By Thonnia Lee Dr. Shuting Yang joined the Tuskegee University faculty last fall as the first woman tenure-track faculty of Aerospace Engineering in the College of Engineering, bringing to her role a distinguished academic background and a lifelong love of flight. Yang
By Sahil Kapur, Ryan J. Reilly and Frank Thorp V WASHINGTON — The Trump administration signaled Monday it is backing off on creating a $1.8 billion fund announced by the Justice Department that could send money to allies of President Donald Trump deemed to be “victims of lawfare
By Ben Kamisar, Bridget Bowman, Adam Edelman and Alexandra Marquez The fight to shape the future of the Democratic Party is playing out in a slew of key primaries across six states Tuesday, as races across six states set the matchups in crucial November battlegrounds and settle
Creating a pipeline from Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) to professional spaces remains an important focus across the sports industry. Through its HBCU Fellowship Program, now in its fifth year, the NBA Foundation continues to foster career opportunities for HBCU undergraduate
By Ben Kamisar Four House incumbents have already lost re-election bids so far this year, just a few months into primary season. And about a dozen more are facing legitimate threats in the coming months. Two Republican incumbents are squaring off for one
A bill introduced in Congress earlier this month would pave the way for federal funding that would upgrade infrastructure at the nation’s historically Black colleges and universities like Johnson C. Smith University in Charlotte. Federal lawmakers have introduced bills to fund infrastructure
Venture for T.H.E.M. announced that it will partner with The DM Firm and the Times Square Alliance for the inaugural HBCU Pitch Competition in Times Square Morgan State alums and entrepreneurship leaders are set to bring a first-of-its-kind HBCU startup pitch competition
Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee, has launched “Quantum Leap,” the most robust campus master plan in the HBCU’s 160-year history. The multi-decade initiative is estimated to invest some $1 billion in campus infrastructure and academic programs. A core element of Quantum Leap
When Netflix revives A Different World this fall, the series won’t just be telling stories about HBCU life — it will feature several people who actually lived it. The highly anticipated sequel series returns viewers to Hillman College, the fictional HBCU that became a
By Cristian Santana and Adam Reiss NEWARK, N.J. — Family visitation at a New Jersey immigration detention center is set to resume after being suspended amid days of protests, arrests and clashes outside the facility, Gov. Mikie Sherrill announced Sunday. In a statement posted on social media,
