National News

By Geoff Herbert The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention tracked millions of Americans’ phones to see if they complied with lockdowns and vaccination efforts during the Covid-19 pandemic, according to a new report. Vice said it […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]