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by Nahlah Abdur-Rahman May 25, 2025 Students across diverse communities are finding new ways to keep their graduation traditions afloat. Black students and other affinity groups are finding new ways to celebrate their graduations as the Trump administration’s crackdown on DEI initiatives limits their on-campus engagement. For years, affinity-specific graduations

One program distributes laptops in rural Iowa. Another helped people get back online after Hurricane Helene washed away computers and phones in western North Carolina. Programs in Oregon and rural Alabama teach older people, including some who have never touched a computer, how to navigate in an increasingly digital world.

Police reform and civil rights activists joined thousands of ordinary people Sunday to mark the fifth anniversary of George Floyd’s murder at religious services, concerts and vigils nationwide and decry the Trump administration for setting their efforts back decades. The Rev. Al Sharpton said at a Houston graveside service that Floyd represented

by Daniel Johnson May 25, 2025 The response to Moore’s veto of the bill also stirred up civil rights groups, like the National Black Justice Collective. Following Maryland Gov. Wes Moore’s veto of a bill that would have established a commission to study reparations, legislators in Maryland’s Black Caucus are

by Mary Spiller May 25, 2025 The change echoes across all nine of IU’s campuses. Indiana University has shut down its diversity, equity, and inclusion office in response to new federal mandates that are harshly targeting programs and entities that continue to uphold DEI-aligned policy. IU’s DEI office closed its

by Daniel Johnson May 25, 2025 Doctors warn removing DEI standards may harm efforts to improve healthcare equity. On May 19, the Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME) voted to remove diversity partnerships and programs from its evaluation criteria for medical schools awarding “MD” degrees, citing growing state-level crackdowns on

by Jeffrey McKinney May 25, 2025 Understanding a franchise’s upfront costs, business system, and financial performance are some critical factors to know before investing in such an enterprise.   A push to boost entrepreneurship in their communities, an appetite for self-employment, and a chance to perhaps bag more money are

by Daniel Johnson May 25, 2025 This development represents a blemish on the reputation of an organization that was created in 1935 in order to help register Black voters in the city The Durham Committee on the Affairs of Black People is reportedly being investigated by the North Carolina State

May 24, 2000. A Wednesday. Just another spring day in Queens until it wasn’t. Before the sun could set, John Taylor and Craig Godineaux walked into a Wendy’s in Flushing, bound seven workers in a freezer, and shot them all in the head. Five died that day. Two survived against

by Daniel Johnson May 24, 2025 Trespassing charge against Baraka was dropped ahead of key gubernatorial endorsement. After a trespassing charge against Newark Mayor Ras Baraka was abruptly dismissed by U.S. District Judge Andre Espinosa, the Black Men Vote PAC endorsed him for New Jersey governor on May 23. As