Four students who currently have student loans will split $100,000. Actor Jesse Williams is co-launching an initiative to help students overcome the adverse impacts of student loan debt, which Forbes says burdens over half of those who attend four-year institutions. The Pay It Off Fund, introduced by Williams in partnership with scholarship app Scholly, will…
Snoop Dogg shared his last moments with rapper Tupac Shakur during an appearance on Logan Paul’s podcast “IMPAULSIVE” on May 24. The “American Song Contest” host revealed that he fainted when he last saw his friend in the hospital. MAY 24, 2022 — Snoop Dogg appears on “IMPAULSIVE” with Logan Paul. (Photo: YouTube) Shakur…
Former Bennett College scholars will be able to step into the next chapter of their lives without carrying the weight of student debt thanks to a major boost from a collective of activists. The North Carolina-based HBCU received a $1.7 million donation to eradicate outstanding balances for hundreds of students. A debtors’ union erased the…
“You’re never going to play your best tennis in a Slam every moment of the match, but I think I’m getting better and better,” said Gauff. Quite a trip to Paris in the springtime for 18-year-old American Coco Gauff: She celebrated graduating from high school — an achievement saluted via social media by former first lady Michelle Obama…
A list of more than 300 Baltimore officers accused of corruption has raised tensions between police officials and District Attorney Marilyn Mosby. Baltimore’s police union said they plan to file a legal complaint against Mosby for releasing the list. The police commissioner said it would further damage the relationship between the department and the public….
Taft, Oklahoma, is almost 75% Black, according to World Population Review. Authorities said one person was killed and seven were injured in a shooting early Sunday at an outdoor festival in eastern Oklahoma, with a witness describing frantic people running for cover as the gunfire erupted. Two juveniles were among those shot at the Memorial…
Firearm Manufacturers under fire after Uvalde, Texas school shooting. Source: OLIVIER DOULIERY / Getty Americans have blamed many culprits, from mental illness to inadequate security, for the tragic mass shootings occurring with increasing frequency in schools, offices and theaters across the U.S. The latest, which occurred on May 24, 2022, at a Texas elementary school…
Handling the review is the department’s Office of Community Policing Services. The Justice Department said Sunday it will review the law enforcement response to the shooting in Uvalde, Texas, that left 19 students and two teachers dead. The review comes amid mounting pressure and questions about the shifting and at times contradictory information about what…
Nearly 129 years ago, physician Georgia E. Lee Patton became one of the first Black women to graduate from Meharry Medical College; opening the door for generations of women to follow suit. Standing on her shoulders are scholars like Zindzi Thompson who became the youngest Black woman to earn a degree from the Nashville-based institution,…
Tami Roman had fans doing a double take on May 25 after debuting her new look. In the Instagram post, Roman, who rocked her blond pixie cut, was seen rocking a navy blue top and accessorized the ensemble with a full face of makeup and oversized sunglasses. Tami Roman’s latest look has fans mistaking her for Jada…
