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Arkansas Baptist College students take early voting walk to Little Rock library

With Election Day less than a week away, students at Arkansas Baptist College are taking their civic duty beyond the classroom, participating in an early voting walk as questions continue over federal election monitors coming to Arkansas. Led by history professor Edmond W. Davis, students walked from campus to the nearby Sue Cowan Williams Library in Little Rock on Wednesday to cast their ballots ahead of the November 3 general election. Davis said the goal is to give students firsthand experience with the voting process while reinforcing the importance of civic engagement. “By this being a U.S Government class under

Judge declines to block California from counting alleged noncitizen voters’ ballots in DOJ lawsuit

By Gary Grumbach and Dareh Gregorian A federal judge in California on Wednesday refused the Trump administration’s request to segregate 20,000 mail-in ballots from individuals it alleges are noncitizens. “This request violates longstanding constitutional principles mandating that states have control over their elections,” U.S. District Judge David Carter wrote. “If Plaintiff’s last-minute request for relief were granted, either party could create chaos for their own political purposes to disrupt the election process.” What the administration was asking for, he wrote, “would wreak havoc and disrupt the election that is already underway, create a chilling effect on election workers and voters

US lawmakers closed their on-campus voting sites. HBCU students marched miles to vote anyway

  On 15 October, the first day of early voting in North Carolina, mostly Black students from North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University (NC A&T), Bennett College and the University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG) marched from their college campuses to their nearest polling sites for the first day of early voting. Previously, students were able to vote on their respective campuses; however, late last year, with Republicans at the helm, the North Carolina board of elections removed several polling sites from local colleges: UNCG, NC A&T, Western Carolina University (WCU) and Elon University. As a result, students

Birmingham Civil Rights Institute honors Alabama’s HBCU legacy with new exhibit, permanent tribute

The Birmingham Civil Rights Institute is honoring Alabama’s historically Black colleges and universities with a new exhibit and permanent tribute recognizing their contributions to education, culture and the Civil Rights Movement. The institute unveiled its HBCU Legacy Wall on Friday, featuring the names of all 14 institutions in the state and the years they were established. The wall will remain at the institute, while the accompanying exhibit, Historically Black: An Exhibit Honoring Alabama’s HBCU Legacy, will be on display through Dec. 12 in the Odessa Woolfolk Gallery. The exhibit features photographs, documents, artifacts and memorabilia representing the institutions, including items

NAACP decries viral videos of group wearing KKK robes in El Paso, Texas

By Dennis Romero Police and the El Paso, Texas, branch of the NAACP are condemning a group of people, possibly including youths, who were shown wearing Ku Klux Klan-style white robes and hoods in viral social media videos. The videos show the group walking on a neighborhood street, which police indicated is in El Paso. In one video, the person recording can be heard laughing and telling the group, “Y’all gotta yell something, güey.” (“Güey” is Spanish slang, most commonly used in Mexico, akin to “dude” in English.) Carl B. Dwyer Jr., the NAACP’s El Paso branch president, denounced the

Stephen A. Smith Addresses White House Dinner Attendance, Reaffirms Commitment To HBCUs And Protecting Corporate Investment In Black Education

Stephen A. Smith, media mogul, New York Times bestselling author, and proud 1991 graduate of Winston-Salem State University, is addressing the public discussion surrounding his decision to attend a White House dinner with President Donald Trump, emphasizing his commitment to the long-term financial stability of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). For Smith, the decision was rooted in a commitment to institutions that have educated generations of Black leaders, professionals, entrepreneurs, and public servants. “I will always advocate for HBCUs and the students whose futures depend on them,” Smith said. “My reason for attending the White House dinner was to

U.S. appeals court appears skeptical of Trump DOJ’s lawsuit over California voter rolls

By Reuters A federal appeals court appeared skeptical on Sunday of a lawsuit filed by President Donald Trump’s administration that seeks to force California officials to set aside thousands of mail-in ballots the administration says were sent to noncitizens ahead of midterm elections. During a rare weekend oral argument, two judges on a three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals sharply questioned a Justice Department lawyer about the lawsuit, a high-profile effort by the Trump administration to boost the federal government’s role in elections ahead of the Nov. 3 midterms. The Department ‌of Justice’s lawsuit signals the

N.Y. AG James files opposition to effort to bar her from Cornell investigation

By Phil Helsel New York Attorney General Letitia James filed a response Thursday opposing an effort to bar her from acting as special prosecutor in the Cornell University rape investigation over claims of political bias. James said in a court filing that the petition to remove her as special prosecutor relies on claims that “are not justiciable.” An attorney for Gillio Lopes, one of seven men sued over allegations that a woman was raped at a Cornell fraternity house, filed a petition this month arguing that James “unequivocally demonstrated a bias and presumption of guilt.” James wrote in the response

CNN threatens new legal action, saying it’s still being denied access to Air Force One

By Jocelyn Noveck Already embroiled in a tense legal standoff with the White House, CNN is threatening further action in the courts if its journalists continue to be denied access to Air Force One and the “pool” of journalists who accompany President Donald Trump when he travels. The network has been entangled in legal action with Trump’s administration ever since the president issued its reporters a sudden ban from White House grounds a month ago, along with those from MS NOW and Politico, calling their content “fake news.” Last week, a federal judge granted the news outlets their request for

Trump launches women’s health initiative at National Institutes of Health

By Reuters WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump signed an executive order alongside first lady Melania Trump on Monday creating a task force and a National Institutes of Health division focused on women’s health. The task force will be led by Trump’s White House chief of staff Susie Wiles, who recently announced that she is cancer-free, and Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a White House official said. The new Women’s Health Division at NIH will not replace the agency’s Office of Research on Women’s Health but will have a broader mandate beyond research. “President Donald J. Trump & First Lady

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