Spelman College just made a move that the entire HBCU world is talking about. On Friday June 5, 2026, the Spelman College Board of Trustees announced Dr. Ayanna Howard as the new Spelman College president — the 12th person to lead the nation’s
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By Matt Schubert and Darnell Mayberry Stacey King, the longtime Chicago Bulls broadcaster and a three-time NBA champion as a player with the franchise in the early 1990s, has died, the team announced Sunday on social media. King was 59 years old. The Bulls did not
By Scott Bland Los Angeles City Council member Nithya Raman, a Democrat, has taken a narrow lead for second place over former reality TV star Spencer Pratt, a registered Republican, in the race to take on Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass in a runoff this
By Megan Lebowitz President Donald Trump criticized the possibility of the Federal Reserve raising interest rates but said in an interview on NBC News’ “Meet the Press” that he wants Fed Chair Kevin Warsh “to do whatever he wants.” “Kevin is fantastic, and
Story by Randall Barnes, HBCU turns to former WNBA standout as next head coach appeared first on ClutchPoints. Add ClutchPoints as a Preferred Source by clicking here. And HBCU is looking to a former WNBA standout to lead the women’s basketball program. Langston University has hired Crystal Robinson
The Atlanta Falcons are putting their money where their mouth is — and 17 HBCU students are better for it. On May 27, 2026, the Falcons and Wells Fargo officially announced the 2026 Atlanta Falcons HBCU Fellows Program — the largest cohort in the program’s
Maybe you’ve heard the name Isaac Burns Murphy, who lived from 1861 to 1896, and is widely regarded as one of the most accomplished jockeys in the history of American racing. Some go so far as to say he’s one of the
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
By Courtney Kube, Julia Ainsley and Dan De Luce WASHINGTON — The CIA has put several senior officials on administrative leave over their handling of a high-ranking officer who allegedly had $40 million in gold bars stashed at his home, according to three people familiar with
With a 2.0 high school GPA, Xavier Hickman thought college was unattainable. But mentors in the TRIO Upward Bound Program challenged him to not limit himself. A low GPA didn’t have to block him from going to the next level. Hickman’s family
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