By Mark Landler President Biden is commuting the sentences of nearly 1,500 people, the largest grant of clemency by an American president in a single day, the White House announced in a statement on Thursday. A large number of those being pardoned
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By Ashley Nash The South and Northeast are home to a significant number of HBCUs. Still, Ohio houses Wilberforce, an HBCU that was erected in 1856 and 1951. The midwestern university offers teacher training and classical education. Once one university, the second
By Sara Weissman The interim president of Tennessee State University, Ronald Johnson, abruptly announced plans to resign on Wednesday after leading the historically Black land-grant institution for less than six months, as The Tennessean first reported. Dakasha Winton, chair of the university’s Board
By Neeraja S. Kumar Four visiting professors from historically Black colleges and universities praised Harvard’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences Dean’s Visiting Professorship Program for offering the opportunity and funding to explore their scholarly work. The professors participating in the program for
By Sholnn Freeman Students from the Howard University Cathy Hughes School of Communications, along with Associate Professor Jennifer Thomas, are participating in the CNN Academy Newsroom Simulation in Abu Dhabi, UAE, from December 8-18. Howard University seniors Kyle Fisher and Donovan McNeal are the only representatives participating from an HBCU.
By Andrew Limbong The renowned poet Nikki Giovanni has died. Giovanni died on Monday, Dec. 9, following her third cancer diagnosis, according to a statement from friend and author Renée Watson. She was 81. “We will forever be grateful for the unconditional
By Adam Cancryn Joe Biden is president of the United States for 42 more days. But within the Democratic Party, on Capitol Hill — and even within his own administration — it feels like he left the Oval Office weeks ago. Biden
By Mia Berry When Hurricane Helene hit western North Carolina in September, floods left UNC Asheville’s campus without power and potable water, displacing the women’s basketball team a month before the start of its season. As first-year coach Tynesha Lewis mulled how to move forward, a
By Curtis Bunn The University of Michigan Board of Regents did not vote on whether to defund its diversity, equity and inclusion program at its final meeting of the year Thursday following protests on campus to keep the embattled program intact. The board
By Ashley Brown In a significant development for the 119th Congress, Congresswoman Sydney Kamlager-Dove (CA-37), a proud member of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Incorporated, has been elected to serve as the Whip of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC). This prestigious position places
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