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Digital Status Signals: 7 Essential Etiquette Rules For Modern Messaging

by BLACK ENTERPRISE Editors November 6, 2025 Modern digital communication is more than just words on a screen. Modern digital communication is more than just words on a screen. Even tiny status indicators in our messaging apps carry more weight than a person often cares to admit. Whether you’re typing

The shutdown is hurting schools whose budgets are mostly federal money

In Chinle, Arizona, financial distress caused by the government shutdown has led to the suspension of after-school programs, including some that students rely on for meals. Federal money makes up only a small part of most school budgets in the U.S. But at Chinle Unified School District — spread across 4,200 square miles

Chicago daycare worker detained by immigration agents at drop-off time for children

CHICAGO (AP) — An employee of a Chicago daycare center and preschool was detained by immigration agents at work as children were being dropped off Wednesday, according to witnesses, reflecting the Trump administration’s increasingly aggressive enforcement tactics. The employee ran from a vehicle into the Rayito de Sol Spanish Immersion Early

Who is Olandria and why she is “bigger than the program”

“Love Island USA” Season 7 had social media abuzz this summer. Beyond the drama, messy love triangles, and familiar displays of ignorance, one islander has continued to stand out long after the season wrapped: Olandria Carthen. Whether you know her as one half of “Nicolandria,” Ola, the Bama Barbie, or

Digital Status Signals: 7 Essential Etiquette Rules For Modern Messaging

by BLACK ENTERPRISE Editors November 6, 2025 Modern digital communication is more than just words on a screen. Modern digital communication is more than just words on a screen. Even tiny status indicators in our messaging apps carry more weight than a person often cares to admit. Whether you’re typing

The shutdown is hurting schools whose budgets are mostly federal money

In Chinle, Arizona, financial distress caused by the government shutdown has led to the suspension of after-school programs, including some that students rely on for meals. Federal money makes up only a small part of most school budgets in the U.S. But at Chinle Unified School District — spread across 4,200 square miles

Chicago daycare worker detained by immigration agents at drop-off time for children

CHICAGO (AP) — An employee of a Chicago daycare center and preschool was detained by immigration agents at work as children were being dropped off Wednesday, according to witnesses, reflecting the Trump administration’s increasingly aggressive enforcement tactics. The employee ran from a vehicle into the Rayito de Sol Spanish Immersion Early

Who is Olandria and why she is “bigger than the program”

“Love Island USA” Season 7 had social media abuzz this summer. Beyond the drama, messy love triangles, and familiar displays of ignorance, one islander has continued to stand out long after the season wrapped: Olandria Carthen. Whether you know her as one half of “Nicolandria,” Ola, the Bama Barbie, or