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Philly’s Black motorcycle clubs hit the streets to encourage Black men to vote

By Trymaine Lee  For 30 years, the Rev. Alyn E. Waller has led his flock at Enon Tabernacle Baptist Church, the city’s largest Black congregation. But on Saturday, the good pastor led another kind of assembly: 100 Black men, mostly clad in leather, astride a pack of snarling motorcycles. “Here we are in Philly, 100 fellas on bikes in the city and the police are helping us, not chasing us,” Waller said, a chorus of hogs, trikes and slingshots rising around him. “At the end of the day, we know that we have done some good, not just for us, but

Anonymous Donation of $25K to Aid Hurricane Recovery at NCICU Campuses

A remarkable act of kindness has emerged as an anonymous donor contributed $25,000 to assist North Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities in their recovery efforts following Hurricane Helene. Multiple Historically Black Colleges and Universities are part of the NCICU, including Bennett College, Johnson C. Smith University, Livingstone College, Saint Augustine’s University, and Shaw University. This significant gift honors Dr. Rosemary M. Thomas and celebrates her inauguration as the first female president of Chowan University. The donation is a testament to the institution’s dedication to community service and support. Dr. Thomas presented the generous donation to NCICU President A. Hope Williams

Democrats Launch Ad Campaign at 30 Colleges

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By Katherine Knott In an effort to boost early voting among college students, the Democratic National Committee is planning to spend big on a new campaign—one of its largest efforts ever to reach young people and student voters. The roughly $500,000 campaign will encourage students to vote early and vote for Democrats in “critical races for the White House, House and Senate,” according to the announcement, provided first to Inside Higher Ed. College students are a key demographic for Democrats and seen as critical to Vice President Kamala Harris’s bid to win the White House after young adults helped power President Joe Biden

American Academy of Arts & Sciences Tracks the Status of Humanities Degrees at HBCUs

A new report from the Humanities Indicators project at the American Academy of Arts & Sciences has examined trends in humanities degree completion at historically Black colleges and universities over the past 25 years. In 2022, HBCUs awarded 2,907 bachelor’s degrees in humanities fields. This was a 15 percent decrease from the recent high of 3,434 degrees awarded in 2014. Notably, this is a significantly greater decrease than the 2.5 percent decline in all degrees awarded by HBCUs over the same time period. Most of the humanities degrees awarded by HBCUs in 2022 were within the “liberal studies” discipline, with concentrations in

Biden-Harris Administration Hits Milestone: Loans Forgiven for 1 Million Public Servants

By Katherine Knott After overhauling a 17-year-old program, the Biden administration has now forgiven student loans for one million public service workers—a milestone the Education Department celebrated as “unprecedented.” The administration crossed the one million threshold Thursday after discharging another $4.5 billion for more than 60,000 student loan borrowers including teachers, nurses and first responders. The department has now forgiven $74 billion in debt through the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program, which Congress created in 2007 to wipe out outstanding loans for qualified borrowers after they made payments for 10 years. Few workers benefited from the program before the Biden administration took over and implemented

Exonerated ‘Central Park Five’ sue Trump for defamation after debate comments

By Marlene Lenthang The five men who make up the Central Park Five and now call themselves the Exonerated Five have filed a defamation lawsuit against Donald Trump over his remarks during the presidential debate last month. The lawsuit focuses on the Sept. 10 debate in Pennsylvania, where Trump said the five men — Antron McCray, Kevin Richardson, Yusef Salaam, Raymond Santana and Korey Wise — pleaded guilty when they were tried in connection with the assault and rape of a woman who had been running in Central Park on April 19, 1989, and that the victim had died. During the debate he

Georgia students take to streets to protest ‘dehumanizing’ voting law that criminalizes handing out water

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By Curtis Bunn  In the latest public rebuke of Georgia’s controversial 2021 voting law, dozens of Black students and activists marched through the heart of historic Morehouse College on Saturday in an effort to push back on what they call “anti-voting” measures in Georgia and other states. Since 2021, SB 202 — also known as the Election Integrity Act — has made it illegal in Georgia for anyone to hand a hot or thirsty person a bottle of water while standing in line to vote. Those participating at Saturday’s rally cited SB 202 as one of many “inhumane laws that attempt

Senate Republicans raise questions after funds for disaster loans exhausted

By Aris Folley A group of GOP senators are pressing the Small Business Administration (SBA) for answers after officials said its disaster loan program exhausted its funds earlier this week in the aftermath of a pair of major hurricanes. The letter, addressed to SBA Administrator Isabel Casillas Guzman, featured signatures from four Republicans on the Senate Small Business Committee: Sens. Joni Ernst (Iowa), Tim Scott (S.C.), Todd Young (Ind.) and James E. Risch (Idaho). In the letter, the senators raised concerns about the administration’s handling of its disaster loan account and what they described as the office’s “failure to provide its authorizing committees statutorily required information.”

Georgia judge blocks controversial ballot hand tally rule

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By Zach Montellaro A Georgia state judge on Tuesday temporarily blocked a controversial rule supported by allies of former President Donald Trump that election administrators feared would cause last-minute chaos in the election. Judge Robert McBurney granted a request from election officials in Cobb County and others to pause a rule that would require poll workers to hand-count the number of ballots soon after polls close. McBurney noted in his order that the rule was being instituted so close to Election Day that poll workers couldn’t be trained for it. “Should the Hand Count Rule take effect as scheduled, it would do

Leadership changes swell at Black colleges

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By Gabrielle Hayward When alumni of historically Black colleges and universities return to their alma maters to celebrate homecoming over the next few weeks, many will see new faces in charge on the yard. As enrollment numbers have continued to increase at HBCUs nationwide in recent years, multiple schools have faced turnovers in leadership, with top executives resigning or retiring. This issue is not solely present at HBCUs — years of tenure have decreased among collegiate leadership nationwide. However, since 2022, more than 30 of the 107 HBCUs have announced new presidents or chancellors. This summer, two schools even announced leadership changes within hours

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