Black Lives Matter Foundation Launches Student Loan Debt Relief Fund

The Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation has established a relief fund targeted at Black college students, alumni, and dropouts who are saddled with student loan debt, reports ABC News. The foundation’s Student Solidarity Fund has earmarked $500,000 for the…

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Journalist Takara Small Gives Unsung Heroes Deserved Recognition on New Podcast ‘They Did That’

Journalist Takara Small Gives Unsung Heroes Deserved Recognition on New Podcast ‘They Did That’

The name Alice Ball may not mean much to you, but this young chemist changed millions of lives in the early 1900s. Ball is the creator of the “Ball Method,” which was the most effective treatment for leprosy in the…

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‘Ain’t No Mo’’ Director Stevie Walker-Webb on Iconic Black Writers That Should Be on Your Bookshelves

‘Ain’t No Mo’’ Director Stevie Walker-Webb on Iconic Black Writers That Should Be on Your Bookshelves

Ain’t No Mo’, Broadway’s saucy new satire by Broadway’s youngest Black playwright Jordan E. Cooper, is steeped in Black culture, catharsis and critique. So it’s no surprise that its director, Stevie Walker-Webb, has the works of several Black writers on the brain…

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Claudine Gay Becomes the First Black President of Harvard University

Claudine Gay Becomes the First Black President of Harvard University

Dr. Claudine Gay, a distinguished scholar of democracy and political affairs, will become the first Black president in the history of Harvard University. Her tenure as the 30th president of the school begins on July 2023. According to the Harvard…

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