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Congressional Black Caucus Leads Passage of the Future Act

December 26, 2019

HBCUs are invaluable to the strength of the Black community and serve as cornerstones for innovation and opportunity in higher education. ... read more »

Congresswoman Bass Forewarns Press of Theories Surrounding Impeachment Hearings

December 12, 2019

As the representative for District 37, Bass promises to update the press with calls and town halls. ... read more »

UNCF’s National College Empower Tour Returns to Los Angeles; Awarding Thousands in Scholarship Funds to Local Students

November 14, 2019

Hundreds of students expected to attend the UNCF Empower Me Tour ... read more »

MLK daughter slams Comcast over racial discrimination suit

November 14, 2019

King says if Comcast wins, “pivotal” anti-discrimination legislation could be compromised. ... read more »

John Conyers, longest serving Black congressman, dies at 90

October 31, 2019

Known as the dean of the Congressional Black Caucus, which he helped found, Conyers became one of only six Black House members when he won his first election by just 108 votes in 1964. ... read more »

NCAA Board Approves Athlete Compensation for Image, Likeness

October 31, 2019

The NCAA Board of Governors directed each of the NCAA’s three divisions to create the necessary new rules immediately and have them in place no later than January 2021. ... read more »

2020 hopeful Cory Booker rolls out Iowa steering committee

June 6, 2019

Booker's staff and advisers dismiss the polls as too early to be predictive and argue that the senator is running more of a slow burn-style... ... read more »

Mourners Attend Funeral for Security Guard Shot By Officer

November 29, 2018

Witnesses say Jemel Roberson was fatally shot on Nov. 11 while holding a man at gunpoint who'd been involved in an earlier shooting at the bar ... read more »

Trial Set To Begin In Deadly White Nationalist Rally

November 29, 2018

James Alex Fields Jr., a 21-year-old Ohio man, known in high school for being fascinated with Nazism and idolizing Adolf Hitler, heads to trial Monday in Charlottesville Circuit Court ... read more »

Police: Man Fatally Shoots Woman at Florida Walmart

November 29, 2018

The shooting occurred during an apparent domestic dispute in the garden section of a Walmart store. ... read more »

U.S. Virgin Islands Tourism Department Appoints Joe Boschulte

November 8, 2018

Boschulte will help the Territory to achieve "operational improvements" to the cruise ship sector as well as economic benefits to the community. ... read more »

Obama to receive award, give speech at University of Illinois