the end of his life: Are our institutions actually capable of delivering those values in practice?
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By Elyse Perlmutter-Gumbiner and Dennis Romero Air Force One returned to Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, on Tuesday night after the crew identified “a minor electrical issue” after takeoff, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said. President Donald Trump was seen boarding a new, smaller aircraft after landing. It will take the designation Air Force One, according to protocol noted by the Air Force.
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By Ryan J. Reilly and Gary Grumbach WASHINGTON — Attorney General Pam Bondi said Tuesday night that Trump loyalist Lindsey Halligan is leaving her post as a top federal prosecutor in Virginia. “Her departure is a significant loss for the Department of Justice and the communities she served,” Bondi said in a statement. “While we will feel her absence keenly, we are
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South Carolina State University band take the field before the homecoming game Saturday, October 4, 2025 in Orangeburg. Andrew J. Whitaker/Staff “You fast forward 20-something years later, and we are now rising on that day and replacing where the Confederate flag once flew with the state’s flagship HBCU flag,” said Grant. Grant, along with state Rep. Jerry
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When Dawn Staley brought South Carolina to the small HBCU in Baltimore, Maryland, Coppin State, the final score (90-48) was never the point. It was about the moment. “This is a measuring stick,” Staley said. Those words framed the entire afternoon. Not as charity. Not as optics. But as access. And in women’s basketball, access still matters—especially for HBCU programs.
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By Megan Lebowitz WASHINGTON — The Justice Department “will pursue charges” related to a protest in a church in St. Paul, Minnesota, Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon said Monday, specifically calling out ex-CNN journalist Don Lemon for his coverage of the event. In an interview with conservative influencer Benny Johnson, Dhillon, the assistant attorney general for
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By Eric Tucker WASHINGTON (AP) — Michael Ben’Ary was driving one of his children to soccer practice on an October evening last year when he paused at a red light to check his work phone. He was in the middle of a counterterrorism prosecution so important that President Donald Trump highlighted it in his State of the
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