The latest cancellations extend a backlash that began earlier this year. After Trump removed the center’s board and named himself chairman in February, actor Issa Rae and the producers of Hamilton scrapped scheduled engagements, while musicians Ben Folds and Renée Fleming stepped down from advisory roles.
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If you’re a teacher, a nurse, or an Uber driver, after groceries, gas, and childcare, how much is really left at the end of the month? Affordability is about whether you can pay the rent and still afford one meal with friends.
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The president turned outward, announcing U.S. military strikes in Nigeria and framing the action as a defense of Christianity, while critics said the move functioned as a political diversion that again placed Black people and Black nations in the crosshairs.
The Black Press of America is mourning the loss of a giant.
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — In a Capitol Building that still has statues in honor of Jefferson Davis, Barbara Rose Johns will be on the first floor of the U.S. Capitol in the same position the Lee statue formerly occupied. The Johns statue now joins Sojourner Truth, Mary McLeod Bethune and Rosa Parks as one of four Black women honored in the U.S. Capitol in statue form.
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — The Black Press of America is being deliberately starved, and unless people act now, it will collapse in full view of the nation it has served for nearly two centuries.
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — In announcing his candidacy, Turnage said the district was the poorest in the poorest state when he was born and remains so more than three decades later, arguing that generational economic stagnation has forced families to watch loved ones leave the state in search of opportunity.
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — In an America shaped once again by racial hostility and the rollback of diversity protections under the Trump administration, renowned Civil Rights Attorney Ben Crump continues to force institutions to confront the value of Black life.
As industries race toward smarter systems and automation, South Carolina State University is preparing engineers who can keep pace. Leading the way is Omar Shaheed III, the university’s first mechatronics engineering graduate.
Right now, Black men make up only about 4.6 percent of all college students in America. In a nation of 19 million students, we’re barely visible. And even at our celebrated HBCUs—institutions built by us and for us—the picture isn’t brighter. Black male enrollment at HBCUs has dropped roughly 25 percent since 2010. That’s not just a dip. That’s a full-blown crisis.