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Filmmaker Ryan Coogler and actor Michael B. Jordan attend as Warner Bros. Pictures Celebrates "Sinners" & Proximity Media at Somerville restaurant on November 21, 2025, in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by David Jon/Getty Images for Warner Bros. Pictures)

‘Sinners’ and the Quiet Push to Steer Black Students Out of College

by Natalie Williams February 6, 2026February 6, 2026

Coogler and Jordan took different paths. Only one’s is weaponized.

Who Knows What an HBCU Is? About 60% of High Schoolers Don’t

by Alvin Buyinza January 21, 2026January 21, 2026

Black Students Are the Fastest-Growing Group of College Applicants

by Alvin Buyinza January 16, 2026January 23, 2026

First responders with the Providence Fire Department maneuver an empty stretcher near the Barus & Holley building, home to the engineering and physics departments and the site of a mass shooting, at Brown University campus in Providence, Rhode Island, on December 13, 2025. A gunman killed two people and critically wounded eight others in the afternoon of December 13 at prestigious Brown University, authorities said, urging people in the area to remain in lockdown as the attacker was still at large.

I Came of Age at College. I Fear for My Grandchildren There

by Frances Murphy (Toni) Draper December 15, 2025December 15, 2025

Tallahassee, FL - September 2, 2024: Sign for Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University, commonly known as Florida A&M, is a public historically black university in Tallahassee, Florida.

It’s Time to Fund HBCUs for Both Today and Tomorrow

by Keith B. Shoates December 2, 2025December 1, 2025

Work-study students often still have unmet financial needs, even after their 15- to 20-hour-per-week jobs fill in some of the gaps.

Work-Study Cuts Threaten College Dreams for Thousands

by The Conversation December 1, 2025December 1, 2025

5 Good Things Happening for Black Kids

by Alvin Buyinza November 26, 2025November 26, 2025

Pell Grant Cuts Helped Lower Black College Enrollment, Report Says

by Alvin Buyinza October 24, 2025October 24, 2025

On Howard University's campus in front of the infamous Founders Library Clock Tower, on "The Yard", alumni, family and friends gather after the game to celebrate Howard's 93rd annual Homecoming after their game against North Carolina A&T on Saturday, October 22, in Washington, DC.

There’s No Place Like Home: Why HBCU Homecoming Culture Still Matters

by Levi Perrin October 14, 2025October 14, 2025

ERKELEY, CALIFORNIA - APRIL 22: Pro-Palestinian protesters carry signs as they march in front of Sather Gate on the UC Berkeley campus on April 22, 2024 in Berkeley, California. Hundreds of pro-Palestinian protesters staged a demonstration in front of Sproul Hall on the UC Berkeley campus where they set up a tent encampment in solidarity with protesters at Columbia University who are demanding a permanent cease-fire in the war between Israel and Gaza.

Berkeley Once Championed Free Speech. Now It’s Burying it

by john a. powell September 26, 2025September 26, 2025