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Getty Images by Brandon Horton October 9, 2026 Goodr is an Atlanta-based food waste management organization founded by Jasmine Crowe-Houston. A free grocery store inside a Georgia elementary school is helping families access food while school officials report a significant decrease in student absences. C.J. Hicks Elementary School in Conyers
On Tuesday, Oct. 6, Byron Allen’s CBS program “Comics Unleashed” reached a milestone, outperforming “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” across both key ratings measures for the first time since taking over Stephen Colbert’s former 11:35 p.m. time slot. The comparison comes with important context. “Comics Unleashed” airs in two
Author and Emory University professor Tayari Jones has won the 2026 Kirkus Prize for Fiction for her novel Kin, earning a $50,000 cash award. The winners were announced Oct. 7 at a ceremony in New York City, with the prize recognizing outstanding books across fiction, nonfiction and young readers’ literature.
Belmont, North Carolina, USA – October 4, 2014: World War II Veterans give their attention to North Carolina Governor, Pat McCrory during a speech dedicating of a statue to honor the Veterans of World War II. by Sidnee Michelle October 9, 2026 The initiative is the third installment in Decide
South African jurist Navanethem “Navi” Pillay has won the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize, recognizing a career spanning the fight against apartheid, international criminal justice and investigations into alleged atrocities. The 85-year-old received the announcement on Friday, October 9, while attending a gathering on international law in Nuremberg, Germany. Her selection
“The Breakfast Club’s” Loren LoRosa didn’t plan to attend a historically Black college or university after high school. She just knew she wanted to do something great with her life. It wasn’t until she stepped onto Delaware State University’s campus that she began to realize how the HBCU experience would
As he faced Abdul El-Sayed on a Michigan debate stage Thursday night, Republican Senate candidate Mike Rogers pulled out the oldest trick in the book: going after his opponent’s mother. But Rogers’s attack, which came late in the first of two debates scheduled before the midterm elections, did little to
Photo by Michael Nagle/Bloomberg via Getty Images by Selena Hill October 9, 2026 Wells Fargo is under a federal investigation over its pledged to help more Black Americans become homeowners. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is investigating Wells Fargo over programs designed to expand homeownership among
Lincoln University of Missouri (Photo Credit: www.lincolnu.edu) by Selena Hill October 9, 2026 Students and alumni say decades of unequal state funding weakened the HBCU’s infrastructure, programs, and economic value. Seven current and former students of Lincoln University in Missouri are suing the state over what they allege are decades
photo credit: respres, CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons by Sidnee Michelle October 9, 2026 Lenders repossessed 5,794 properties through completed foreclosures in August. U.S. homeowners face growing financial pressure as the number of properties lenders repossessed jumped 42% year over year in August, signaling increased strain among some borrowers