By Jade Flury The 10th Annual African American History Parade and Symposium took over the streets of downtown Houston on Saturday. The event was organized by The Houston Sun Foundation during Black History Month. Claude Cummings, of the International President of Communication
By Walter Hudson The U.S. Department of Education has issued a sweeping directive ordering educational institutions to eliminate race-based considerations from admissions, hiring, and other programs, sparking immediate opposition from civil rights organizations, educational leaders, and advocacy groups. In a Dear Colleague
By Michela Moscufo Rep. Ayanna Pressley will reintroduce H.R. 40, federal legislation to study reparations for slavery, on Wednesday as the Trump administration leads a wide-scale rollback of diversity, equity and inclusion efforts in the federal government. The bill, which had 130 co-sponsors
By Ashley Brown The National Science Foundation has selected Southern University and A&M College as one of the institutions nationwide to receive a significant funding boost. The announcement, made on Tuesday, reveals that Southern University will be a key participant in a
By Sean Lewis Members of Illinoisâ Democratic delegation in Congress gathered Monday to rail against Trump administration cuts to the federal government at the direction of billionaire Elon Musk. The most recent cuts â hundreds of employees at the Federal Aviation Administration terminated â
By John Hanna Is Presidents Day the most confusing holiday in the U.S.? States seem to have as many names for it and ideas about whom to honor as there have been presidents. The federal government doesn’t even recognize Monday as Presidents
Retired Lt. Col. Harry Stewart Jr, a decorated World War II pilot who broke racial barriers as a Tuskegee Airmen and earned honors for his combat heroism, has died. He was 100. Stewart was one of the last surviving combat pilots of
A federal judge on Tuesday ordered government agencies to restore public access to health-related webpages and datasets that they removed to comply with an executive order by President Donald Trump. U.S. District Judge John Bates in Washington agreed to issue a temporary restraining order requested
By Amanda Friedman Rep. Dan Goldman (D-N.Y.) disparaged the Justice Departmentâs dismissal of the criminal bribery case against New York City Mayor Eric Adams â expressing deep concern about what he described as the âpoliticizationâ of the federal governmentâs legal arm. âIt
By Danielle McLean New York City Public Schools is working on launching an early college program with Delaware State University for the 2025-2026 school year. The early college program, called HBCU Early College Prep High School, will be the first such collaboration between a historically Black college or
