By Donna M. Owens Democratic Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester will become the first Black woman to represent Delaware in the Senate after she defeated Republican Eric Hansen and independent candidate Mike Katz, NBC News projects. Blunt Rochester, 62, told NBC News before Election
By Juana Summers The absolute number of Black men enrolled at Historically Black Colleges and Universities is the lowest it’s been since 1976. That’s according to recent analysis from the American Institute for Boys and Men, which crunched data from the Department of
By Aris Folley South Carolina voters approved a GOP-backed proposal on Tuesday that seeks to block non-U.S. citizens from voting in elections in a move that critics have said is “completely unnecessary.” The measure would amend the state’s constitution to allow “only”
By Emily Brooks It could be days — or even weeks — before Americans know who will control the House of Representatives in the next Congress, setting up what could be a long and anxious window of uncertainty surrounding the balance of
By Dantee Ramo Former Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton was in Charlotte hosting a football camp at Johnson C. Smith University. While visiting the team that won its first eight games, Newton took a moment to shout out the Golden Bulls. A video showing Newton recognizing the program was
Courtesy of Tennessee State University The Tennessee Higher Education Commission recently released data on enrollments at state-operated colleges and universities. Systemwide, enrollments grew 2.2 percent from the fall of 2023. Undergraduate enrollment was up 2.3 percent and graduate enrollment increased by 1.3 percent. However,
Courtesy of Prairie View A&M University Ruth J. Simmons, the eighth president of Prairie View A&M University and the first woman to hold the position in the institution’s history, was awarded the National Humanities Medal by President Joe during a ceremony at
By Adeshola Akintobi , Brittany Bailer The Howard University School of Law welcomed United States Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson for a fireside chat with Roger A. Fairfax, Jr., dean of the Howard University School of Law. As Jackson arrived at West Campus, faculty and
By Sara Smith, BBC This is surely the most dramatic comeback in US political history. Four years after leaving the White House, Donald Trump is set to move back in, after millions of Americans voted to give him a second chance. The
By Ursula Perano, Politico Democrat Angela Alsobrooks has won the Maryland Senate race, according to The Associated Press, fending off former two-term GOP Gov. Larry Hogan. The win comes as a relief for Democrats, who had not budgeted to defend Maryland this cycle.
