Have you taken the civic literacy exam yet? Newly introduced Florida Senate Bill 188 would require all students enrolled in Florida’s State University System to meet a certain level on a civic literacy practicum. On the campus of Florida A&M, that criteria is already in place and it is a […]

The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) for Florida staged a demonstration this morning at the roundabout on FAMU Way and Railroad Avenue. Their goal was to bring awareness to the lack of pay increases for FAMU’s employees who are members of the union. Members of AFSCME […]

It became evident early in the coronavirus pandemic that older ages are at a higher risk of contracting COVID-19 and becoming severely ill, but the Omicron and Delta variants of COVID-19 make matters worse. Both variants are two times more contagious as the original SARS-CoV-2 virus, according to medical experts, which […]

From the history of the United States of America and the Holocaust to the history of African Americans and their experiences with slavery and designating the second week of November as “Holocaust Education Week,” Senate Bill 490 is making room and providing justice to Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders by […]

Red lights aren’t the only traffic signals that indicate for drivers to stop. School bus stop signal arms are included in that as well — and yet people ignore them and drive right by them anyway. According to the Center for Urban Transportation Research at the University of South Florida, […]

Chase Anderson, a grad student at the University of South Alabama, was diagnosed with epilepsy in the third grade after having a seizure in her math class. Three months later she had another seizure, and a few sporadically after that. “Epilepsy is hereditary for every other female on my mom’s […]

Campaign season is off to an early start in Tallahassee. And right in the middle of it is a two-time graduate of Florida A&M University, Josh Johnson. Johnson, a teacher at Godby High School, has officially filed to run for the Leon County Commission at-large seat. He will be challenging […]

Since 2018, Florida A&M University has successfully maintained its position as an ongoing recipient of the Carnegie R2 Designation program due to the university’s high research activity that allotted the university $66 million in research awards along with $50 million in research spending in 2021. Prior to 2018, FAMU had […]

A large explosion ripped apart the southeastern Ghana on Thursday Jan. 20, killing more than a dozen people and injuring many more. After a motorcycle collided with a truck during traffic, it began to catch on fire and ended up exploding about five minutes later. As a result, people and animals are being pulled out of rubble […]