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Month: June 2021

Your summer 2021 media guide: In-person premieres, series finales, and new beginnings

This special edition of the “Reliable Sources” newsletter is a look ahead to the next three months in pop culture, politics, business, tech, and more. The summer of 2021 is about vaccinations and unmaskings and in-person premieres and “post-pandemic life” -— albeit at different paces for different people. And plans keep evolving as Covid-19 evolves.

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Wilberforce University cancels student debt for 2020 and 2021 graduates. That’s more than $375,000

Wilberforce University will cancel student debt for 2020 and 2021 graduates, according to a news release. The president of the historically Black university made the announcement during 2021 commencement exercises Saturday, noting the total amount of cleared debt will be more than $375,000. “As these graduates begin their lives as responsible adults, we are honored

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‘She was really excited.’ Cumberland County community rallies together to celebrate graduate

Click here for updates on this story     CUMBERLAND COUNTY, North Carolina (WRAL) — When a Cumberland County high school senior’s disabilities prevented her from walking across the stage at graduation, strangers stepped up to celebrate. They came by the hundreds to honor 19-year-old Leianna Smith. “She was really excited,” said her mom Terry Cavalier. “She

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