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Kamala Harris returns to campaign trail – as focus turns to 2028 presidential race

Former vice-president has not yet ruled out another run for Democratic nomination – but is she the person to manifest a more successful future?

The Guardian - US · 5h ago

Elder Black Texans pass the baton to next generation to keep up fight at ballot box

For Democrats to win in Texas, young Black voters must vote in record numbers. Harris County advocates are betting on it.

The Texas Tribune · Oct 28

US lawmakers closed their on-campus voting sites. HBCU students marched miles to vote anyway

Last year, the state’s board of elections removed several polling sites from local colleges – and students have taken it upon themselves to organize voting

The Guardian - US · Oct 27

MacKenzie Scott's latest donation takes her HBCU giving to well over $1 billion

The billionaire philanthropist has a multi-year streak of transformative, no-strings-attached giving to historically Black colleges and universities.

Fortune · Sep 2

An HBCU has banned durags and bonnets. That reinforces anti-Blackness

Tuskegee University’s dress code is a marker of a harmful politics of respectability. In my academic career, it’s become all too familiar

The Guardian - US · Aug 11

Howard University disenrolled over 500 students. Black college hopefuls seem to be losing ground on all sides

HBCUs offer more than higher education – they provide a safe haven for Black students and an investment in their wellbeing

The Guardian - US · Jul 29

Some schools are extending admissions for students unenrolled by Howard University

Howard University notified hundreds of first-year incoming students that their spots for the upcoming semester were no longer being held

The Independent UK · Jul 28

The unknown photos that tell the story of the US’s Black colleges

Rare photographs tucked away in HBCU archives are being preserved and widely shared with the world for the first time

The Guardian - US · Jul 8

College sports bill authors making pitch to Black caucus

The authors of a Senate bill that would overhaul college athletics warned this week that a lack of congressional action this year could financially wreck historically Black colleges and universities and could reduce chances for college educations for minority students. Senate Commerce Committee Chair Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and ranking member…

Roll Call · Jun 11

The Response We Really Need to the Supreme Court’s Gutting of the VRA

The instinct of the response so far has been right, but incomplete. New maps. New litigation. State-level laws. Congressional pressure. All necessary. None sufficient.

Texas Observer · May 19