Aisha Francis Is the New President of the Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology in Boston

Aisha Francis has been appointed as president of Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology in Boston. She is the first woman president in the college’s more than 100-year history.

The Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology enrolls just over 600 students, according to the most recent data available from the U.S. Department of Education. African Americans make up 35 percent of the student body.

Previously, Dr. Francis was the college’s chief executive officer at the institute overseeing the day-to-day operations of the college. Earlier, she served as chief of staff to the institute’s president. Prior to joining BFIT, she served as the managing director of development for Harvard Medical School, raising funds to support medical student scholarships as well as diversity and inclusion programs.

Originally from Nashville, Tennessee, Dr. Francis completed her undergraduate education at Fisk University, then earned a master’s degree and Ph.D. in English literature from Vanderbilt University.

24-year-old Maxwell Frost is running for Congress

Maxwell Frost, a 24-year-old Orlando activist, is running to fill Rep. Val Demings’ House seat while she runs for Senate instead. If elected, he will be one of the first members of Gen Z to be elected to Congress. Watch him explain why he is running below:

Osaka announces hiatus from tennis

Grand Slam winner Naomi Osaka said she would take a break from tennis having lost her enthusiasm for competition.

The world number three suffered a stunning defeat to Canadian Leylah Fernandez in the third round of the U.S. Open on Friday before tearfully telling reporters she planned to take an indefinite break from the sport.

The 23-year-old's decision comes months after announcing that she had suffered from depression.

Osaka on Friday said, “I feel like for me recently, like, when I win I don't feel happy. I feel more like a relief. And then when I lose, I feel very sad.. I don't think that's normal."

[SOURCE: YAHOO]

New Orleans mayor LaToya Cantrell to evacuated residents: 'You can come home'

New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell (D) told residents who were evacuated due to Hurricane Ida that they could return home.

In a news conference Friday, Cantrell struck an optimistic tone as power is being restored to the city, with nearly all electricity expected to be returned next week.

“What we have been saying and really saying more aggressively today to those residents who did evacuate and as they see power restored to their communities into their neighborhoods — we are saying you can come home,” Cantrell said.

Cantrell made the comments as recovery efforts in the city entered the fifth day, after Hurricane Ida made landfall along the U.S. Gulf Coast on Sunday. The storm, which made landfall on the 16th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, flooded parts of the state and left millions without power for days.

Some power has been restored to the city since the storm, and Entergy, the utility company that services New Orleans and southeastern portions of Louisiana, has said most of the city will have power by next Wednesday. However, this is subject to change.

[SOURCE: THE HILL]

Bullet-ridden Emmett Till sign on display at Smithsonian

A new exhibit at the National Museum of American History will display the bullet-ridden sign that was placed by the Tallahatchie River in Mississippi in remembrance of Emmett Till.

The bullet-riddled sign will be shown starting Friday in the heart of the museum. You have to pass it to get to the Star Spangled Banner and George Washington.

The display of the sign is meant to “reflect on the ways that this history of anti-Black violence is very much present with us today,” museum curator Tsione Wolde-Michael said Thursday.

The monthlong display of the sign is part of the exhibit “Reckoning with Remembrance: History, Injustice and the Murder of Emmett Till.”