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(Photo: artisteer/Getty Images) by Sidnee Michelle September 23, 2026 The scholarship program connects financial assistance for students. A scholarship honoring the first Black student to enroll at the University of South Carolina Aiken continues her legacy by supporting a new generation of college students, The Aiken Standard reports. The university’s
Source: Harris County Sheriff’s Office / HCSO A 47-year-old white man is being held without bond on a capital murder charge — the most serious offense under Texas law, and reserved for killings with specific aggravating factors, including the murder of a child under 10, and punishable by life without
Black employees at Tesla’s flagship California factory are accusing the company of allowing years of racial harassment and discrimination to go unchecked as a major civil rights trial gets underway. The California Civil Rights Department’s lawsuit against Tesla is being heard in Oakland before Superior Court Judge Peter Borkon. The
Source: OLIVER CONTRERAS / Getty President Donald Trump and his administration are defending the president’s ban on CNN, MS NOW, and Politico as they prepare for the legal battle ahead, after the outlets filed a First Amendment lawsuit to restore their access to the White House press pool. So far,
photo credit: Getty Images by Black Enterprise September 23, 2026 Elevating your executive career requires strategic advocacy. Elevating your executive career requires strategic advocacy. Black male professionals aiming to attend the upcoming BLACK ENTERPRISE XCEL Summit For Men should leverage direct employer sponsorship to fund their attendance. Rather than paying out of pocket, ambitious
Source: Chip Somodevilla / Getty We’ve reached the point in Donald Trump’s presidency where this man can’t even have a crazy thought without it becoming official White House policy. It’s like: one day, he’s in the White House musing about changing the name of Lake Ontario to “Lake America,” then
Researchers say DNA recovered from Thomas Jefferson’s hair provides new evidence that he fathered children with Sally Hemings, a woman he enslaved. The findings add to a history preserved by his Black descendants and examined in debates over public monuments honoring him. A team led by Smithsonian scholar Richard Kurin
Keisha Lance Bottoms is set to take questions at the Atlanta Press Club’s gubernatorial debate without Republican rival Rick Jackson, who has declined to participate. The appearance comes as the Democrat promotes her affordability agenda and campaigns in a closely watched race. Jackson formally declined the invitation, debate executive producer
Rep. Byron Donalds has changed the presentation of his Florida gubernatorial campaign website, reducing some of the prominent references to President Donald Trump while continuing to display Trump’s endorsement. The changes were first reported by The Hill, which compared Donalds’ current website with an archived version from August. The earlier
The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to intervene in the custody battle between surrogate McKenna West and the California couple whose baby she carried, leaving in place a ruling recognizing the couple as the child’s legal parents. Justice Elena Kagan rejected West’s emergency request Tuesday, ending her latest attempt to
(Photo: artisteer/Getty Images) by Sidnee Michelle September 23, 2026 The scholarship program connects financial assistance for students. A scholarship honoring the first Black student to enroll at the University of South Carolina Aiken continues her legacy by supporting a new generation of college students, The Aiken Standard reports. The university’s
Source: Harris County Sheriff’s Office / HCSO A 47-year-old white man is being held without bond on a capital murder charge — the most serious offense under Texas law, and reserved for killings with specific aggravating factors, including the murder of a child under 10, and punishable by life without
Black employees at Tesla’s flagship California factory are accusing the company of allowing years of racial harassment and discrimination to go unchecked as a major civil rights trial gets underway. The California Civil Rights Department’s lawsuit against Tesla is being heard in Oakland before Superior Court Judge Peter Borkon. The
Source: OLIVER CONTRERAS / Getty President Donald Trump and his administration are defending the president’s ban on CNN, MS NOW, and Politico as they prepare for the legal battle ahead, after the outlets filed a First Amendment lawsuit to restore their access to the White House press pool. So far,
photo credit: Getty Images by Black Enterprise September 23, 2026 Elevating your executive career requires strategic advocacy. Elevating your executive career requires strategic advocacy. Black male professionals aiming to attend the upcoming BLACK ENTERPRISE XCEL Summit For Men should leverage direct employer sponsorship to fund their attendance. Rather than paying out of pocket, ambitious
Source: Chip Somodevilla / Getty We’ve reached the point in Donald Trump’s presidency where this man can’t even have a crazy thought without it becoming official White House policy. It’s like: one day, he’s in the White House musing about changing the name of Lake Ontario to “Lake America,” then
Researchers say DNA recovered from Thomas Jefferson’s hair provides new evidence that he fathered children with Sally Hemings, a woman he enslaved. The findings add to a history preserved by his Black descendants and examined in debates over public monuments honoring him. A team led by Smithsonian scholar Richard Kurin
Keisha Lance Bottoms is set to take questions at the Atlanta Press Club’s gubernatorial debate without Republican rival Rick Jackson, who has declined to participate. The appearance comes as the Democrat promotes her affordability agenda and campaigns in a closely watched race. Jackson formally declined the invitation, debate executive producer
Rep. Byron Donalds has changed the presentation of his Florida gubernatorial campaign website, reducing some of the prominent references to President Donald Trump while continuing to display Trump’s endorsement. The changes were first reported by The Hill, which compared Donalds’ current website with an archived version from August. The earlier
The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to intervene in the custody battle between surrogate McKenna West and the California couple whose baby she carried, leaving in place a ruling recognizing the couple as the child’s legal parents. Justice Elena Kagan rejected West’s emergency request Tuesday, ending her latest attempt to