Morgan State University’s Center for Continuing and Professional Studies (CCPS) has received an $800,000 grant from the Crankstart Foundation to continue providing reentry scholarships for nontraditional adult learners pursuing bachelor’s degrees. The four-year award, effective Sept. 1, 2026, through Aug. 31, 2030,
Analysis by Lisa Respers France Depending on you and your life experiences, Bill Cosby is either an abuser or the latest Black man to fall prey to being unjustly accused. In the case of the 83-year-old actor, it is actually dozens of
By John Blake One evening, Robin DiAngelo became a nice racist. DiAngelo, author of “White Fragility,” remembers the precise moment it happened. A friend invited her to join a few friends of hers for dinner. When DiAngelo arrived at the restaurant, she was excited
by Jacqui Palumbo Three years after Barack and Michelle Obama’s official portraits were unveiled at the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery, the paintings have arrived at the Art Institute of Chicago, where the former President and First Lady had their very first date. On
By Lisa Respers France Michael B. Jordan has issued an apology regarding his new liquor brand following some high-profile complaints. The “Creed” actor recently launched a line of rum called called J’Ouvert, joining the many celebs who have gotten into the spirits industry.
By Marianne Garvey and Stella Chan George Clooney, Kerry Washington, Don Cheadle and more stars hope to make Hollywood more inclusive by exposing students to entertainment industry jobs during high school. The industry veterans are backing a magnet program in partnership with the Los Angeles
By Lisa Respers France Will Smith is excited for you to read his memoir. The superstar put up a few posts over the weekend on his verified Instagram account regarding his forthcoming autobiography, titled “Will.” In one, Smith used a filter to give
By Rachel Trent On the first Father’s Day since DMX died after a heart attack, his fiancée posted a heartwarming video of the late rapper and their son singing together. “SCREAMING HAPPY FATHERS DAY ALL THE WAY TO THE HEAVENS ABOVE,” Desiree Lindstrom wrote
Review by Brian Lowry “Fatherhood” arrives just in time for Father’s Day, in a heart-tugging package that presents star/producer Kevin Hart an opportunity to show off his dramatic acting chops. Not that there aren’t laughs in this sweetly spirited, conflict-light, fact-based Netflix movie,
By Lisa Respers France Paris Jackson joined friend Willow Smith for Smith’s first “Red Table Talk Takeover” and we learned how incredibly similar the two young women are. Jackson, 23, and Smith, 20, are children of superstars (musical icon Michael Jackson and
By Harmeet Kaur, Franceli Chapman knows what Washington Heights looks like. The uptown Manhattan neighborhood where Lin-Manuel Miranda’s musical “In the Heights” takes place is where Chapman, an Afro-Latina actress with roots in the Dominican Republic, played on street corners as a child and where
