By BreneĀ Carrington BGE announced, last week, partnerships with Coppin State University, Bowie State University, and Morgan State University to award scholarships to full-time STEM majors from its communities. Each school will receive grant funding of $200,000 in 2021 to provide funding for
By Madeline Holcombe, A group of students and educators has filed a complaint challenging an Oklahoma law that restricts teaching about race and gender,Ā in what theĀ American Civil Liberties UnionĀ calls the firstĀ federal lawsuitĀ to challenge such a statewide ban. The suit — backed by
By Bruce C.T. Wright, A group of Howard University students has taken over a campus building in an effort to amplify their demands for change in multiple areas at the historically Black college in the nationās capital. The sit-in began on Tuesday
By Jeremy Herb, Kevin Liptak and Fredreka Schouten, The White House is under mounting pressure to get results on voting rights legislation, but sources tell CNN the Biden administration still isn’t ready to try to jam it through the Senate by force
By Manu Raju, Phil Mattingly and Kaitlan Collins, President Joe BidenĀ informed House progressives Tuesday afternoon thatĀ the final bill to expand the social safety netĀ is expected to drop tuition-free community college, a major White House priority, according to multiple sources familiar with the
By Madeline Holcombe, Booster protectionĀ in the US could soon expand to a much broader population, as a source says the US government likely will soon recommend them to people as young as 40 who received either Moderna or Pfizer’sĀ Covid-19Ā vaccine. “I believe it
By Leah Asmelash, There was a time, not too long ago, when many people could only name one, maybe two, poets — often a long-dead White man named William Shakespeare, Robert Frost or Walt Whitman. In recent years, though, a shift has
By Fisk University Press, Fisk University announces the release of a limited-edition commemorative book, Heritage & Honor: 150 Year Story of the Fisk Jubilee Singers. The Fisk Jubilee Singersā storied history and evolution since its inception in 1871 is deeply woven into
By Alcorn State University Newsroom, The U.S. Department of Education announced that over $2.7 million over a five year period has been awarded to Alcorn State University for Talent Search. The grant was made possible by Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), of Brookhaven,
By Peniel E. Joseph Gen. Colin Powell’sĀ death from complications of Covid-19Ā represents more than the loss of a great American; it also marks the passing from the public arena of a model of Black Republican politics that the United States may never see
