BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — Large-scale protests with scores of demonstrators took to the streets in cities like Washington, D.C., and Chicago over the weekend in efforts to...
Chicago’s Mayor Brandon Johnson joins Make It Plain with Rev. Mark Thompson.
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — Sixty-two years to the day after Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech, thousands poured into Lower Manhattan...
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — Sixty-two years to the day after Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech, thousands poured into Lower Manhattan...
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — Amid the fight over potentially placing the National Guard in cities with diverse populations where Black mayors lead, the governors have the right...
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — Amid the fight over potentially placing the National Guard in cities with diverse populations where Black mayors lead, the governors have the right...
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — Vice President JD Vance, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, and White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller visited Washington, DC’s Union Station on...
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — The 700,000 residents of the capital are as entitled to self-government as other Americans are and will hopefully eventually achieve statehood. We do...
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — Donald Trump’s takeover of Washington, D.C.’s police force and his threats to extend the same approach to other Black-led cities are being denounced...
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — Black mayors are proving that talent, vision, and a relentless focus on evidence-based policy—not tokenism—are transforming communities.
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — Now, with immigration raids sparking protest in majority-Black and Latino neighborhoods in Los Angeles like Compton and Paramount, Trump has again used federal...
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — Hundreds of city leaders are expected to attend, representing more than 500 African American mayors who serve over 25 million Americans in large...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Because the midterm elections are occurring two years after the last CENSUS count, redistricting is still being decided in several states. Harrison is...
DEFENDER NEWS NETWORK — More than 500 African-American Mayors from large cities and fast-growing communities will converge on Houston for the African Americans Mayors Association (AAMA)...
(Sacramento Bee) – Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson’s takeover of an embattled black mayors group in 2013 succeeded largely on the backs of city staff and...
(Deadspin) – The African American Mayors Association, led by Kevin Johnson, opens its annual meeting today in Washington, D.C. The former NBA star and current mayor of...