By Maegan Vazquez and Donald Judd President Joe Biden signed a bill into law at the White House on Thursday to award congressional gold medals to the police forces that responded to the insurrection at the US Capitol on January 6. The
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By Nicquel Terry Ellis The Rev. Jesse Jackson marched alongside the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and other Black faith leaders in Selma, Alabama, in 1965 in a push for voting rights that had been largely galvanized by the Black church. Jackson
By Sunlen Serfaty and Clare Foran Freshman Democratic Rep. Cori Bush has captured national attention for her high-profile activism after she slept on the steps of the US Capitol for several days to protest a lapse in the federal eviction moratorium amid the coronavirus
By Melissa Alonso After New York City announced people will need proof of Covid-19 vaccination to enter some indoor facilities, acting Boston Mayor Kim Janey likened the rule to the slavery-era freedom papers. “There’s a long history in this country of people needing to
By Jeff Zeleny and Veronica Stracqualursi Former President Barack Obama has dramatically scaled back his planned 60th birthday party on Martha’s Vineyard this weekend due to concerns about the highly transmissible Delta variant of Covid-19, according to a spokeswoman. The birthday bash for the former President
by Vanessa Roberson The eight cohort of HBCU Scholars has just been announced, and it a solid list of over 80 students! Learn who the scholars are, and why the scholars program is so important in the full story from The U.S.
by Vanessa Roberson It truly pays to be a student attending Grambling State University! First, the university just forgave $1.5 million in student debt! GSU is also considering making history with the first HBCU gymnastics program! Learn more about both opportunities in
By Kristen Holmes Federal employees and some members of the public remain concerned over reports of political interference in science, specifically when it came to reporting scientific findings, a Biden administration report reviewing the topic said. And hundreds of scientists left working
By Ella Nilsen President Joe Biden will sign an executive order Thursday that points the US auto market toward electric vehicles, announcing a new target that half of vehicles sold in the country by 2030 will be battery electric, fuel-cell electric or plug-in
by Rebecca Futo Kennedy and Jackie Murray Howard University’s decision to close its small classics department may seem like an unusual piece of education news to attract widespread media attention, especially when student debt is at an all-time high, racism and free
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