By Maggie Fox, The US Food and Drug Administration said Wednesday it would grant emergency use authorization for a booster dose of Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine in people 65 and older, people at high risk of severe disease and people whose jobs put
By Megan Thomas, Melvin Van Peebles, a trailblazing African-American director who helped champion a new wave of modern Black cinema in the 1970s, has died, his son announced Wednesday. He was 89. Van Peebles, father of actor and director Mario Van Peebles,
By Morehouse College Morehouse College has moved up to No. 4 on the Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) list, according to the 2022 U.S. News and World Report rankings, up two positions since 2021. The College also moved up 27 spots
By LUCAS JOHNSON Tennessee State University is doing its part to get people registered to vote during National Voter Registration Month. The university, along with Tennessee’s eight other Division I Public Universities, is working with the Secretary of State’s office to hold
By Phil Mattingly and Lauren Fox, President Joe Biden may have started this week with a foreign policy-heavy schedule, but his decision to launch intensive in-person engagement at the White House on Wednesday makes clear the reality: The stakes for his domestic agenda simply could
By Tennessee State University Media Room Ernest “Rip” Patton, a former TSU student and member of the 1960s Nashville Freedom Riders, passed on August 23. The University is remembering Patton as a stalwart of the civil rights movement who dedicated his life
By Tennessee State University Media Room When the #11 FedEx Toyota raced around Daytona International Speedway at the Coke Zero Sugar 400 on Saturday, Aug. 28, Tennessee State University and three other historically black colleges and universities were represented. Fedex and Nascar
By Annie Grayer and Phil Mattingly, Rep. Pramila Jayapal, the chairwoman of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, is standing by her claim that her members will not vote for the $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill without passing the $3.5 trillion package that is aimed at enacting President
By Chandelis Duster and Maegan Vazquez, The Biden administration is expressing horror over recent images that appear to show US Border Patrol agents on horseback confronting migrants along the Rio Grande. Videos taken by Al Jazeera and Reuters appear to show law enforcement officers
By Howard Newsroom Staff WASHINGTON – Researchers from Howard University and Karat, the world’s leader in technical interviewing, today released new research exploring key factors that can help more Black software engineers enter the tech industry and excel in their careers. According to the U.S. Bureau