Hip-Hop culture and music that began over 50 years ago in the South Bronx in New York City has grown into a global phenomenon. Today American hip-hop artists continue to help set the trends in this music genre throughout the world. The GOOD News is that Kendrick Lamar has emerged as an outstanding transformative hip-hop artist, songwriter, and internationally admired philanthropist.

Howard University is considered to be the flagship Historically Black College and University (HBCU) in America. As such that HBCU has attracted some of the nation’s leading academic scholars to be professors. The GOOD News Dr. Dana A. Williams is a distinguished Professor of African American Literature and the Dean of Graduate Studies at Howard University.

Applied science informs the social sciences. And social science helps to inform the applied sciences. The GOOD News is Dr. Adia Harvey Wingfield has emerged on the national academic stage as a distinguished African American Professor of Sociology at Washington University in Saint Louis, Missouri.

Some of the most important academic and public services institutions in our society are the nation’s libraries. Access to books to read in person or online are crucially important to those who make decisions or influence millions of people with their public policies and their academic advancement We Salute Dr. Tressie Cottom.

There is so much negative news these days about America’s colleges and universities. We decided to highlight the GOOD News that takes place every day at institutions of higher education across the nation.

Education is the key to societal progress. Higher education is the key to individual advancement and success. We are doing a series on American scholars in higher education in colleges and universities across the nation. The GOOD News is Dr. Shaun Harper is an African American educational scholar at the University of Southern California.

Communities of color across America today are producing more engineers that are making a positive contribution to the world of science and engineering. The GOOD News is Dr. Moses Ike is the Principal Member of the Technical Staff at Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Artificial intelligence is impacting nearly all fields of endeavor across the nation and throughout the world. It is therefore strategically important for American engineers and scientists to maintain leadership in determining the present and future of AI on humanity.

American research leads to innovation and increased opportunities to engage in all fields of endeavor. That is particularly true in the field of engineering. The GOOD News is Dr. Jonathan Ransom today is the Deputy Director of the Engineering Directorate at the NASA Langley Research Center.

Careers in the STEM are challenging. But STEM careers are today offering all women the opportunity to become an engineering scientist and an industry leader. The GOOD News is Dr. Naia Butler-Craig is the founder of Black Girls in STEM that advocates and encourages young women to consider taking advantage of the growing and expanding opportunities in the field of engineering.