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CAIRO — Among the muddy, crowded tents where tens of thousands of Muslim Brotherhood members have been living for weeks in a vast sit-in protest, men in Islamic dress can still be seen carrying incong

Poor families have few resources to turn to for help in buying diapers, experts say. A study of one city finds nearly 30% don't have enough for their children. There have been days, since her son Eze

Forbes published their list of the top 650 colleges and universities in the U.S. and we have a handful of historically black colleges and universities that made the list. for this list, Forbes looked at factors that directly concern today’s incoming students (and their families) who will be footing

In a recently release report by Forbes Magazine ranking the 650 Top Colleges for 2013, Texas Southern University ranked 649. Texas Southern is the only HBCU in Texas to be listed and one of only two f

HBCU CONNECT once again publishes the most complete listing of Homecoming dates and Football classics for our nation’s 105 Historically Black Colleges and Universities. A tradition that has gone back now for over 100 years, Black College homecomings draw thousands of professional African American

BROOKLYN, N.Y. - July 2013 UCC Magazine Redesigned Website Launch The long anticipated launch of UCC Magazine’s web presence has arrived to rave reviews. The redesign of the magazine’s w

Many hospitals have nurses that make up "float pools." These nurses float from unit to unit, based on staffing needs created on units due to medical leave, sick calls, increased patient acuity and su

An appropriate number of nurses and other staff should be available at all times across the continuum of care, with a mix of education, skills and experience to ensure patient care needs are met and w

After weeks of countless shooting-related deaths in Chicago, hundreds gathered at Chicago State University on Friday for the Emergency Summit on Urban Violence, led by the Congressional Black Caucus,

A stripper has won a lawsuit against Nebraska police who confiscated over $1 million cash - all in singles - that belonged to her during a routine traffic stop. Tara Mishra, 33, stripped for 15 years

A California couple born on the same day and married for 75 years, died only one day apart. According to the Long Beach Press-Telegram, Helen and Les Brown died on July 16 and 17 respectively, both w

It’s been just over a week since Detroit filed for the largest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history and, so far, there are more questions than answers about how this will all shake out. On Wednesday,

Remember the Middle Class Task Force? Gee, how could you have forgotten? President Obama set up this group shortly after taking office in 2009, to identify the strains weighing on mainstream Americans

(AtlantaBlackStar.com) A staggering number of African-American children are raised in single parent homes, compared to the rest of America, and the rest of the world. A study conducted by the Organiza

The woes of adulthood are hitting today’s children too fast and not only via the pernicious influences of popular culture, marketing and peer pressure. More and more children are being diagnosed with