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COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — The president of a historically Black Missouri university has been reinstated after an independent investigation cleared him of claims that he bullied another top administrator before she killed herself this year, university leaders announced Thursday. Lincoln University curators called Antoinette Bonnie Candia-Bailey’s January death tragic in an open …

by Rafael Pena March 22, 2024 The latest data from the Labor Department revealed a decline in the number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits last week. ABC News reports that the latest data from the Labor Department shows a decline in the number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits …

by Jeffrey McKinney March 10, 2024 Last year, Black Americans typically spent approximately $1,500 on moving to a new residence. Seventy-nine percent of Black Americans in a recent study said they had regrets about moving to a new home last year. Some of the top regrets reported by respondents included …

by Jeroslyn JoVonn March 22, 2024 A former Detroit teacher is preparing for a legal battle against the school she believes fired her for being a rapper. A former Detroit teacher is preparing for a legal battle against the school she believes fired her for being a rapper. Domonique Brown …

NEW YORK (AP) — More than 75 million student loan borrowers have enrolled in the U.S. government’s newest repayment plan since it launched in August. President Joe Biden recently announced that he was canceling federal student loans for nearly 153,000 borrowers enrolled in the plan, known as the SAVE plan. Forgiveness was …

Photo: Wojciech Figurski // Michael Hickey (Getty Images) Some may not remember DaJuan Wagner, but when he was coming out of high school, he was a sensation. As the best player in his class, he attended the University of Memphis for one year and went on to play in the …

Black Americans have long struggled to obtain equitable and efficient access to health care, and a new study published in JAMA Network Open indicates that the issue extends to patient portals. According to CBS News, researchers analyzed patient portal message responses from over 39,000 patients at Boston Medical Center in …

Computer-science students are being shielded from the liberal arts. That may be a problem. Illustration by The Atlantic. Source: Max Whittaker / The New York Times / Redux March 22, 2024, 1:17 PM ET This is Atlantic Intelligence, a limited-run series in which our writers help you wrap your mind …

by BLACK ENTERPRISE Editors March 11, 2024 No matter how successful we are in business, life can, without our permission, drop a bombshell that we never saw coming or could have been prepared for. Originally Published May 27, 2015. No matter how successful we are in business, life can, without …