The Biden-Harris Administration has announced unprecedented federal funding and investments in Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), totaling more than $16 billion. This marks a significant increase from an initial $7 billion allocation for these…
Madison Crowell, an 18-year-old from Hinesville, Georgia, is perhaps overachieving her dream of attending college. After applying to hundreds of schools, she was accepted into 231 of them and received an astonishing $14.7 million in…
Will and Jada Pinkett-Smith’s entertainment venture company, Westbrook, has sold the German production and licensing entity Telepool to Vuelta Group. The latter, backed by private equity, finalized the deal through SquareOne, a subsidiary producer/distributor it…
While most of her peers were navigating middle school, Dorothy Jean Tillman II joined college at the age of 10. She completed her associate’s degree, bachelor’s, and master’s degrees in less than five years. At…
The pandemic unequivocally changed how we work. It shook up the traditional workplace setup and ushered in the remote work era. According to the Pew Research Center, approximately 22 million employed adults in the U.S.…
Ideas and beliefs become traditions after being passed down generations. Traditions capture the essence of a culture, understand their needs and aspirations and manifest innovative measures to build and protect community. They are tested by…
Wallace “Wally” Amos, entrepreneur and founder of Famous Amos cookies has died at the age of 88. His family, in a statement, said Amos died from complications with dementia at his home in Honolulu. “With…
Freddie Figgers is the proverbial stone that the builders rejected. Abandoned as a newborn next to a dumpster, he was adopted by an elderly couple in rural Florida. His spirit was crushed when he discovered…
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