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Virginia-based Alfred Street Baptist Church has committed financial support to the Legion of Black Collegians after the ...
05/29/2026

Virginia-based Alfred Street Baptist Church has committed financial support to the Legion of Black Collegians after the University of Missouri announced it would cut funding to several student organizations.

The university claimed the decision was made after federal restrictions tied to diversity, equity, and inclusion programs.

Related Post: Blank Foundation Awards $4.2M to Nearly 600 Atlanta HBCU Students

The University of Missouri announced in April that the Legion of Black Collegians, its historic Black student governing body, would lose their funding.

Alongside the Legion of Black Collegians, the Association of Latin American Students, the Asian American Association, the Q***r Liberation Front, and FourFront all lost funding due to the anti-DEI cuts.



Virginia-based Alfred Street Baptist Church has committed financial support to the Legion of Black Collegians.

After decades of quietly building wealth through real estate while practicing law, Medina Jett is stepping into her most...
05/28/2026

After decades of quietly building wealth through real estate while practicing law, Medina Jett is stepping into her most ambitious chapter yet.

Last month, Jett, founder of TDS Builders, broke ground on Rosewood Ridge, a 19-home subdivision in South Fulton, Georgia. The Georgetown University-trained attorney turned full-time developer is doing something remarkable. She is creating a vehicle for the wider Black community to invest alongside her.



Georgetown-trained attorney turned real estate developer Medina Jett is breaking barriers and building Black wealth with TDS Builders

For generations, Sickle Cell Disease has been a devastating illness affecting millions of people around the world, parti...
05/27/2026

For generations, Sickle Cell Disease has been a devastating illness affecting millions of people around the world, particularly within Black communities. Now, scientists and doctors are one step closer to a potential cure with two groundbreaking gene therapies: Casgevy and Lyfgenia.

In December 2023, the FDA approved the revolutionary treatments, both of which target the genetic defect responsible for Sickle Cell Disease. Casgevy uses CRISPR — the Nobel Prize-winning gene-editing technology — to reactivate the body’s natural defenses against the disease. Lyfgenia takes a different approach, inserting a functional gene designed to produce anti-sickling hemoglobin.

Early results have been remarkable, with the first 164 patients who received the treatments showing promising outcomes; new hope for SCD is on the horizon.



Two FDA-approved gene therapies may have cracked the code on Sickle Cell Disease — but can they reach the people who need them most?

De’Havia Stewart is on a mission to disrupt venture capital and dismantle invisible barriers and financial gatekeeping. ...
05/22/2026

De’Havia Stewart is on a mission to disrupt venture capital and dismantle invisible barriers and financial gatekeeping. As co-founder of 1248 Angels, Stewart has one goal: to increase diversity among investors and expand access to deal flow.

Launched in 2023, her venture firm is an industry-agnostic, early-stage investment group writing checks of up to $150,000 to mission-driven startups. It identifies high-growth companies with strong long-term potential and presents them to its network of more than 200 predominantly Black and Brown accredited investors.



De’Havia Stewart’s 1248 Angels backs Snoop Dogg’s Dr Bombay, expanding Black-led venture capital and investor access.

Status AI has secured $17 million to transform social media from passive content consumption into interactive entertainm...
05/21/2026

Status AI has secured $17 million to transform social media from passive content consumption into interactive entertainment.

General Catalyst led the combined seed and Series A funding, with participation from Abstract, Union Square Ventures, Y Combinator, and LightShed Partners.

The startup plans to use the new funding to scale its infrastructure and enhance its technology.



Status AI has secured $17 million to transform social media from passive content consumption into interactive entertainment.

The Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation has announced early milestones for its $50 million, 10-year scholarship initiative...
05/20/2026

The Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation has announced early milestones for its $50 million, 10-year scholarship initiative, with some beneficiaries set to graduate this spring.

The program supports students at Atlanta’s Historically Black Colleges and Universities by providing gap scholarships that help cover outstanding balances.

As of early 2026, the initiative has awarded more than $4.2 million to nearly 600 students at Clark Atlanta University, Morehouse College, and Spelman College, helping them stay enrolled and graduate.



The Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation has announced early milestones for its $50 million, 10-year scholarship initiative,

Y Combinator has released its Summer 2026 Requests for Startups (RFS). It covers 15 categories spanning AI, hardware, de...
05/20/2026

Y Combinator has released its Summer 2026 Requests for Startups (RFS). It covers 15 categories spanning AI, hardware, defense, agriculture, and space. The batch runs July through September in San Francisco. YC is investing $500,000 in every accepted company on standard terms.

The opening line of the RFS sets the tone as it says, “AI has stopped being a feature and started being the foundation.” Several ideas came directly from active YC founders describing what they are seeing on the frontier. This is not a list of trends. It is a list of gaps that are now solvable.

Here is a breakdown of all 15 categories. This is what YC wants, why now, and what it looks like in practice.



Y Combinator (YC) has revealed 15 startup ideas it wants funded in Summer 2026, Here's what every category means and why now.

Private equity firm Lightrock has raised a new $500 million fund to back businesses expanding access to affordable, clea...
05/18/2026

Private equity firm Lightrock has raised a new $500 million fund to back businesses expanding access to affordable, clean energy across Africa and Asia.

The fund, named Accelerate7, has secured investment commitments from Equinor ASA, Shell Plc, TotalEnergies SE, and LGT Group, the private banking and asset management firm owned by Liechtenstein’s royal family.

London-based Lightrock plans to invest between $10 million and $50 million in growth-stage companies across Sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia, and Southeast Asia.



Private equity firm Lightrock has raised a new $500 million fund to back businesses that advance access to affordable, clean energy in Africa and Asia.

U.K.-based biotech beauty startup Ruka has closed a $4.5 million funding round to scale its synthetic hair fiber technol...
05/15/2026

U.K.-based biotech beauty startup Ruka has closed a $4.5 million funding round to scale its synthetic hair fiber technology.

Freedom Trail Capital and Henkel Ventures led the round, with participation from Big Issue Invest, Backed VC, and several strategic angel investors, including Olympic athlete Dina Asher-Smith, supply chain specialist Knut Alicke, and M&A expert Sophia Dennis.



Biotech beauty start-up, Ruka, has closed a $4.5 million funding round to scale its synthetic hair fiber.

South African comedy legend Trevor Noah is returning home as lead curator of “The Bafunny Bafunny Comedy Festival.” Alon...
05/14/2026

South African comedy legend Trevor Noah is returning home as lead curator of “The Bafunny Bafunny Comedy Festival.” Alongside Eugene Khoza and Ntosh Madlingozi, Noah will tour in September this year to breathe life back into the South African comedy scene.

Sponsored by Savanna Premium Cider, “The Bafunny Bafunny Comedy Festival” will feature a combination of comedy celebrities as well as rising stars. Together, they are forming a South African national comedy team.



Trevor Noah returns to South Africa to lead the Bafunny Bafunny Comedy Festival alongside top local comedians.

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