Ebony McGee, who studies how racism affects Black students in STEM, has spent years hearing students describe feeling excluded and unseen on their campuses, a condition that itself drives up their stress load before a single midterm is assigned. Students of color often feel excluded and ignored, and those feelings contribute to their heightened stress
For many parents, back-to-school shopping is one of the biggest household expenses of the year. And with the cost of living going up, every dollar saved matters. That is why millions of American families look forward to back-to-school sales tax holidays. This is a limited period during which participating states temporarily remove state sales tax on selected purchases.
Grades one through twelve in the School District of Philadelphia go back on August 24, and by the second week, a familiar arithmetic will start showing up in group chats and church bulletins across the city: how many degrees outside, how many schools sent home early, whose building made the list this time.
School gave you a shape for four years. Wake up, go to class, turn in the paper, and show up to the group project. Then it just stops, all at once, and nobody warns you how disorienting that stopping actually feels. You made it count for four years by somebody else’s definition of counting. Now you have to figure out your own.
FunTimes Magazine joined partners from Temple University’s Charles L. Blockson Afro-American Collection and Lincoln University for an oral history methodology training session with student scholars preparing to document the lived memories of elders whose lives connect African, Caribbean, African American, Civil Rights, and Pan-African histories.
While university education remains important, many young people are recognizing that skills can open doors to entrepreneurship, financial independence, and global opportunities in ways that traditional career paths sometimes cannot.
In Africa, Artificial Intelligence is no longer a futuristic concept discussed only at technology conferences or projected as humanity’s next great advancement. It is rapidly becoming an everyday tool. Whether through the algorithms shaping social media engagement and marketing, or the software driving mobile banking and enabling seamless financial transactions, AI has gradually found its way into homes, businesses, classrooms, hospitals, and even local markets.
Organized by the foundational architect of Afrocentric theory, Professor Molefi Kete Asante, Chair of the Department of Africology at Temple University and founder of the Molefi Kete Asante (MKA) Institute, the gathering at the Pennsylvania Convention Center for the Global Afrocentricity Workshop and Symposium radiated an intense, focused energy.
The 2026 landscape demands institutions that offer practical training, verifiable industry access, and technical depth. Based on these criteria, five institutions currently stand out as the most vital training grounds for the next era of African cinema.
African women leaders are becoming guiding lights for millions of girls who need to see what is possible. Their mentorship is a powerful force capable of transforming lives and shaping the development of the African girl child.
