Organization’s Mission to Change the Lives of Today’s Youth with Opportunities for On-the-Spot College Acceptance and Scholarships Drives Week-Long Experience (Black PR Wire) WILMINGTON, Del. – The HBCU Week Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting high school students enrolling in Historically
Written By Lexx Thornton Florida has changed how corporal punishment can be used in its public schools, requiring parents to give approval before the practice is administered. House Bill 1255, passed this spring, mandates that parents either consent for the entire school year or approve before each instance of corporal punishment in both traditional public
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Written by Lexx Thornton A California resident has tested positive for plague after camping in the South Lake Tahoe area. Health officials in El Dorado County believe an infected flea may have bitten the individual. The individual is currently under medical supervision and is recovering at home. A few human plague cases are reported each
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Written By Lexx Thornton President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he has ordered his attorneys to conduct a review of Smithsonian museums, calling their portrayal of U.S. history too negative and focused too much on “how bad Slavery was.” Trump said he would subject the museums to “the exact same process” his administration has conducted
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Written By Lexx Thornton Schools are removing analogue clocks in exam halls because teenagers can no longer tell the time. In some schools throughout the UK, digital clocks have been installed after GCSE and A-level students complained that they couldn’t read the correct time, adding to the stress of examinations. Children have to learn to
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Written By Lexx Thornton President Trump had tapped Tom Cruise as a recipient at this year’s Kennedy Center Honors, but was rejected by the Oscar-nominated actor, according to a new report. The “Mission: Impossible” star told the commander in chief that he couldn’t accept the invitation to attend the gala at the Kennedy Center Opera
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Written By Lexx Thornton Lawrence Blackmon, a Mississippi State Representative, is an HBCU graduate of Howard University with a Bachelor’s degree in Communications, a J.D. from Mississippi College, as well as an LLM from George Washington University. His dad, Edward Blackmon, is also an HBCU graduate of Tougaloo College and has been a practicing lawyer
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Written By Lexx Thornton The Illinois Family Roots Pilot Program, launched in June, is a $500,000 state-funded initiative that sponsors free DNA tests and genomic analysis by The African Kinship Reunion research (TAKiR) project led by principal investigator and researcher LaKisha David at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, The Chicago Tribune reported. This is
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Written By Lexx Thornton Illinois passed a bill banning therapists from employing artificial intelligence chatbots for assistance with mental health therapy, as experts nationwide warn against people’s ever-growing reliance on the machines. The “Therapy Resources Oversight” legislation prohibits licensed mental health professionals in Illinois from using AI for treatment decisions or communication with clients. It
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Written By Lexx Thornton The White House plans to conduct a wide-ranging review of the Smithsonian Institution’s museum exhibitions, materials, and operations ahead of America’s 250th anniversary next year to ensure the museums align with President Donald Trump’s view of American history, a White House official confirmed to ABC News. In a letter sent to
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Written By Lexx Thornton White supremacist flyers linked to the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) have reportedly surfaced in several Ohio neighborhoods. According to WCPO, the flyers appeared in the College Hill and Madisonville neighborhoods of Cincinnati, urging white residents to arm themselves against “vicious attacks from those of color.” The flyers surfaced following a fight
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