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Raphael Warnock Leads Capitol Hill Event With This HBCU Gospel Choir To Honor Richard Smallwood

Community, Raphael Warnock Leads Capitol Hill Event With This HBCU Gospel Choir To Honor Richard Smallwood /

U.S. Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock led a public ceremony on Capitol Hill to honor iconic gospel singer Richard Smallwood, who died in late December. Warnock honored the legendary artist as he stood alongside Senator Tim Scott, the Howard University Gospel Choir, and the Metropolitan Baptist Church Choir, Complex reported. What were the festivities at the celebration for gospel singer Richard Smallwood? […]

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Investing in HBCUs is an investment in a better future for Louisiana

Campus News, Investing in HBCUs is an investment in a better future for Louisiana /

If you want to see the future of Louisiana, stand in the middle of an HBCU campus between classes: lab goggles in one direction, student-teachers in another, nursing scrubs and hard hats in between. It’s the state’s talent engine at full throttle, training the doctors who will staff our hospitals, the engineers who will strengthen

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Morris Brown president returns as harassment, abuse allegations surface

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Morris Brown College’s president, Dr. Kevin E. James, is back in office barely a week after being abruptly fired, capping a tumultuous stretch that has thrown the small Atlanta institution into the spotlight. The reversal has renewed questions about campus leadership, governance, and workplace culture at the historically Black college. On Jan. 12, James announced

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Trump expresses frustration and says his team has made ‘some mistakes’ after one year in office

Politics, Trump expresses frustration and says his team has made 'some mistakes' after one year in office /

By Jonathan Allen President Donald Trump said Tuesday that federal agents “make mistakes sometimes” in enforcing his immigration crackdown, an acknowledgment that comes after weeks of violent confrontations — including the fatal shooting of Renee Nicole Good — in the streets of Minneapolis. “ICE is going to be too rough with somebody, or, you know, they’re

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HBCUs fuel economic mobility, and regional partnerships are key to unlocking their full potential

and regional partnerships are key to unlocking their full potential, Campus News, HBCUs fuel economic mobility /

By Austin Thompson On Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, much of the national conversation rightly reflects on values such as justice, equality and dignity. Less often do we ask a harder question than King himself increasingly emphasized toward the end of his life: Are our institutions actually capable of delivering those values in practice?

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Air Force One, with Trump aboard, turns around after ‘minor electrical issue’ is identified

air force one, National News, turns around after 'minor electrical issue' is identified, with Trump aboard /

By Elyse Perlmutter-Gumbiner and Dennis Romero Air Force One returned to Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, on Tuesday night after the crew identified “a minor electrical issue” after takeoff, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said. President Donald Trump was seen boarding a new, smaller aircraft after landing. It will take the designation Air Force One, according to protocol noted by the Air Force.

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Trump loyalist Lindsey Halligan leaves her post as a top federal prosecutor

National News, Trump loyalist Lindsey Halligan leaves her post as a top federal prosecutor /

By Ryan J. Reilly and Gary Grumbach WASHINGTON — Attorney General Pam Bondi said Tuesday night that Trump loyalist Lindsey Halligan is leaving her post as a top federal prosecutor in Virginia. “Her departure is a significant loss for the Department of Justice and the communities she served,” Bondi said in a statement. “While we will feel her absence keenly, we are

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From Spelman to Sam’s Club: The Long Game Behind Latriece Watkins’ Rise to CEO

Latriece Watkins, Leadership, Sam’s Club, walmart /

When Latriece Watkins was named President and CEO of Sam’s Club, the announcement moved quickly across the business world. A Spelman College alum taking the helm of one of the most powerful membership-based retailers in the country is notable, but the real significance of this moment lies in what came before it. Watkins’ rise is

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Meet the 2025 HBCU Changemaker Fellows at the Kroc School 

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2025 HBCU Changemaker Fellows: Student Voices Leading Innovation and Peace The 2025 HBCU Changemaker Fellows at the Joan B. Kroc School of Peace Studies are showing what happens when opportunity meets vision. This year’s cohort of HBCU graduates shared one clear message: programs that intentionally invest in Historically Black Colleges and Universities do more than

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Morris Brown College Reinstates President Dr. Kevin E. James After Board Reversal

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Morris Brown College has reinstated Dr. Kevin E. James as president just days after his sudden removal, reversing a decision that briefly disrupted leadership at one of the nation’s most closely watched HBCUs. The reinstatement follows an internal determination by the Board of Trustees that the earlier termination did not follow the procedural requirements outlined

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