“A champion is defined not by their wins but by how they can recover when they fall.” – Serena Williams In the days since tennis phenomenon Serena Williams announced her retirement, pundits and sports commentators have enthusiastically engaged in the age-old game of debating her status of the Greatest Of All Time. Her statistics have been analyzed relentlessly and measured against her contemporaries alike. As the sport and its technology have evolved, different strengths and

“By forgiving up to $20,000 in burdensome student loan debt, President Biden is giving working and middle class families the financial breathing room the desperately need. Buying a home, founding a business, starting a family, and so much more will now be a financial possibility for millions more Americans. But we cannot stop there. The Congressional Black Caucus remains committed to achieving additional reforms to ensure current, and future borrowers are not subjected to thi

When Charles Diggs, Jr. won election to Congress in Michigan’s 13th District in 1954, he launched nearly seven decades in which the city of Detroit had at least one Black member of Congress. That’s likely to change this year. Because of redistricting, Detroit no longer has majority-Black congressional districts. And in the first primary election with newly drawn district lines, a Black candidate did not win the Democratic contest in the heavily Democratic 13th. That means the

MOUNT VERNON, NY -- Environmental Leaders of Color, a Mount Vernon-based organization committed to educating marginalized communities about climate change and clean energy, celebrated the second year of its Student Summer Energy & Environmental Program for Teens (SSEEPT). Over one hundred students from Mount Vernon, New Rochelle, Yonkers, and Port Chester participated in the six-week educational program culminating in a showcase of their final projects and a graduation cere