By Gerren Keith Gaynor After President Donald Trump recently told theGrio his policies are bringing back “Black jobs,” the new jobs report for May shows that while the Black unemployment rate has slightly declined, it remains disproportionately high compared to the national rate and rates of other
By Gerren Keith Gaynor After President Donald Trump recently told theGrio his policies are bringing back “Black jobs,” the new jobs report for May shows that while the Black unemployment rate has slightly declined, it remains disproportionately high compared to the national rate and rates of other racial or ethnic groups. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, in May,
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By ReShonda Tate For years, Black women have been told to work twice as hard to get half as far. In 2025, many discovered that even excellence was no protection from layoffs. As corporations scaled back Diversity, Equity and Inclusion initiatives and government agencies faced sweeping cuts, Black women were among the hardest hit. Between
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By James B. Ewers Jr. Ed.D. Education was always a staple in my neighborhood. Adults were encouraging us to do our best each day in school. They wanted us to achieve more than they did. Early on and consistently, they made sure they passed that message on to us. My parents played the most significant
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By Dr. Jamal Watson Let me tell you what I did not see in Charlotte last weekend. I did not see a room full of educators wringing their hands about what the federal government is doing to them. I did not see institutional leaders performing gratitude for scraps of philanthropic attention. I did not see
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The long-predicted AI economy is here. Now, civic, policy, and higher education leaders are grappling with how, specifically, Black legacy institutions should engage. The dynamic is inherently uneven in many respects. For generations, historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) have been forced to make consequential decisions under conditions they did not create. Chronic underfunding, deferred
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*One of the most consequential philanthropists of the modern era just got left off a major industry ranking, and the reason has nothing to do with how much she gave. The Chronicle of Philanthropy publishes an annual list recognizing the country’s most generous donors. MacKenzie Scott did not make the cut, not because her giving fell short,
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The study is uncovering the potential long-term health benefits of attending an HBCU. A new study has revealed the long-term health benefits of attending a historically Black college or university. The study, published in February in Jama Network Open, suggested that students in a culturally affirming academic environment often fare better decades later. According to
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As President Donald Trump’s administration moves to smother diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives at U.S. universities, Louisiana’s higher education board is eliminating an incentive that encouraged universities to graduate more minority students. The change means the state’s historically Black colleges and universities stand to lose millions of dollars. “I’m not going to lie, because the
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A new report from the United Negro College Fund’s (UNCF) Institute for Capacity Building explores how historically Black colleges and universities can integrate wealth-building into their institutional functions and support financial literacy among their students, faculty, and staff. Drawing from survey and focus group data on students, faculty, and staff across 44 institutions, the report authors identified
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UNCF released new findings from its HBCU Wealth Building Initiative and announced the launch of Phase II, supported by The Prudential Foundation. This next phase marks a shift from research to execution, including the deployment of $100,000 in catalytic grants to support three HBCUs in designing and implementing institutional wealth-building strategies. At a time when higher education is facing
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