Tennis star Coco Gauff is helping students at historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) who play tennis. The United Negro College Fund (UNCF) announced the Coco Gauff Scholarship Program on February 4, thanks to Gauff’s donation of $100,000. This money will help students who play tennis at HBCUs. Gauff said she made the donation to […]
Isabel Wilkerson stands out as one of the few Black individuals honoured in a field predominantly celebrated by whites. In 1994, at the age of 33, Wilkerson received a Pulitzer Prize for individual reporting for her coverage of the Midwestern floods and a poignant story about a 10-year-old boy taking care of his siblings. Isabel […]
President Donald Trump has enacted an executive order barring transgender women from participating in female sports categories, invoking significant backlash from LGBT and human rights groups who deem the move discriminatory. Effective immediately, this directive targets high school, university, and grassroots sports and mandates the Department of Education to scrutinize schools for compliance. Republican supporters […]
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has confirmed to Business Insider that tech billionaire Elon Musk is now a “special government employee.” This means he’s offering his expertise to the government without getting paid. However, it’s still unclear whether he has security clearance for sensitive information. Leavitt stated that Musk follows all required federal laws. […]
LeBron James, the NBA’s all-time leading scorer, has expressed his enthusiasm about teaming up with Luka Doncic at the Los Angeles Lakers following a blockbuster trade that saw Anthony Davis move to the Dallas Mavericks. The Lakers officially introduced Luka Doncic this Tuesday, setting the basketball community abuzz with the major shake-up. James, who found […]