Every year during the Women of Power Legacy Awards Reception, attendees look forward to the warmest welcome from Chief Brand Officer Caroline Clarke. At the beginning of every summit, Clarke sets the intentions for the event— encouraging women to see one another, to see themselves, and to go for what …
Read More »Photo: Ball State University It appears that the saga at Ball State University has ended, for now. NBC News reports that Professor Shaheen Borna has been suspended for the remainder of the semester. Last month, Borna garnered much-deserved controversy after calling the police on a black student who didn’t want …
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Obama himself isn’t expected to chime in until the convention this summer. That calculated silence is especially tough for one particular candidate … Obama’s own vice president. Joe Biden’s candidacy is largely predicated on his closeness to Obama, but in 2016, when Biden had pondered running for president, Obama had …
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Actress Esther Scott has reportedly passed away. According to TMZ, she suffered an apparent heart attack last week. She was 66. Scott is perhaps best known for her role as Tisha’s grandmother in the John Singleton classic Boyz N The Hood. She also appeared on numerous television shows and movies, …
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An Indiana white college professor who called police to his classroom after a black student wouldn’t change seats will not be teaching for the remainder of the semester, according to ABC News. Ball State University had announced that professor Shaheen Borna, the marketing professor who called the police in this …
Read More »Photo: Ian MacNicol (Getty Images) The great ones play through pain. At 8:55 a.m. on Feb. 19, 2018, as Parkland, Fla., residents headed to a local church to mourn the senseless murder of 14-year-old Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School student Alaina Petty, 40 miles away, the president of the United …
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De Wilde’s background is in photography and music videos; she has built a formidable reputation over the decades for imagery that is stark and indelible. That makes her a smart choice to recreate Austen’s fictional town of Highbury, the bucolic community that Emma Woodhouse (played by Anya Taylor-Joy) presides over …
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Anitra Gunn, 23, a senior agriculture major at Fort Valley State University, was last seen around 11:30 a.m Friday near Chestnut Hill Road in Fort Valley, Georgia. After a four day search, sadly, her body has now been found. 11 Alive reports, Gunn’s body was recovered in Crawford County near …
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(Instagram/bowiestateuniversity) Bowie State University, an HBCU in Maryland, opened its new food pantry where students can shop for food for free. The food pantry and nutrition lounge was made possible through a new partnership with Capital Area Food Bank and Food Lion. The Food Lion Feeds program donated $10,000 to …
Read More »Photo: Angela Weiss (Getty Images) I really don’t understand transphobes’ devotion to not using someone’s preferred pronouns. It’s literally one of the easiest things to do. NBC News reports that an Ohio judge dismissed the case of Nicholas Meriweather. Meriweather filed a federal lawsuit after officials at Shawnee State University …
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