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Funeral held for Black man fatally shot by Madison police

By Matt Lavietes A 38-year-old Black man who was shot and killed by police in Madison, Wisconsin, was laid to rest Friday. Corey Ruiz, 38, was fatally shot after he pulled out a knife in a struggle with four police officers last month, according to authorities. Bystander video of the incident went viral on social media, prompting a series of protests in the Midwestern city and drawing fresh scrutiny over the harsh police tactics used on the city’s people of color. The video of his death raised questions about why lethal force was used after Tasers were deployed. The funeral was attended by civil rights

Most States Have Acknowledged The Debt Owed to Public HBCUs. Almost None Have Paid It.

By Walter Hudson Four years ago, a landmark Forbes investigation put a number on something Black college leaders had argued for generations: their institutions had been systematically short-changed by the states that were legally obligated to fund them. The figure — at least $12.8 billion in missed state and federal appropriations to the nation’s 18 public land-grant HBCUs between 1987 and 2020 — became a rallying cry from campus rallies in Tallahassee to congressional hearing rooms in Washington. Today, the number is still the number. What has changed is smaller, messier, and far more uneven than the headlines once suggested.

Judge finds Kennedy Center owes musician $250,000 in legal fees

By Gary Grumbach and Dareh Gregorian WASHINGTON — A judge ordered the Kennedy Center to pay $250,000 in legal fees to musician Chuck Redd, whom the arts center sued for canceling a Christmas Eve concert after President Donald Trump’s name was added to the building’s facade. D.C. Superior Court Judge Tanya Jones Bosier dismissed the case in June, finding conditions of unlawful retaliation against Redd. In an order Monday, Bosier said she made a “good faith evaluation of records to exclude hours that are arguably duplicative, excessive, or unnecessary” and found that the Kennedy Center owes Redd $252,479.70 for the legal fees he has

Black Lives Matter makes $200,000 HBCU athletics investment

Black Lives Matter Sports is putting its mission into action, investing nearly $200,000 into nonprofit organizations, HBCU athletics, and community-based initiatives working to create meaningful change. The investment directs resources toward programs supporting Black communities both on and beyond the playing field, reinforcing the role sports can play as a vehicle for opportunity and long-term impact. Founded by social impact leader and Black Lives Matter Global Network Chairman Cicley Gay, BLM Sports donated $166,000 to 19 organizations in addition to supporting several HBCU athletic programs and community initiatives. The investment aims to expand access, strengthen institutions, and create opportunities for students, young athletes, women,

RFK Jr. proposes fix to loophole that allows additives into food. Critics say it doesn’t go far enough.

By Berkeley Lovelace Jr., Aria Bendix and Erika Edwards The Trump administration said it’s taking first steps in strengthening rules over ingredients food companies have long added to their products with minimal oversight. Under a proposed rule announced Monday, manufacturers will have to notify the Food and Drug Administration when they deem additives as “generally recognized as safe,” also known as GRAS, as well as provide information on existing additives. But critics say that while this is a good first step, the proposed rule won’t prevent manufacturers from adding new ingredients to foods, nor will it remove the many thousands of additives already in foods. The

CBCA Founder Robert Mason Dies at 66, Leaving Behind a Legacy That Changed HBCU Admissions

The Common Black College Application founder Robert Mason, the man who made it possible for hundreds of thousands of students to apply to dozens of Historically Black Colleges and Universities with a single form, has died at 66. His brother, Todd Mason, confirmed the death to HuffPost. A cause has not yet been released. For nearly three decades, Mason’s name has been inseparable from the Common Black College Application, the portal he built in 1998 to let prospective students apply to more than 60 HBCUs — including Morehouse College, Claflin University, and Tennessee State University — for one affordable fee. What

Dr. Erica Schwartz confirmed as CDC director, filling a leadership vacuum

By Pien Huang The U.S. Senate confirmed Dr. Erica Schwartz as director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, nearly a year after the last permanent director was fired in a dispute over vaccine policy with Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. The vote on Schwartz’s nomination was 51-44 in favor, almost entirely along party lines. She will take command of a public health agency that has lost thousands of employees in the second Trump administration amid layoffs, resignations and leadership shakeups. The CDC is currently responding to surges in measles cases, cyclosporiasis outbreaks and an Ebola outbreak in

Youngest Black professor at Cambridge resigns as university investigates allegations of plagiarism

By The Associated Press LONDON — A British sociologist who became famous as the youngest Black professor ever at the University of Cambridge has resigned after the university opened an investigation into “new information” about his academic qualifications. Professor Jason Arday, who was 37 when he became a Cambridge professor in 2023, announced his decision late Wednesday following weeks of allegations about plagiarism in his academic work and questions surrounding claims about his athletic and fundraising accomplishments. “While criticism is an inevitable part of academic life, what I have experienced has gone far beyond scholarly disagreement,” Arday said in a statement.

Trump signs 2 immigration actions to limit birthright citizenship and curb ‘birth tourism’

By The Associated Press WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Thursday that he is once more trying to limit the number of people who are born in the country who can become American citizens, in a sign that even after his first attempt at limiting birthright citizenship was rejected by the Supreme Court, he’s ready to try again. The president said he was signing two executive actions on immigration, including one limiting the number of people eligible for U.S. citizenship after being born in the United States, while another focused on stopping people from coming to the U.S. to give birth. The written

Seattle mayor defends ousting police chief after festival shootout

By The Associated Press Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson on Friday defended her decision to oust the city’s police chief as the “right decision at the right time,” but she declined to explain why. The leadership change came as police continue searching for people involved in a fatal, gang-related shootout at a food festival near the Space Needle last weekend. A 15-year-old was arrested at the scene and has been charged with assault, but charging documents say the gun he was seen firing wasn’t involved in the deaths of two bystanders. Wilson and then-Police Chief Shon Barnes faced criticism for being slow to release

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