Did you know that Samuel Pierce, the first African American Fortune 500 company board member was a member of Alpha Phi Alpha? Pierce pledged the Alpha Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. Samuel Riley Pierce Jr. was a Black politician and attorney who served as Secretary of Housing and Urban Development under the Ronald […]
Veteran journalist April D. Ryan has seen quite a bit in her career that spans three decades, but nothing would prove more jarring than the four consecutive years she spent as a White House correspondent working to provide clarity and objectivity in the dark and trying times of the Trump administration. “There’s always retaliation in the White House. If they […]
When Linda Thomas-Greenfield arrived at the United Nations headquarters a few weeks ago, the U.S. was just about to assume its turn as head of the U.N. Security Council, the organization’s most important decision-making body. She was thus thrust into the leadership of the international community. “I not only had to hit the ground running, […]
President Joe Biden‘s administration is under scrutiny after former staffers outed the White House for its policy on marijuana use, saying some members of the team were suspended, asked to resign or placed in a remote work program for their history of using cannabis. According to the sources who spoke with The Daily Beast, several […]
NORTH KOREA BROKE ITS conspicuous silence in recent months with a fiery message to leaders within the Biden administration during their tour through the region and to their local allies. “We take this opportunity to warn the new U.S. administration trying hard to give off the [gun]powder smell in our land,” Kim Yo Jong, the powerful […]
‘We Don’t Have to Wait on a Study’: President Advisor Cedric Richmond Says Administration Is ‘Going to Start Acting Now’ on Reparations A White House senior adviser recently said it’s possible for President Joe Biden to start taking steps toward setting things right for slavery, discriminatory practices and dismantling systemic racism during a interview. Cedric […]
From a distance, university education in the United States and Canada may not seem much different, considering that they are neighbouring North American countries. But the numbers seems to tell a different story. In 2017, Canada issued over 317,000 study permits to international students from 180 countries. Of the 2,153 billionaires in the world, according […]