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Trump Administration Announces $174M Commitment To HBCUs

Trump Administration Announces $174M Commitment To HBCUs The Trump administration is reinvesting in HBCUs. The administration will distribute $174 million to Historically Black Colleges and Universities(HBCUs), according to a press release. The commitment will be added to the $406 million approved by Congress and signed by President Donald Trump. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon announced it during the White House Initiative on HBCUs Summit. The initiative targets research, innovation, campus modernization, and private-sector partnerships and is designed to equip students for careers in growing sectors, according to a White House press release. It also notes that with this, HBCUs will

Nolan Wells’ family vows to ‘never stop’ seeking the truth after grand jury report

By Rebecca Cohen Nolan Wells’ parents and their attorneys called on Mississippi to continue pursuing a fuller picture of the “truth” in the teenager’s death at a news conference Tuesday. The news conference was held a day after the Jackson County district attorney said a state grand jury will not pursue charges in the teenager’s July Fourth death. “Jackson County District Attorney Angel Myers McArthur will have you accept that Nolan Wells’ death can be summarized in three words: ‘We’ll never know,’” attorney Ben Crump said. “But Nolan’s family offers three other words: ‘We’ll never stop.’” Crump, in his remarks,

HBCU Leaders, Corporate Partners Convene in D.C. to Strengthen Support for Black Colleges’ Athletic Programs

By Marc H. Morial National Urban League President & CEO New York City’s troubling decline in reading scores, despite one of the most ambitious literacy reform efforts in the nation, is a wakeup call for the entire nation. Across the country, reading achievement continues to decline. Nearly 40 percent of fourth graders read below the basic level and roughly a third of eighth graders are reading below basic, the highest share ever recorded. Taken together, these numbers reveal a national literacy crisis that threatens economic opportunity, educational equity, and our nation’s future competitiveness. Reading is not merely another subject in

US Court Rules Unconstitutional Trump Ban On Media Outlets

By Team StratNews A federal judge ordered US President Donald Trump on Thursday to restore White House access for journalists from CNN, MS NOW and Politico, saying his ban on the three media outlets was likely unconstitutional. In a major setback for Trump in one of his biggest battles with the media, US District Judge Tim Kelly issued his order in a lawsuit that the news organizations filed contesting the ban that the Republican president announced on September 18. Kelly ordered the Trump administration to immediately return the outlets’ press passes and blocked officials from enforcing the ban for 14

Flights resume after air traffic equipment failure snarls traffic in Newark, Philadelphia

By Jay Blackman, Joe Kottke and Corky Siemaszko A major circuit blew at the Philadelphia facility that controls air traffic to Newark Liberty International, Teterboro and Philadelphia airports Monday — causing widespread delays and cancellations to thousands of flyers on the East Coast. Dozens of planes were left idling for hours on runways across the region while the FAA scrambled to repair the issue affecting Philadelphia’s Terminal Radar Approach Control, or TRACON, facility that houses both a radar approach control room and an air traffic control tower. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said shortly after 5 p.m., some seven hours after

Dr. Glenda Glover On The Fight For Equitable HBCU Funding

For former Tennessee State University President Dr. Glenda Baskin Glover, the fight over equitable funding for HBCUs is far from over. During the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s 55th Annual Legislative Conference, Glover discussed the decades of underfunding faced by Tennessee State University and other historically Black land-grant institutions across the country. The CPA and attorney, who led TSU from 2013 to 2024, details that fight in her new book, How Dare You: An HBCU President’s Fight for Half a Billion Dollars Owed—and the State’s Actions to Avoid Payment. At the center of the dispute is $544.3 million that a Tennessee

The data center backlash is reshaping American politics — one community at a time

By Scott Neuman With striking speed, the widespread debate around data centers has become a fault line in American communities, cutting across political parties, splitting constituencies and forging unexpected alliances. In city halls and county commission chambers, east to west and north to south, people are squaring off against their local representatives. It starts with distrust Data centers have “upended politics as we know it,” says Darrell West, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution. It’s more than a not-in-my-backyard issue, he says — it also reflects existential fears that artificial intelligence will take jobs or eliminate humanity entirely. “People

Judge strikes down Trump administration’s $600 million in cuts to teacher training

By The Associated Press BOSTON — A federal judge on Thursday struck down a 2025 order from the Trump administration that cut hundreds of millions of dollars in teacher training money. U.S. District Judge Angel Kelley in Massachusetts wrote in her order that the Education Department’s directive violated federal law and was arbitrary and capricious. n February 2025, the Education Department cut about $600 million in grants for teacher training, characterizing them as supporting “divisive ideologies” such as diversity, equity and inclusion efforts. The grants were intended to address teacher shortages. The Education Department’s order was hasty, Kelley wrote. The

Congressional Black Caucus conference begins amid concerns over Callais, Voting Rights Act

By William J. Ford Rep. Glenn Ivey (D-4th) says the annual Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s legislative conference is typically “a big homecoming,” but this year’s event could be the last for some members at a time when Black representation is under threat on Capitol Hill. The conference that starts Wednesday comes just months after the U.S. Supreme Court’s April ruling in Louisiana v. Callais gutted racial protections in the Voting Rights Act, saying states’ use of race-based redistricting amounts to an “unconstitutional racial gerrymander.” Analysts have said the seats of as many as 20 members of the 62-member Congressional Black Caucus could be threatened

House passes bill to shield consumers from data center price hikes on energy

By Scott Wong WASHINGTON — Under pressure to act on unpopular data centers, the House overwhelmingly passed bipartisan legislation Wednesday aimed at shielding consumers from higher energy costs when new data centers are built in their communities. The vote was nearly unanimous, 417-3, with the only opposition coming from progressive Reps. Summer Lee, D-Pa.; Delia Ramirez, D-Ill.; and Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich. Because GOP leaders brought the bill to the floor under a fast-tracking procedure known as suspension, support from two-thirds of voting lawmakers was required. The bill, dubbed the Ratepayers Protection Act, is the only legislation related to artificial intelligence that was scheduled for a

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