According to a 2021 report from the U.S. Department of Education, 42.9 million Americans have federal student loans. That’s 1 in 8 Americans. Furthermore, the current total outstanding student loan debt is $1.59 trillion, with most students leaving college saddled with nearly $30,000 in personal debt. However, there is one

Sworn into office by Vice President Kamala Harris on May 25, 2021, Kristen M. Clarke is Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights at the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ). And as Harris holds firsts for her office, Clarke is also the first woman and first Black woman to hold her

A new partnership between Student Freedom Initiative, Cisco and AVC Technologies aims to advance technology and digital capacity at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and support students working with Student Freedom Initiative. In May 2021, Cisco announced it would donate $150 million to help achieve the mission of Student

Philanthropist Mackenzie Scott made national headlines this June when she announced her most recent slate of high-impact, large-scale donations, amounting to more than $2.7 billion given to hundreds of groups. Scott, the ex-wife of Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, donated to 286 organizations with a diverse array of causes, including racial

Social media was alive with pledges of unity and diversity in Summer 2020. Virtual spaces echoed the relatively young and multiethnic movement in support of Black Lives Matter following the brutal and public killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on May 25. Companies and business leaders took notice. In

This August marks Family Fun Month, an annual celebration of engaging activities to do with your family. As we mark the final month of summer and many families prepare for their children to go back to school, there’s no better time to celebrate the joys of summer and the outdoors.