Title icon The News As the two candidates battle for Black voters, Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine is urging Donald Trump and Joe Biden to reconsider their decision to ditch a proposed debate at a historically black college in his state. In an interview with Semafor, Kaine said he spoke to the Biden campaign shortly after […]
One of the greatest aspects about putting your money to work on Wall Street is there are countless ways to grow your wealth. Regardless of your risk tolerance or investment focus, there are thousands of individual companies and/or exchange-traded funds (ETFs) that can meet your criteria. But among this endless sea of possible investment strategies, […]
Xavier University of Louisiana, a Historically Black college in New Orleans, became the second school to cancel United Nations Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield’s address amid the students’ Gaza protests. The institution reversed course on its choice of a commencement speaker after pressure from students and the community over Thomas-Greenfield’s voting record at the U.N. University President […]
For more than a century, Wall Street has been a wealth-building machine. Today, investors have thousands of publicly traded companies and exchange-traded funds to choose from when putting their money to work. But among the countless strategies that can be deployed to grow your nest egg on Wall Street, few have been more successful over […]
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Luis Soler is caring for water as if it were the most expensive ingredient at his restaurant in Colombia’s capital. For the first time in 40 years, a severe drought pushed the city to start rationing tap water. At Soler’s restaurant in Bogota, nothing flowed through the pipes Friday. The city’s […]
Wall Street is a stomping ground for innovation. But for three decades, multiple next-big-thing innovations have come and gone without rivaling what the advent of the internet brought to the table for corporate America in the mid-1990s. The rise of artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to be a renaissance moment for businesses. When referring […]
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Trustees of Tennessee’s only publicly funded historically Black university were removed Thursday under legislation signed into law by Republican Gov. Bill Lee. Black lawmakers and community leaders said state leaders, a majority of whom are white, are unfairly targeting Tennessee State University. The legislation cleared the state GOP-controlled House on Thursday […]
The markets have started 2024 strong, with the S&P 500 rising 1.6% in January. And that’s after coming off a solid year in 2023, where the index rose by 24%. Despite concerning geopolitical conditions and the possibility of a recession on the horizon, the stock market has performed well over the past year, and doesn’t […]
One of the few guarantees Wall Street offers is that there’s always going to be a next-big-thing investment trend to captivate investors’ attention. At the moment, no trend is garnering more hoopla than artificial intelligence (AI). When I say “artificial intelligence,” I’m talking about the use of software and systems to handle tasks typically overseen […]
Unity Day, observed on Jan. 22 in Ukraine as a state holiday, typically commemorates the 1919 unification of eastern and western Ukraine. But this year, the date garnered attention for a decree signed by President Volodymyr Zelensky relating to modern-day Russian territories that were historically populated by Ukrainians. The decree titled “On the Territories of […]
Ukraine will take steps to research, publicize, and protect the histories of Ukrainians living in parts of modern-day Russia that have been historically inhabited by Ukrainians, according to a decree signed by President Volodymyr Zelensky on Jan. 22. Zelensky announced he had signed the decree during his address on Unity Day, a national holiday celebrated […]
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Many students at a historically Black college in Missouri returned from Christmas break this week dressed in black, mourning the suicide of a beloved administrator who had alleged bullying and racism by the school’s white president. Known for keeping her office door open and greeting everyone at Lincoln University with […]