At a time when the nation has been grappling with its own history and how to teach students about it in the classroom, it’s no surprise that HBCUs have become a big part of the conversation.
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Howard University students and faculty welcome Nikole Hannah-Jones, believing she will benefit both the university and the journalism she fights for.
It’s official, we won’t see Nicolas Cage play one of the only people potentially stranger than he is. The news of Cage’s first TV role as Joe Exotic in the Tiger King Amazon series first broke over a year ago. In an interview with Variety, Cage indicated that the project has been shelved indefinitely.
COVID-19 deaths and cases are on the rise again globally in a dispiriting setback that is triggering another round of restrictions and dampening hopes for a return to normal life. The World Health Organization reported Wednesday that deaths climbed last week after nine straight weeks of decline. Cases rose 10% last week to nearly 3 million, with the highest numbers recorded in Brazil, India, Indonesia and Britain, WHO said.
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Two recent high-profile faculty appointments could be a fundraising and enrollment bonanza for Howard University, one of the nation’s most prestigious Black colleges. Many other Black schools are not so fortunate; in fact, many are struggling. “While larger HBCUs often have the funding resources necessary to attract accomplished talent like Nikole Hannah-Jones and Ta-Nehisi Coates, many smaller institutions need donors to step forward, contributing much-needed financial resources for us to compete,” said Dr. Paulette Dillard, president of Shaw University, a private Black university in Raleigh, North Carolina.
A U.S. judge on Monday appeared likely to reprimand Sidney Powell, a former campaign lawyer for Donald Trump, and other attorneys over a lawsuit they filed in Michigan seeking to overturn Democratic President Biden's election victory.
A second Miami-Dade commissioner tested positive for COVID-19 this week, as the virus continues to spread through the legislative body’s staff as well.
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Cuba denies top general resigned over treatment of protesters
Former President Donald Trump, in a book out Tuesday by Michael Wolff, says he is "very disappointed" in votes by Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, his own hard-won nominee, and that he "hasn’t had the courage you need to be a great justice."Driving the news: "There were so many others I could have appointed, and everyone wanted me to," Trump told Wolff in an interview for the cheekily titled "Landslide." Get market news worthy of your time with Axios Markets. Subscribe for free."Where woul
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Dr. Payal Patel, University of Michigan Infectious Disease Physician joins the Yahoo Finance live panel to discuss the latest on the COVID-19 Delta variant.
Haiti is the only country in Latin America and the Caribbean where the government has not yet administered COVID-19 vaccines.
It's been dubbed a “kitchen magician” by Oprah Winfrey.
New York-based Iranian-born journalist Masih Alinejad says she was targeted for abduction.
A series of new books hitting bookshelves this month outline former President Donald Trump’s tumultuous final days in office, his compliment for Adolf Hitler and his disappointment with Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh.
Health care experts in southwest Missouri have issued warnings about the delta variant while pleading for people to get immunized.
England fans have claimed some stewards took money to allow ticketless people into the ground.
