The first floor of the storied building at Xavier will also house an advisory hub for students entering health professions. A new $2.5 million grant will transform Xavier University of Lousiana’s St. Michael’s Residence Hall into a center that will focus on science, technology, engineering, and math. The first floor of the storied building will…
White House Deputy Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre speaks during the daily press briefing at the White House on Nov. 4, 2021, in Washington, D.C. | Source: Drew Angerer / Getty Karine Jean-Pierre is getting a promotion. The now-former Principal Deputy Press Secretary for Joe Biden’s administration has officially been named as the successor to outgoing…
Source: Brandon Bell / Getty At this point, it’s clear that Texas Gov. Greg Abbott simply wants to rule over a state full of uneducated people. It’s bad enough that his state passed a law that generally waters down Black history to the point where the teachings of Martin Luther King Jr. aren’t even required….
Savannah James caught fans off guard after sharing a recent photo of her three children. Savannah, who’s married to Los Angeles Lakers player LeBron James, has two sons Bronny James, 17, Bryce James, 15, and 7-year-old daughter Zhuri James. Savannah James’ photo of her three children Bronny James (left), Zhuri James(center) and Bryce James (right)…
Georgia’s Democratic gubernatorial candidate is putting abortion rights at the center of her campaign Stacey Abrams has temporarily paused fundraising for her campaign for governor of Georgia as she is now focused on supporting abortion rights groups in the state. As reported by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, on Wednesday, Abrams asked her supporters to donate to…
It’s been nearly two years since Tisha Campbell and Duane Martin finalized their divorce. The former couple married in 1996, and split in 2018, after 27 years of marriage. They share two sons, Xen, 20, and Ezekial, 12, but there was one last thing still tying her to their union. On Thursday, May 5, the…
An executive data firm released a report that shows despite efforts, corporate boards still lack representation Amid the push to get U.S. boardrooms to look more like companies’ customers and employees, advocates are finally seeing just how steep the task will be. Boards of directors at publicly traded U.S. companies are much more white and…
Source: 4kira4moms / 4kira4moms On April 12, 2016, Kira Dixon Johnson and her husband Charles Johnson IV arrived at Cedars-Sinai hospital in Los Angeles for a scheduled cesarean section. The couple was excited to be welcoming their second son Langston to the world. What was supposed to be a moment of joy instead turned into…
Stanton, a highly experienced and trusted attorney at Butler Snow LLP, takes the helm in Tennessee’s lethal injection investigation. Ed Stanton III is set to review Tennessee’s lethal injection protocols after the state called a temporary halt to all executions this year “due to technicalities,” according to The Commercial Appeal. On Monday, Tennessee Gov. Bill…
The global eyewear market was valued at around $140 billion in 2020 and is forecast to ballon to $197 billion by 2027. A growing number of Black entrepreneurs have entered the arena. Two are friends Tracy Vontélle Green and Nancey Harris. They launched Vontélle eyewear brand in October 2020. Tracy Vontélle Green (L) and Nancey Harris…
