Historically Black colleges and universities across the country are cultural pillars within the realm of education that hold an infinite amount of significance, and a new program will cultivate the next generation of leaders to shape the futures of these institutions. Clark Atlanta University recently unveiled an initiative centered on recruiting future HBCU presidents. The…
NASA turned to private companies for space station deliveries after the shuttles retired in 2011 The International Space Station’s population swelled to 11 on Saturday with the jubilant arrival of SpaceX’s third crew capsule in less than a year. It’s the biggest crowd up there in more than a decade. All of the astronauts —…
DMX’s 15 children gathered on stage to talk about the star as a father Rapper DMX is being mourned at a memorial with family and close friends at the Barclays Center in New York. Saturday’s memorial at the Brooklyn arena was closed to the public and restricted to only close friends and family because of…
Arnold said that some things are “best left alone“ During an interview on the Tamron Hall Show on Friday, actresses and friends Tisha Campbell and Tichina Arnold said that a Martin reboot is unlikely to happen. “It’s something that we wanted to happen,” Arnold, 51, said. “It’s something that we tried very hard for it to…
Chloe Bailey revealed to fans on April 22 via Twitter her secret to ignoring negative feedback on social media. Bailey explained that to take one’s “power” back the person has to acknowledge only their own validation matters. She said without disclosing what particular incident prompted this response, “Any time you see someone say a negative comment…
The singer made the announcement in a now-deleted TikTok video R&B singer Kehlani, who for years has identified as a queer, announced that she identifies as a lesbian. In a now-deleted TikTok video, the Oakland native shared with her followers that she’s ready to publicly identify as a lesbian rather than queer, saying, “I finally…
“The deputy in question made multiple, basic policing errors and violated established protocols” A Virginia deputy shot a Black man 10 times on Wednesday after mistaking his phone for a gun. Newsweek reported that 32-year-old Isaiah Brown, who was unarmed, was shot by the Spotsylvania County sheriff’s deputy after calling 911 about a domestic dispute…
The U.S. has faced criticism that it is hoarding its own vaccine stockpiles Victor Guevara knows people his age have been vaccinated against COVID-19 in many countries. His own relatives in Houston have been inoculated. But the 72-year-old Honduran lawyer, like so many others in his country, is still waiting. And increasingly, he is wondering…
An estimated 2 million Armenians were deported and 1.5 million were killed in the events known as Metz Yeghern The systematic killing and deportation of hundreds of thousands of Armenians by Ottoman Empire forces in the early 20th century was “genocide,” the United States formally declared on Saturday, as President Joe Biden used that precise…
France was aware that a genocide was being prepared in Rwanda and bears “significant” responsibility for enabling the killings, according to a report published Monday by the Rwandan government. The report comes less than one month after a French report alleged that French authorities were “blind” to the preparations for the genocide but acknowledged officials…
