Sanders wants to cancel all student loan debt.
By Tara Golshan
Sen. Bernie Sanders’s proposal to make college free in the United States just got bigger: He wants to erase all student debt too. All $1.6 trillion of it.
The Vermont senator will unveil the most ambitious higher education p ...
Posted Tuesday, July 2nd 2019 at 1:12PM
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The aftermath of a natural disaster causes disruption to every part of a community’s well-being, from physical infrastructure and economic growth, to social and mental health. The issues addressed urgently following these emergencies are often the most visible: lack of food and water, obvious hazard ...
Posted Monday, July 1st 2019 at 5:08PM
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The South Africa-Morocco relationship may be entering a new era of pragmatism.
They are about 5,000 kilometres apart, one located on the Southern tip the other on the Northern tip of Africa.
Both are major regional economic powers.
Yet their ...
Posted Monday, July 1st 2019 at 3:01PM
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Rickey Smiley’s son, Malik, will follow in his footsteps at Alabama State. He’ll also be playing ball for ASU.
It’s been a pretty good week for Rickey Smiley.
First the commedian-turned-tv star-turned-radio host was announced as the succe ...
Posted Monday, July 1st 2019 at 12:19PM
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The United Negro College Fund recently announced that it has awarded Cheyney University and Lincoln University, two of the nation’s oldest historically Black universities, $30,000 each in unrestricted cash and additional $30,000 to provide scholarshi ...
Posted Monday, July 1st 2019 at 12:10PM
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The failure of Microsoft to establish a leading mobile operating system was a huge blow to the company, and something that apparently still haunts one of its co-founders to this day.
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates said Monday that not develop ...
Posted Monday, July 1st 2019 at 11:37AM
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Over the course of 12 years this event has raised $1.5 million for metro Atlanta students who plan to attend one of dozens of participating historically black colleges and universities. But this 5K, held Saturday at Piedmont Park, also serves as a ho ...
Posted Monday, July 1st 2019 at 11:05AM
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For the second consecutive year, Alabama State has had a player selected to play against the nation's best; this time in the 2019 ITA Oracle Masters held at the Malibu Racquet Club and Pepperdine University.
Alexis Collard joins Ion Efrim and Reka ...
Posted Friday, June 28th 2019 at 11:10AM
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Savannah State University’s (SSU) Jesas Jean-Louise and Symone Ford will be interns at AshBritt Environmental July 2019. The internships are competitive paid positions open to all majors and recent graduates of SSU. Jean-Louise is a rising senior ho ...
Posted Friday, June 28th 2019 at 9:55AM
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Morehouse College has been nominated as a finalist for the 2019 HBCU Awards in three categories, including “Best Historically Black College of the Year.”
The HBCU Awards recognizes the outstanding academic programs, exemplary leadership, and champ ...
Posted Thursday, June 27th 2019 at 10:14AM
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In front of the building next to the Morning Star House across from Holland Hall, you can now see the sign for the Oakwood Latino Association. Technically, it is not an "office," it's a place for the Latino population on campus to call a "home away f ...
Posted Wednesday, June 26th 2019 at 9:21PM
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by Maquisha Mullins, Ph.D., assistant director, Integrated Marketing & Public Relations
For the first time since the organization was established in 1968, the Adventist English Association (AEA) met on the campus of Oakwood University on Friday, J ...
Posted Wednesday, June 26th 2019 at 9:19PM
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Allen University’s Desmond Rowe, a senior social science major, was selected as a 2019 HBCU Competitiveness Scholar, by the White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities. The 21-year old Edgefield, SC native is among 44 scholars representing 34 HBCUs from across the country ...
Posted Wednesday, June 26th 2019 at 9:47AM
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Tennessee State University joined the world in remembering alumna Wilma Glodean Rudolph, the first American woman to win three gold medals in a single Olympiad. She also galvanized the country and made the world take notice as the first African Ameri ...
Posted Wednesday, June 26th 2019 at 9:45AM
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