BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — Growing up in Washington, D.C., Adrian Jordan knew what it meant to live without health insurance. Now, as president of WellPoint DC, he’s...
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries has accused congressional Republicans of “covering up for pedophiles,” as the party continues to block a measure forcing...
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — AmeriStarRail has outlined an ambitious proposal to partner with Amtrak to rebrand and expand its high-speed Acela service along the Northeast Corridor under...
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — As House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries departed a press conference with several other Democrats on Capitol Hill, Republican Congressman Michael Lawler was waiting.
TEXAS METRO NEWS — “[Cheryl Smith’s] influence continues to ripple outward through the countless students she has trained, supported, and inspired,” said Angela Lang, a senior...
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — Carolyn Jean Cheeks Kilpatrick, an assertive advocate for Detroit and Black owned business, died on October 7 in Atlanta. She was 80.
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — The country’s moral infrastructure is buckling under the weight of political choices and bureaucratic neglect.
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — The Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee (DLCC) announced ten key state legislative races to watch this November, touting the contests as pivotal for maintaining...
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — Reality TV show star Dr. Heavenly Kimes's political programming has changed. She has now filed to run for Georgia’s 13th Congressional District seat...
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — Across America, families are being broken not by illness alone, but by the quiet cruelty of denial letters from insurance companies.
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — The White House has continued to wage war against the American people — not through bombs or foreign troops, but through policies that...
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — When the Supreme Court began its 2025–26 term on Monday, legal observers, scholars, and advocates warned that the justices are again positioned to...
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — Americans may be spending more time asleep, but new research shows that quality sleep remains out of reach for millions.
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — Republicans need five Democratic senators to vote for the House-passed continuing resolution, which makes drastic cuts to health care. Jefferies vows Democrats will...
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — Former President Barack Obama has stepped back into the political arena, delivering some of his sharpest critiques yet of President Donald Trump as...
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — His sentence—50 months—was neither the crushing 11 years prosecutors demanded nor the brief 14 months his attorneys sought. But it was enough to...
The printed Weekly Edition of the Oakland Post: Week of October 1 - 7, 2025
The printed Weekly Edition of the Oakland Post: Week of September 24 = 30, 2025
A longtime storyteller with a background in writing, Jetson was captivated when she first stood at the mic to tell stories about Oakland for the Mills...
Representative Simon said, “I come to Congress from a lineage of folks who know that war does not make us stronger, from a lineage of Ron Dellums...
The printed Weekly Edition of the Oakland Post: Week of September 17 - 23, 2025
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — At 26 Federal Plaza in Manhattan, where despair clings to the walls, federal officers placed handcuffs on the very people chosen to protect...
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — After much backroom maneuvering, the final vote on the resolution honoring Kirk was moved from Thursday to Friday, Sept. 18. For members of...
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — There is allegedly a video of something related to the hanging death of Trey Reed, the 21-year-old freshman of Delta State University. Civil...
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — Black student enrollment at Harvard Law School has rebounded. The incoming J.D. Class of 2028 includes 46 Black students, nearly returning to the...