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Trump administration uses King’s ‘Dream’ speech to introduce executive orders cutting DEI

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By Char Adams When an incoming White House official announced Donald Trump’s executive order  dismantling federal diversity, equity and inclusion programs, the official invoked a familiar line: “This order is meant to return to the promise and the hope that was captured by civil rights champions, that one day all Americans can be treated on the basis of their character, not by the color of their skin.” The statement echoed a well-known quote from Martin Luther King Jr.’s 1963 “I Have a Dream” speech, in which King declared, “I have a dream that my four little children will one day live

Former HBCU SGA President becomes one of the youngest councilmen in the nation

By Randall Barnes At just 27 years old, Anthony Kenney, a proud alumnus of Southern University, is making history and redefining what it means to be a leader in public service. On election night in Baton Rouge, Kenney celebrated a hard-fought victory, winning the Metro Councilman seat for District 2 by a razor-thin margin of just 255 votes. Kenney’s path to public service is deeply rooted in his experience at Southern University, a historically Black college in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. More than just his alma mater, Southern became the foundation of his commitment to servant leadership. During the 2018–2019 academic year,

The American Heart Association aims to close the gap in health inequities with HBCU scholars program

Courtesy of Morehouse School of Medicine The American Heart Association’s program has the goal of increasing the number of Black students who apply and are accepted into medical schools. One of its newest participants, Jada Hall from Gulfport, is a junior chemistry major at Tougaloo College in Jackson. She is studying to become a pharmacist “What makes me interested in pharmacy, in medicine, in all of those things is I’ve just always been kind of keen on the sciences and very much with chemistry and how different metabolic ways in the body just interact with each other,” Hall said. “Medicine

Nonprofit founded by Stacey Abrams to pay record Georgia fine for violating state campaign laws

By Zoë Richards A nonprofit organization founded by Stacey Abrams has agreed to pay a $300,000 fine for violating campaign finance laws over its spending in support of the Georgia Democrat’s candidacy during the 2018 governor’s race. The Georgia Ethics Commission voted unanimously Wednesday to impose the penalty after it found that the New Georgia Project, which Abrams founded in 2013, and the affiliated New Georgia Project Action Fund had not disclosed their campaign contributions and spending after they advocated for Abrams in the race, which she lost to Gov. Brian Kemp. “These expenditures included, but were not limited to, canvassing activities, literature expressly advocating for

Harris returns home after making history in Washington.

By Erica Greene Former Vice President Kamala D. Harris left Washington on Monday the way she entered her role on the same day five years ago: making history. After President Trump’s inauguration, Ms. Harris headed to Joint Base Andrews to take her last official flight home to California, supported by an all-female U.S. Air Force crew — the first time such a crew has operated a C-32 aircraft for the military branch, according to an aide. It was a fitting end for a barrier-breaking vice president who rarely presented herself as such, a subtle nod to her historic ascendancy to

Trump Pardons January 6 Rioters in First Executive Action, Sparks Outrage from Law Enforcement and Families

By Stacy M Brown Four years after the deadly January 6 Capitol insurrection, Donald Trump, now back in the Oval Office, has signed a sweeping pardon for approximately 1,500 convicted rioters. This unprecedented move, which includes high-profile figures like former Proud Boys chairman Enrique Tarrio, has ignited fierce backlash from law enforcement, victims’ families, and political leaders. Nayib Hassan, Tarrio’s lawyer, confirmed his client is being processed for release from federal prison. Tarrio was serving a 22-year sentence for seditious conspiracy, one of the most severe charges brought against January 6 defendants. Despite not being present at the Capitol during

Howard University and Johns Hopkins to Collaborate on Cancer Research and Address Racial Health Disparities

The Howard University Cancer Center and the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center have recently received a $13.5 million federal grant from the National Cancer Institute to establish the Howard-Johns Hopkins Comprehensive Alliance in Cancer Research, Education, and Equity (H2CAREE), an initiative aimed at advancing cancer research and eliminating health disparities among African Americans. The new alliance will bring together leading scholars from both institutions, leveraging each university’s unique expertise and resources. In addition to interdisciplinary research projects, H2CAREE will also focus on strengthening the cancer research workforce by training the next generation of diverse biomedical scientists. Furthermore, the alliance will

Bernice King on MLK Day coinciding with Trump inauguration: ‘It reminds us of King’s spirit’

By Kimmy Yam The coincidence that Martin Luther King Jr. Day lands on the same Monday as Donald Trump’s inauguration isn’t a cause for concern, according to Bernice King, the late civil rights icon’s daughter. In an interview with MSNBC’s “The Weekend” on Saturday, she said the timing provides an opportunity to reflect on her father’s legacy as the U.S. transitions to a new administration. “It’s wonderful that this occurs on the King holiday, the inauguration, because it reminds us of King,” said Bernice King, the youngest of Martin Luther King’s four children and who was 5 years old when her father was assassinated in 1968. “It

Trump signs executive orders proclaiming there are only two biological sexes, halting diversity programs

By Daniel Arkin, Yamiche Alcindor and Matt Lavietes President Donald Trump on Monday signed executive orders proclaiming that the U.S. government will recognize only two sexes, male and female, and ending “radical and wasteful” diversity, equity and inclusion programs inside federal agencies. In a phone call Monday morning ahead of Trump’s swearing-in, senior White House officials detailed both orders, grouping them under the Trump administration’s wider “restoring sanity” agenda. The officials presented the gender order as part of a policy “defending women from gender ideology extremism and restoring biological truth to the federal government.” The order aims to require that the federal government use the term “sex” instead

A Forward March for MLK In the New Trump Era

By April Ryan “Today hits differently,” says Democratic Texas Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett who decided to observe the National Martin Luther King Jr. holiday away from the 60th Presidential inauguration of Donald John Trump. A large swath of the 62 members of the Congressional Black Caucus who were invited to the ceremonies chose to observe the National King Day away from the nation’s capital. “Today, unlike any King Day before, I’ve truly searched my soul for his strength and praying for an ounce of his political prowess,” according to the outspoken Texas lawmaker who was a co-chair of the Kamala Harris

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