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Florida A&M President Larry Robinson stands at a podium on the schools football field
Lifestyle
A Florida HBCU was promised an extraordinary $237 million contribution from a hemp producer—but nobody can find the hemp, and the money might never come
By The Associated Press and James PollardJune 14, 2024
Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University
Success
Florida HBCU launches investigation after record $238 million ‘gift’ from 30-year-old hemp mogul is deemed likely worthless: ‘I wanted it to be real’
By Anna J. Kaiser, Skylar Woodhouse, Amanda Albright, Shelly Hagan and BloombergMay 15, 2024
Sephora says people of color now make up half its leadership because it ‘disrupted’ the recruitment process
Newsletters
Sephora says people of color now make up half its leadership because it ‘disrupted’ the recruitment process
By Emma BurleighMarch 27, 2024
Spelman College
Success
Billionaire couple gifts $100 million to Spelman College, largest donation in HBCU history
By Jeff Amy and The Associated PressJanuary 18, 2024
Chad Preston
Politics
Ron DeSantis’ DEI vendetta is making education unequal, Black student says: ‘We deserve the same level of education that all these other states are getting’
By Sharon Johnson and The Associated PressJanuary 7, 2024
Kamala Harris
Success
New research reveals storied HBCU Howard University has been known as ‘The Mecca’ of Black education for over 100 years
By Jamaal Abdul-Alim and The ConversationSeptember 6, 2023
A student dressed in a cap and gown smiles during his college graduation.
Success
Harvard and other ‘Ivy Plus’ colleges are failing low-income students, Goldman Sachs says—but underfunded HBCUs don’t
By Paolo ConfinoJuly 8, 2023
Brown student jumps rope
Success
8 Ivy League schools got $5.5 billion in donations from foundations in 2019, while the 99 historically Black colleges and universities got $45 million
By Glenn Gamboa and The Associated PressMay 2, 2023
The Congressional Black Caucus is more important than ever
Commentary
The Congressional Black Caucus is more important than ever
By Robert F. SmithSeptember 27, 2021
RaceAhead-Black Lives Matter-Demonstration
Newsletters
If you want an inclusive culture, everyone must go to school
By Ellen McGirtJune 15, 2021
Commentary-Pipeline Talent POC
Commentary
How to build the talent pipeline for people of color
By Jeffrey J. Brown and Harry L. WilliamsMarch 18, 2021
Historically Black leadership
Newsletters
Historically Black leadership
By Ellen McGirt and David Z. MorrisMarch 5, 2021
HBCUs are nurturing corporate America’s most effective female leaders
Newsletters
HBCUs are nurturing corporate America’s most effective female leaders
By Emma Hinchliffe and Beth KowittMarch 5, 2021
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Leadership
How HBCUs are changing the face of business and political leadership
By Beth KowittMarch 4, 2021
Apple reveals how it will spend the $100 million it pledged in June toward racial equity
Tech
Apple reveals how it will spend the $100 million it pledged in June toward racial equity
By Michal Lev-RamJanuary 13, 2021
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Egg companies made $1.22 billion in profit off a $6 carton — now they’re buying their way out of a price-fixing case with 53 million donated eggsplaceholder alt text
By Wyatte Grantham-Philips and The Associated PressJuly 2, 2026
Success
Even as Elon Musk calls philanthropy ‘very hard,’ everyday Americans gave a record $617 billion—despite feeling the squeeze over the cost of livingplaceholder alt text
By Preston ForeJuly 4, 2026
AI
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