VOTING RIGHTS — Angie Nixon, a Democratic Socialist, trounced her better-funded opponent Alex Vindman in Florida's Democratic primary for U.S. Senate, positioning herself to take on Republican Sen. Ashley Moody in November's midterms despite intense debate over whether the party's left flank can connect with voters. Nixon's surprise victory comes with an unusual complication: a criminal trial scheduled for the week of September 21 on misdemeanor trespassing charges, stemming from a May protest outside Gov. Ron DeSantis' office where she was arrested after refusing to leave while seeking a meeting about a redistricting plan that advocates say would dilute Black voting power. Nixon, who's been endorsed by U.S. Reps. Maxwell Frost of Florida and Ilhan Omar of Minnesota and other progressive political leaders, faces a trial while campaigning for Senate.
CONSUMER FINANCE — D.C. residents who financed cars through Credit Acceptance Corporation will receive more than $250,000 in restitution after authorities accused the company of approving loans it knew some borrowers could not afford and then collecting payments even as customers defaulted and lost their vehicles. The District of Columbia, along with attorneys general for 40 other states, has entered into a $694 million settlement with Credit Acceptance Corporation, with District consumers receiving over $250,000 in restitution and CAC paying the District more than $130,000 in penalties and legal fees. The settlement provides a total of $60 million in cash restitution and requires CAC to provide $388 million in debt relief to consumers whose cars have been repossessed, and $246 million in debt relief to consumers whose cars have not been repossessed, allowing those consumers to keep their cars.
HBCUs — Black college enrollment was rising when the original 'A Different World' premiered, and more than three decades later, as a new generation prepares to meet Hillman, HBCU enrollment is on the rise again, with the reboot arriving during a similar wave. When "A Different World" first aired from 1987 through 1993, bringing vibrant Black college student life to living rooms around the country, HBCU enrollment rose by roughly 25%, while enrollment across the board for Black students rose by nearly 40% during that six-year stretch, according to the National Center for Education Statistics. While public post-secondary institutions nationwide saw a 3.0% decline in overall enrollment over the last decade, HBCUs bucked the broader trend entirely—growing 2.6% over the same period, driven by a post-pandemic application boom. Netflix will premiere its new A Different World sequel series on Sept. 24, 2026 — exactly 39 years after the original sitcom debuted on NBC on Sept. 24, 1987.
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