Opinion

Americans ration medicine and postpone retirement to afford health care, polls find

By Berkeley Lovelace Jr. About 1 in 3 U.S. adults say they’ve made trade-offs to afford health care in the past year, including rationing or skipping medications or borrowing money, according to a poll from West Health-Gallup. A second survey from the group found nearly 1 in 10 adults say they’ve postponed retirement because of health care costs.

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Brandis Friedman speaks on PBS HBCU documentary, adjusting to the media industry

Although Black History Month has passed, the relevance of HBCUs is ever-present. In the past six years, we’ve seen a rise in the spotlight on HBCUs, with several notable alumni ascending to high heights in various fields. We’ve seen NFL players, such as Michael Vick, DeSean Jackson, and Deion Sanders, take on the challenge of building

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Why What’s Happening At Texas Colleges Matters For HBCUs

They always announce these decisions in the softest possible language. The words are careful, managerial. They use phrases like streamlining, restructuring, reducing fragmentation, and enhancing collaboration just so they can gut Black-centered scholarship without ever having to admit they’re trying to kill it. But what’s really going down is a quiet choreography between compliant academics

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Research Finds Racial and Economic Disparities in How States Distribute Student Financial Aid

The Century Foundation recently published a new analysis tracking how some southern states fail to properly distribute student financial aid, finding that a high share of state grant dollars go to students from high-income families. According to the Century Foundation’s research, one of the worst states when it comes to effectively distributing financial aid is Mississippi, the

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Policy, Power, and the Future of HBCUs Spotlighted at King Endowed Chair Lecture

Opening Remarks Frame HBCUs as Essential, Not Peripheral The formal program began with remarks from Tonjia Hope Navas (Ph.D. ’24), assistant provost for international programs, and Trustee Emerita Marie C. Johns (DHL ’13), the 2025-26 King Endowed Chair holder. They both framed the conversation as timely and necessary, an invitation to think expansively about where higher education

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How HBCUs Continue To Protect Black Culture

This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at SUBR chapter and does not reflect the views of Her Campus. Historically Black Colleges and Universities have a significant impact on protecting and influencing Black culture in many different ways. Beyond academics, these institutions have poured into and invested in students’ everyday

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The Power of the Poll: Why Voting Sites at HBCUs Matter

“The Right to Vote vs. The Right to Be Seen as ‘Grown’” I remember being on the edge of 17, eagerly waiting to turn 18, not only to legally be an adult but also to exercise my voting rights, which I was so ecstatic to do. To me, someone who’s been an advocate for a

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What It Takes To Sustain HBCU Leadership At HBCUs

We often talk about sustainability in higher education as if it were a race measured in quarters, dashboards, and presidential contracts. But at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), sustainability doesn’t, and can’t, happen on a stopwatch. It’s something that occurs over time, through trust, alignment, and leaders who are given the space to build. If you’ve

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MacKenzie Scott is making a real difference

By Marc Morial “It’s easy to focus on the methods of civic participation that make news, and hard to imagine the importance of the things we do each day with our own minds and hearts. Who nurtured a child in the kitchen; who was kind to a stranger in line at a grocery store; who

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Why Governance Matters Most: Boards, Presidents, And Stability At HBCUs

ByMarybeth Gasman, Within the Historically Black College and University (HBCU) context, conversations about boards of trustees and presidential leadership frequently surface during moments of crisis, such as rocky accreditation reviews, financial strain, and leadership transitions. Yet governance relationships are rarely built in crisis. They are shaped over time through norms, structures, and habits that either

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