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Cash App data breach: Over 8 million users affected by data breach

April 13, 2022 Bouldin 0

By Leada Gore More than 8 million users of mobile payment app Cash App could be affected by a data breach, according to documents from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. On Monday, Block, the financial service […]

Ala. class of 2021 ACT scores decline again

April 13, 2022 Bouldin 0

By Trisha Powell Crain ACT scores for Alabama’s high school class of 2021 were down slightly, from 18.61 to 18.58 according to the Public Affairs Research Council of Alabama. This is the fourth year in a row […]

President Biden names Alabama State President Quinton Ross to HBCU board of advisors

April 6, 2022 Bouldin 0

By Mike Cason, Associated Press President Joe Biden has appointed Alabama State University President Quinton Ross to the President’s Board of Advisors on Historically Black Colleges and Universities. The White House announced the 18 members […]

Pres. Biden Admin. Focuses Money on HBCUs After Bomb Threats

March 30, 2022 Bouldin 0

By Lauren Victoria Burke Shifting funds from the Department of Education to assist Historically Black Colleges and Universities experiencing sporadic bomb threats, several top officials in the Biden Administration spoke out. Over the last two […]

Senate passes Emmett Till Antilynching Act of 2022, sending bill to Biden for his signature

March 23, 2022 Bouldin 0

by CNN’s Clare Foran The Senate passed the Emmett Till Antilynching Act of 2022 on Monday night by unanimous consent. The bill, which would make lynching a federal hate crime, now heads to President Joe […]

2020 Census Called ‘Worse Undercount’ in Decades as Bureau Misses Millions of Blacks and Hispanics

March 23, 2022 Bouldin 0

By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent NNPA NEWSWIRE — The bureau estimated that the 2020 census incorrectly counted 18.8 million residents, double-counting some, wrongly including others, and missing others entirely, even as […]

The CROWN Act highlights years of workplace hair discrimination finally being legally reprehensible

March 23, 2022 Bouldin 0

BY AMIAH TAYLOR The House of Representatives passed legislation on Friday, March 18, in a vote of 235-189, that would ban hair related discrimination. The CROWN (Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair) […]

Supreme Court May End Affirmative Action at Universities

February 25, 2022 Bouldin 0

By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent The Supreme Court said it will reconsider race-based affirmative action in college admissions. The Monday, January 24, announcement could eliminate campus practices that have widely benefitted […]

After more than a dozen HBCUs get bomb threats on the first day of Black History Month, students and staff express unease and dismay

February 4, 2022 Bouldin 0

By Alisha Ebrahimji, Holly Yan and Paul P. Murphy, CNN (CNN) A growing number of historically Black colleges and universities have had to lock down or postpone classes due to bomb threats on the first […]

No April 15th: Tax filing deadline changed for 2022

January 6, 2022 Bouldin 0

By Leada Gore April 15 is traditionally tax deadline day for the Internal Revenue Service. That’s not the case in 2022, however, and the change has to do with a holiday in the federal capital. […]