By Quintessa Williams The Atlanta City Council voted last Monday toĀ approve a $2 million settlementĀ for two HBCU students forcibly pulled from their car and tased by police during a protest following the death of George Floyd. Messiah Young and Taniyah Pilgrim, who
By Aamer Madhani Vice PresidentĀ Kamala HarrisāĀ campaign has raised $200 million since she emerged as the likely Democratic presidential nominee last week, an eyepopping haul in her race against the Republican nominee, former PresidentĀ Donald Trump. The campaign, which announced its latest fundraising total
ByĀ Char Adams Logan Edra grew up learning about the four elements of hip-hop: rapping, graffiti, DJing and breakdancing. Now, sheās taking that knowledge and her love for the Bronx-born street dance style to the Paris Olympics. āWeāre part of this movement for
By Swapna Venugopal It took six days, but Barack Obama said yes. A long-awaited endorsement fromĀ former President ObamaĀ for Vice President Kamala Harris to be the Democratic partyās nominee for president finally arrived on Friday. While Harris hadĀ racked up a series of endorsementsĀ sinceĀ President
By Ray Block, Jr. For centuries, Black Americans have been battling racism and disenfranchisement ā and batting down endless so-called truths. In the process, weāve developed a powerful sixth sense for separating fact from fiction. Black people have been forced to see
By Kyra Allesandrini Barber-Scotia College is on track toĀ regain itsĀ accreditationĀ after losing it two decades ago. TheĀ HBCUĀ has been taking several steps to restore its former status, allowing it to receive student applications and allow those enrolled to apply for federal financial aid. āI
Courtesy of Morehouse College The Sixth AnnualĀ Morehouse College Human Rights Film Festival will include 40 films. Among these 40, 18 films have been nominated for awards in these four categoriesāDocumentary Feature, Documentary Short, Narrative Short, and Student Film. The festival will be
By Brittany Bailer Two Howard University students have been named to the fourth cohort of theĀ Legal Defense Fund (LDF)Ā Marshall-Motley Scholars Program (MMSP). Howard alumĀ Dijon Stokes (B.S. ā20)Ā of Charleston, West Virginia,Ā andĀ Jordan Braithwaite, an incoming first-year law student from St. Louis, Missouri, are two
In a tiny town where the California gold rush began, Black families are seeking restitution for land that was taken from their ancestors to make way for a state park now frequented by fourth graders learning about the stateās history. Their efforts
By Katherine Knott President Bidenās decision Sunday to drop his re-election bidĀ cleared the way for Vice President Kamala Harris to take his place at the top of the ticket. Itās not yet clear how, or how much, a President Harris might differ
