8 In 10 Black Americans Say Trump Is ‘A Racist’, Poll Finds
According to a new Washington Post-Ipsos poll published on Jan. 17, 2020, more than 8 in 10 black Americans believe that President Donald Trump is a racist....
President Trump Signs HBCU Funding Bill
President Donald Trump on Thursday signed a bipartisan bill that will permanently provide more than $250 million a year to the nation’s historically black...
HBCU Alumna, Rep. Frederica Wilson Gives Sec. of Education Betsy DeVos A Piece Of...
Rep. Frederica Wilson is an politician, but one may questions if she is also an educator, because she schooled Secretary of Education, DeVos.
Rep....
Howard University Grad Kamala Harris Teams Up With Maxine Waters On $13 Billion Plan...
Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.), who is running for president, introduced a bill Thursday that would invest billions more dollars in affordable housing and other...
Presidential Candidate Tom Steyer Reveals $125 Billion Plan For HBCUs
COLUMBIA — Jamie Lovegrove of The Post and Courier reports, Democratic presidential candidate Tom Steyer on Tuesday proposed investing $125 billion over 10 years in...
Bernie Sanders Unveils Substantive Plan To Support HBCUs
On the heels of Sen. Bernie Sanders’ (D-Vt) HBCU tour last week, the 2020 presidential candidate has released the most substantive plan to support Historically Black Colleges and...
Kamala Harris Names Funding As Her Top Issue As She Suspends Presidential Campaign
Howard University Grad, Kamala Harris dropped her presidential campaign on Tuesday after months of failing to lift her candidacy from the bottom of the...
Maryland HBCUs Rally for Settlement of Federal Lawsuit
Students and alumni from Maryland’s four historically black colleges (Bowie State University, University Of Maryland Eastern Shore, Morgan State University and Coppin State University)...
Benedict College Students Are Asked To Stay In Dorms During Trump’s Speech At The...
COLUMBIA, S.C. – In a way, what happened outside Benedict College's gates in the heart of downtown felt quite small. At its peak, the...
America’s First Black Billionaire, Bob Johnson, Praises Trump, Says Democrats Have Moved ’Too Far...
In an interview with CNBC, America’s first black billionaire and the founder of BET, Robert L. Johnson weighed in on what he sees as problems...
HBCU Grad Kamala Harris Vows To Fine Companies That Pay Women Workers Less Than...
Presidential candidate Kamala Harris unveiled her plan to close the gender pay gap by fining companies that pay women employees less than men for equal work. The U.S....
Barack Obama Rallies For Stacey Abrams at Morehouse College
ATLANTA, Ga. -- Though his voice was weak from a full day of campaigning, Barack Obama delivered a energetic speech in support of Georgia...
FAMU Grad Andrew Gillum Makes History With Democratic Nomination for Florida Governor
The 2018 primary election results are in and Tallahassee, HBCU Alum, Florida A&M University Alum, Mayor Andrew Gillum has narrowly secured the Democratic nomination...
FAMU Alum Andrew Gillum Can Create History As First Black Governor of Florida
In the 173 years of Florida becoming the “Sunshine State” of America, never once has an African American male or female been elected as...
CBC Members Launch Tour To Mobilize HBCU Students
Members of the Congressional Black Caucus have launched a tour of black colleges and universities around the country, hoping to mobilize students, listen to their...
Rare Bipartisan Internship Exists for North Carolina HBCU Students
Twenty-year-old political science majors Dariana Reid, a rising senior at Johnson C. Smith University, and Nasya Blackwell, a rising junior at North Carolina A&T...
Trump Signs Executive Order On Historically Black Colleges And Universities
On February 28, President Trump signed an executive order pledging support of his administration to historically Black colleges and universities, saying HBCUs are “an absolute...
Central State, Howard Alum Omarosa Drafting Trump’s HBCU Executive Order
Continuing to build a relationship with Donald Trump, Omarosa is drafting his executive order aimed at HBCUs following Trump's commemoration of Black History Month earlier last...
