The National Inventors Hall of Fame to honor its first Black women inductees
In the nearly half-century since the creation of the National Inventors Hall of Fame (NIHF), not one Black woman was selected by the committee...
Visa and Apple Pay vulnerabilities leaves iPhone users open to payment fraud
Vulnerabilities in Apple Pay and Visa could enable hackers to bypass an iPhone’s Apple Pay lock screen and perform contactless payments, according to research...
Petito case renews call to spotlight missing people of color
In the three months since 62-year-old Navajo rug weaver Ella Mae Begay vanished, the haunting unanswered questions sometimes threaten to overwhelm her niece.
Seraphine Warren...
Hesitancy About COVID-19 Vaccine for Children Highest Among Black Parents
Nearly half of Black parents (48 percent) were hesitant about the COVID-19 vaccine for their child, compared to 33 percent of Latinx parents and...
Dying at home, lack of healthcare contribute to COVID’s hidden death toll
The official US death count for COVID-19 has now surpassed 650,000, but the true death toll is likely much higher. Recent research indicates that...
HBCUs reach near-record enrollment numbers
Historically Black Colleges and Universities are beginning to see a surge in interest, applications and enrollment. For many, HBCUs have provided a sense of...
12 organizations directly helping Black, brown victims of Hurricane Ida
Powering through southeast Louisiana as a Category 4 hurricane, Ida made landfall on Sunday evening leaving destruction in its path as it made its...
New study: Nursing home residents, health care workers lose more than 80% of their...
A new, multi-institutional study led by Case Western Reserve University—in partnership with Brown University—found that COVID-19 antibodies produced by the Pfizer vaccine decreased sharply...
Empathy training could cut crime figures
Research published in the journal Psychology, Crime & Law suggests a new, low-cost approach that could potentially reduce antisocial behaviour and crime.
The study, carried out by...
South Carolina HBCU Clinton College offers free tuition
A small historically Black college in South Carolina is offering all full-time students free tuition for the upcoming 2021-22 academic year.
Clinton College President Lester...
