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Roe v. Wade once again finds itself at the center of Supreme Court nomination fight
Roe v. Wade, the landmark opinion that legalized abortion, has always had one very unlikely critic: Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
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Pentagon clears acting defense secretary of favoring Boeing
The Department of Defense's Inspector General announced Thursday that it has cleared acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan of allegations he violated ethics agreements by promoting the interests of his former employer, Boeing.
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Healthy Mealtime Inspiration in Your Pantry
One of the secrets to ordering less takeout and serving more nutritious homemade meals may be as simple as keeping a well-stocked pantry of canned foods. By cooking with canned foods, you can cut down prep time, meaning less time in the kitchen and more time with family.
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Black Leaders Need to Stand Up for the Black Community
I am fond of saying, “weak people take strong positions on weak issues.” There is no better example of this than the embarrassing behavior of the weak Congressional Black Caucus (CBC), the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), and the National Urban League (NUL).
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Biden unveils first slate of judicial nominees featuring diverse and history-making selections
President Joe Biden on Tuesday unveiled a diverse slate of 11 judicial nominees, including three African American women for Circuit Court vacancies and a candidate who, if confirmed, would be the first Muslim American federal judge in US history.
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We're beginning to see the real Kamala Harris
A few weeks ago, a meeting was not going well. My business partner had just shut down a room of wealthy, powerful White men. No easy feat.
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Like Black Families, HBCUs are Financially Short-Changed
Increased federal and philanthropic funding still needed
As college students settle into campus life, many Black Americans remember the multi-generational sacrifices that have established higher education as a bridge to a better life.
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Fact-checking Republicans' false narratives around Biden's door-to-door vaccine efforts
The way some Republican lawmakers tell it, the federal government is coming door-to-door to create a registry of the unvaccinated and force people to receive one of the Covid-19 vaccines.
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Investigations Continue On HBCU Bomb Threat
Spelman College, a historically Black institution, received another bomb threat this week -- and just days after a round of threats rattled more than a dozen HBCUs across the US.
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Mayor Sylvester Turner Joins Heritage Society to Announce UNESCO’s “Slave Route Project” Designation of Historic Houses as “Sites of Memory”
Mayor Sylvester Turner joined the Heritage Society and descendants of Reverend Jack Yates to make a memorable and significant announcement about three historic house sites located in Sam Houston Park.
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Congressman Al Green and Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman Unite on Bill to Rename the National School Lunch Program Act
On Monday, July 10, 2023, Congressman Al Green released the following statement:
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FBI finds no classified documents at Biden's Delaware vacation home
The FBI completed a search of President Joe Biden's Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, home on Wednesday and found no documents with classified markings, according to Biden's personal lawyer.
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Rosenwald Schools educated generations of Black Americans; now, fighting to preserve legacy.
Maudy Adkinson Johnson remembers walking across cow fields and busy roads as a child to get to her one-room schoolhouse in Spring Hill, Tennessee.
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Rosenwald Schools educated generations of Black Americans. Now, graduates are fighting to preserve their legacy.
Maudy Adkinson Johnson remembers walking across cow fields and busy roads as a child to get to her one-room schoolhouse in Spring Hill, Tennessee.
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Trump burns through donors’ money as legal troubles mount
Former President Donald Trump has raised formidable sums, but his political operation is burning through money as his legal troubles mount, new filings show.
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Alabama Sen. Katie Britt says ‘the American dream has turned into a nightmare’ in GOP rebuttal to Biden’s State of the Union
Alabama Sen. Katie Britt, the youngest Republican woman elected to the US Senate, criticized President Joe Biden and his administration over the border, the state of the US economy and crime and safety issues as she delivered the GOP’s rebuttal to Biden’s State of the Union address.
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Hispanic-Serving Institutions Across The Nation Total 600
The Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities has released an analysis of the 2022-23 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) enrollment data, which shows an increase in the number of Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs).
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Republicans Try to Move Forward
After a chaotic week for President Donald Trump and his party, Republicans are facing a fundamental question: What's next?
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Weekend Recap: 5 Things You Need to Know Today
It was a wild couple of days of chaos and confusion after President Trump signed his controversial travel ban. Not up to speed on what went down over the weekend? Here's a quick primer.
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5 Things for Monday, January 30, 2017: Travel Ban, Mosque Shooting
It was a wild couple of days of chaos and confusion after President Trump signed his controversial travel ban. Not up to speed on what went down over the weekend? Here's a quick primer.
