SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY – SOUTHERNDIGEST — Colleges and universities are meant to be safe environments for learning and personal growth, yet recurring reports of sexual assault continue to challenge the effectiveness of institutional protections. By BlackPressUSA Newswire College campuses are supposed to be places where students can learn, grow and feel safe. However, reports of sexual assault at universities across the country continue to raise...

BIRMINGHAM TIMES — The Alabama Collective and Digitalundivided recently awarded $20,000 in cash prizes to student and alumni founders during the 2026 HBCU Business Pitch Competition. Held at Topgolf Birmingham during Magic City Classic week, the event featured 51 participants representing 10 different Alabama institutions. By BlackPressUSA Newswire Special to the Times The Alabama Collective and co-host Digitalundivided awarded $20,000 in cash prizes to HBCU...

by Gemard Guery Stanley Street resident Jonathan Engbith wants a cleaner neighborhood. Stanley Street resident Jonathan Engbith told Edgewood alder candidate Lindsey Eichler Tengatenga that he wants to see a cleaner neighborhood. Tengatenga, donning a “Libraries are for Everyone” shirt, was knocking on door after door throughout Ward 24 on Saturday in the final stretch before Tuesday’s special election to fill a seat recently vacated...

By Miguel Pittman Sr. Community policing is built on trust. But trust cannot exist without fairness, transparency, accountability, and mutual respect between police officers and the residents they are sworn to serve. Recently, I had an experience with the New Haven Police Department that raised an important question: Does every New Haven resident have a fair and reasonable opportunity to review police body-worn camera...