Wes Moore is stepping in for Howard University students who lost their spots this summer. The governor announced Thursday that Maryland will offer expedited admissions support and an $800 credit to any incoming student affected by Howard’s mass disenrollment, according to the governor’s official announcement. That gives families a real option just weeks before the fall semester starts.
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Sharpton’s National Action Network announced Tuesday plans for March on Washington 2026: Defend the Vote on Aug. 28 on what will be 63 years since the 1963 march.
A federal judge has ordered the U.S. Department of Agriculture to temporarily restore approximately $127 million in grant funding that supports Black farmers and other underserved agricultural producers after the Trump administration canceled the program earlier this year.
With the 2026 midterm elections just months away, President Trump has gutted the only federal agency devoted solely to election administration — leaving it without leadership and unable to act.
For generations, Black Americans were denied equal access to higher education through segregation, discriminatory admissions policies, unequal public school funding and laws that barred many colleges and universities from admitting Black students. Even after legal segregation ended, persistent racial wealth gaps left many Black families with fewer financial resources to pay for college.
The NAACP is making the largest midterm election investment in its 117-year history, unveiling a $20 million voter mobilization campaign aimed at reaching millions of Black voters before the November elections.
The Trump administration has shelved the decade-long effort to put Harriet Tubman on the $20 bill— while simultaneously pushing to put Trump’s face on a brand-new $250 bill.