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Alabama HBCUs navigate political challenges, fight for funding

Alabama is home to more historically Black colleges and universities than any other state in the nation. Now, as President Donald Trump threatens university funding and diversity initiatives, the state’s 14 HBCUs are in a state of uncertainty as they scramble to secure their futures. “Ensuring that qualified individuals are provided the same opportunities as others is wrong how?” said Tommy Graham, an alum of Miles College near Birmingham. Trump has sent mixed messages to HBCUs, who focus on educating Black Americans but who also support a wide array of research, scholarship and jobs. Recent executive orders banning diversity, equity, and

An exhibit honoring victims of gun violence is taken down at ATF headquarters

By Kristin Wright An exhibit showing victims of gun violence has been taken down at the headquarters of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), the Department of Justice has confirmed. The exhibit showed the portraits of 120 people killed in gun violence. A digital kiosk with biographies of each person was also part of the exhibit. An online version has also been taken down. The ATF enforces federal gun laws and is tasked with regulating the firearms industry. It is within the Department of Justice. One of those portraits taken down was of Robert Godwin Sr., who

Protesters unite against Trump in hundreds of rallies across the U.S.

By Emma Bowman Protesters turned out to demonstrate against the Trump administration in cities across the U.S. on Saturday, with organizers hoping to seize on what they say is growing resistance to anti-democratic policies. Hundreds of protests, rallies and other actions against the Trump administration are taking place in cities across the U.S. this weekend. In Washington, D.C., hundreds of protesters gathered in Lafayette Square outside the White House on Saturday morning to voice their opposition to the Trump administration. Demonstrators cited a range of concerns, including the deportation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia and the administration’s moves to cut funding for research and higher education.

President Trump orders Corporation for Public Broadcasting to end federal funding for NPR and PBS

By Clay Voytek President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday directing the Corporation for Public Broadcasting to end federal funding for America’s two biggest public broadcasters, which have faced a series of attacks from the White House and Republican lawmakers accusing them of biased reporting. The order instructs the CPB’s board to terminate direct funding for National Public Radio and the Public Broadcasting Service to the “maximum extent allowed by law and shall decline to provide future funding.” It also orders the board to take steps to “minimize or eliminate” indirect funding to NPR and PBS. The executive order also directs Health

Howard University Graduate Schools Earn National Recognition in U.S. News & World Report Rankings

By Christen Hill Howard University is proud to celebrate a major milestone: The graduate school has earned coveted places among the top graduate schools in the nation.  The U.S. News & World Report rankings are a national recognition that places Howard’s Graduate Schools firmly in the top tier of institutions preparing the next generation of educators, researchers, and policymakers. “This ranking reflects Howard’s growing influence in the field of education through its rigorous programs, faculty scholarship, and robust partnerships with schools and educational agencies,” said Dr. Dana Williams graduate school Dean and professor of African American Literature.  “Rankings aren’t the ultimate measure of success, but they do

Trump offers advice to University of Alabama graduates in speech interspersed with politics

By Kim Chandler President Donald Trump offered some encouraging words and advice for graduating students at the University of Alabama on Thursday in a speech interspersed with impressions of transgender weightlifters, accusations that judges were interfering with his agenda and attacks on his predecessor, Joe Biden. The Republican’s jolting speech was standard fare for Trump and well received by the crowd in deep-red Alabama, which backed him in all three of his presidential runs. “You’re the first graduating class of the golden age of America,” the president told the graduates. But he quickly launched into a campaign-style diatribe, saying that the U.S. was

Education Department opens investigation into Chicago Public Schools

By Deon J. Hampton The U.S. Education Department is investigating Chicago Public Schools amid allegations that a new program designed to improve academic success and retention among Black students and educators violates federal law. The investigation announced Tuesday is based on a February complaint by the nonprofit Parents Defending Education, now known as Defending Education, which alleged the school system’s academic-achievement initiative for Black students racially discriminates against students, violating Title VI of the Civil Rights Act. The investigation appears to be the first time since President Donald Trump took office in January that the department has investigated a public school system for instituting

May Day protesters will rally nationwide against the ‘war on working people’

By Emma Bowman Tens of thousands of protesters are expected to take to the streets nationwide on Thursday in May Day rallies opposing the Trump administration. May Day, celebrated by workers across the globe as International Labor Day, occurs on May 1 each year. This year, activists in the U.S. aim to build on the momentum of recent widespread grassroots protests against policies implemented by the Trump administration. Anti-Trump protesters have expressed a range of concerns regarding the administration’s recent actions, including the elimination of thousands of federal jobs, immigration raids, and billionaire Elon Musk’s involvement in downsizing the U.S. government. A

Supreme Court to weigh effort to create nation’s first religious charter school

By Melissa Quinn The Supreme Court on Wednesday is set to hear arguments in a high-profile dispute over efforts in Oklahoma to create an online Catholic charter school, a case that could open the door to public dollars flowing directly to religious schools. A ruling in favor of the school, St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School, could lead to the country’s first religious charter school and upend laws in 45 states and the District of Columbia, as well as the federal charter school program, all of which require charter schools to be nonsectarian, Oklahoma’s Republican attorney general, Gentner Drummond, has warned. “This

Getty Images and Ancestry Partner to Digitally Preserve Historic Archives of HBCUs

Getty Images (NYSE: GETY), a preeminent global visual content creator and marketplace, has announced a first-of-its-kind genealogy-focused partnership with Ancestry, the global leader in family history. As part of Getty Images’ HBCU Grants Program, this initiative will focus on the digital preservation and accessibility of historical documents, records and the photographic archives of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). Once digitized, these invaluable archives will become searchable on Ancestry websites, helping millions of people discover and connect with the rich legacy of HBCUs. Working alongside Getty Images, Ancestry will collaborate with participating HBCUs to identify and digitize documents, such as newsletters, newspapers, bulletins,

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