By Tierney Sneed Coming off the Thanksgiving holiday, the Biden administration enters a legal crucible as several high-profile lawsuits that carry significant consequences for President Joe Biden’s legacy get key hearings in court. Cases concerning the January 6 investigation, abortion and Covid-19
By Caitlin Hu and Eric Levenson, Virgil Abloh, the acclaimed menswear designer for Louis Vuitton and founder and CEO of Off-White, died Sunday of cancer, according to a post from his verified Instagram account. He was 41. “We are devastated to announce the passing
By Robert Kelly-Goss, She is the first Black female American prisoner of war and her story is about survival. On March 23, 2003, Shoshana Johnson was captured by Iraqi forces in the early days of Operation Iraqi Freedom and now, on Nov.
By David McKenzie, Ghazi Balkiz and Ivana Kottasová, The discovery of a new and potentially more transmissible coronavirus variant by South African health authorities has sparked a forceful reaction across the world with a number of countries banning travelers from several southern African countries.
By Pete Muntean and Gregory Wallace, Thanksgiving travelers have set a new pandemic-era air travel record in the United States. The Transportation Security Administration says it screened 2.3 million people (2,311,978) at airports across the country on Wednesday, making it the busiest
By Leah Asmelash, An alum of Beyoncé’s media and management company will lead one of the country’s most prestigious ballet companies — a significant move in a historically White-dominated world. Janet Rollé, formerly the general manager of Beyoncé’s Parkwood Entertainment for five
By the Tennessee State University News Service, Tennessee State University is leading a project that has been awarded $4 million from the National Institutes of Health to address health disparities and advance health equity. Dr. Rebecca Selove, director of TSU’s Center for
By Skylar Mitchell, In September, when the New York fashion scene converged for the city’s full return to live runway shows since the Covid-19 pandemic, one highly-anticipated brand was visibly absent from the runway. Months after being awarded a CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund
By Xavier University Newsroom, Quarterly, the Journal of Undergraduate Chemistry Research selects students to be featured in their journal’s publication. This year celebrating their 20th anniversary, the Journal of Undergraduate Chemistry Research selected Xavierite Holly Honore, highlighting her undergraduate research at Xavier University. As
By Jackson State University, Jackson State University’s Misti Munroe, associate vice president for the Division of Business and Finance, is a recipient of the 2021 Mississippi Business Journal’s Leaders in Finance award. This is the ninth year to recognize leaders who have
