In advance of Presidents Day, a U.S. history quiz was written by the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation. Some 41,000 Americans took it, with dismal results.
Even in the state with the best performance, Vermont, only 53 percent of the re ...
Posted Monday, February 18th 2019 at 10:09AM
(more)
A grant from the Reed Foundation Ruth Landes Memorial Research Fund is allowing Sara Busdiecker, Ph.D., assistant professor of international studies, to study the socio-political impacts of Afro-descendant organizations founded in Chile since 2000. ...
Posted Monday, December 3rd 2018 at 5:19PM
(more)
Apr 8, 2019 at 1 PM – Apr 10, 2019 at 12 PM CDT
Sheraton New Orleans Hotel
500 Canal St, New Orleans, Louisiana 70130
Hosted by The 1Joshua Group, LLC
Tickets
xula.the1joshuagroup.com
The Center for Minority Health and Health Dispar ...
Posted Monday, November 19th 2018 at 3:33PM
(more)
The company is also making a handful of other major changes to its content moderation efforts
Bloomberg
Facebook’s founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg. Photo: Reuters
Facebook Inc. chief executive officer (CEO) Mark Zuckerberg said the company is taking more drastic measures to reduce the spr ...
Posted Friday, November 16th 2018 at 4:40PM
(more)
Southern University, through the Southern University Agricultural Research and Extension Center, continues to move forward with being the only HBCU in the nation to grow and cultivate medical marijuana. New majority owners of Advanced Biomedics, Ille ...
Posted Friday, November 16th 2018 at 11:37AM
(more)
The family of Alvin L. Henry presented Texas Southern University with a check for $110,000 that will go to the Alvin L. and Alfreda Henry Endowed Scholarship. This endowment will be matched by the university, has an expected monetary value of $220,00 ...
Posted Friday, November 16th 2018 at 11:11AM
(more)
disselboom
One of the poles supporting a wagon.
The waggons, of which, including my two, there were ten, were drawn into the form of a square, and the disselboom of each securely lashed with reims to the underworks of that in front of it.
...
Posted Friday, November 16th 2018 at 8:53AM
(more)
Michelle Obama launched her ‘Becoming’ Arena book tour with her special guest Oprah Winfrey before a crowd of 14,000 at the United Center in Chicago on Tuesday.
Oprah introduced her bestie who walked out onstage wearing a sheer white blouse over tulle white tailored pants. The former first la ...
Posted Wednesday, November 14th 2018 at 7:25PM
(more)
On October 27th, 2018 as part of its 3rd Annual Black Nurses Rock Convention, the “Shades of Blue” National Awards and Scholarship Banquet was held in San Antonio, TX, giving recognition to those individuals who demonstrated outstanding service to ...
Posted Sunday, November 11th 2018 at 1:21PM
(more)
Attention: Open Enrollment is here. Visit HealthCare.gov to update your application for 2019 health coverage.
Log in to your account on HealthCare.gov to review and submit your application.
REMINDER: The deadline to sign up for ...
Posted Friday, November 2nd 2018 at 10:52AM
(more)
PA Program Gains Provisional Accreditation, Can Enroll Students. Commission OK has Morehouse School of Medicine on fast track to June 2019 debut
Morehouse School of Medicine’s new Physician Assistant Studies program passed a significant milestone ...
Posted Wednesday, October 31st 2018 at 3:49PM
(more)
Alex Wong | Getty Images
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, founder of space venture Blue Origin and owner of The Washington Post, participates in an event hosted by the Air Force Association September 19, 2018 in National Harbor, Maryland.
Amazon announced this week that it is raising the minimum wage ...
Posted Tuesday, October 30th 2018 at 12:33PM
(more)
[Photo: Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images]
By Melissa Locker
Hurricane Michael slammed into the Florida Panhandle on Wednesday, wreaking havoc on the communities that lay in its path. The Category 4 storm, one of the most powerful hurricanes to hit the continental United States in 50 y ...
Posted Sunday, October 14th 2018 at 9:59PM
(more)
Highly-rated charities providing aid and support in the Carolinas
Relief for Hurricane Florence Header Image
Hurricane Florence made landfall as a strong Category 1 storm in Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina, on September 14. Ahead of the storm, the North and South Carolina coasts were i ...
Posted Tuesday, October 9th 2018 at 3:17PM
(more)
by Countable
•As the midterm elections approach, many voters feel that it’s hard to come by reliable information about candidates’ positions and the broader issues they seek to address.
•This new Voter Center is the first of its kind to show th ...
Posted Tuesday, October 9th 2018 at 1:55PM
(more)
