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Obama praises Harvard University for standing up to Trump despite $2.2B funding threat

Former President Barack Obama applauded Harvard University after the Ivy League institution refused to comply with a list of the Trump administration’s campus policy demands in exchange for continued federal funding. In a letter to the campus community published late Monday, Harvard President Alan M. Garber declared, “The University will

Despite a court order, White House bars AP from Oval Office event

Despite a court order, a reporter and photographer from The Associated Press were barred from an Oval Office news conference on Monday with President Donald Trump and his counterpart from El Salvador, Nayib Bukele. Last week’s federal court decision forbidding the Trump administration from punishing the AP for refusing to rename

Rapper Tay-K convicted of murder for second time in Texas

A Texas rapper who performed as Tay-K and was best known for his 2017 single “The Race” was convicted of murder for a second time after a jury found him guilty of fatally shooting a San Antonio man. Taymor McIntyre faces up to life in prison with the possibility of parole for

Trump says he wants to imprison US citizens in El Salvador. That’s likely illegal

President Donald Trump on Monday reiterated that he’d like to send U.S. citizens who commit violent crimes to prison in El Salvador, telling that country’s president, Nayib Bukele, that he’d “have to build five more places” to hold the potential new arrivals. Trump’s administration has already deported immigrants to El Salvador’s notorious mega-prison CECOT, known

5 Entrepreneurs With Disabilities to Know About

Entrepreneurship can be a means to financial stability and fulfillment for some people with disabilities. They often turn to this alternative to traditional paid work when ableism excludes them from the workforce, as entrepreneurship grants them the flexible lifestyle they need.  People with disabilities create their own businesses at a

Serena Williams breaks down the ‘very expensive’ cost of success

Serena Williams has gone from dominating tennis courts around the world to commanding runways for some of the biggest fashion houses, running her own venture capital firm, launching her beauty brand, and much more. However, it costs a lot to get to the heights that Williams has reached. During a

Obama praises Harvard University for standing up to Trump despite $2.2B funding threat

Former President Barack Obama applauded Harvard University after the Ivy League institution refused to comply with a list of the Trump administration’s campus policy demands in exchange for continued federal funding. In a letter to the campus community published late Monday, Harvard President Alan M. Garber declared, “The University will

Despite a court order, White House bars AP from Oval Office event

Despite a court order, a reporter and photographer from The Associated Press were barred from an Oval Office news conference on Monday with President Donald Trump and his counterpart from El Salvador, Nayib Bukele. Last week’s federal court decision forbidding the Trump administration from punishing the AP for refusing to rename

Rapper Tay-K convicted of murder for second time in Texas

A Texas rapper who performed as Tay-K and was best known for his 2017 single “The Race” was convicted of murder for a second time after a jury found him guilty of fatally shooting a San Antonio man. Taymor McIntyre faces up to life in prison with the possibility of parole for

Trump says he wants to imprison US citizens in El Salvador. That’s likely illegal

President Donald Trump on Monday reiterated that he’d like to send U.S. citizens who commit violent crimes to prison in El Salvador, telling that country’s president, Nayib Bukele, that he’d “have to build five more places” to hold the potential new arrivals. Trump’s administration has already deported immigrants to El Salvador’s notorious mega-prison CECOT, known

5 Entrepreneurs With Disabilities to Know About

Entrepreneurship can be a means to financial stability and fulfillment for some people with disabilities. They often turn to this alternative to traditional paid work when ableism excludes them from the workforce, as entrepreneurship grants them the flexible lifestyle they need.  People with disabilities create their own businesses at a

Serena Williams breaks down the ‘very expensive’ cost of success

Serena Williams has gone from dominating tennis courts around the world to commanding runways for some of the biggest fashion houses, running her own venture capital firm, launching her beauty brand, and much more. However, it costs a lot to get to the heights that Williams has reached. During a