By Fred Redmond This Saturday marks one month of the federal government shutdown. Hundreds of thousands of federal workers—nearly 20% of whom are Black and...
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries’ appearance on CBS’s “Face the Nation” this week signaled a noticeable change in tone and approach. It was...
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — America is being strangled by its own government. Forty million people who depend on food stamps to survive are about to lose them...
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — I spent my earliest years as an educator searching for books that reflected my students’ experiences; I wanted to introduce them to books...
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — Today is an all-day board meeting for the Smithsonian Regents. Advocates and lawyers are advocating for this quarterly meeting to save over a...
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — “I always tell people,” he said quietly, “the day the Latino, African American, Asian, and other communities realize they share the same oppressor...
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — Coming up this month, hundreds of families will gather for Hampton University’s annual Homecoming weekend. Hampton’s football field is about so much more...
“The dysfunction we’re witnessing in Washington, D.C. has profound implications for our schools,” Jones explained. She emphasized that the dismantling of the federal Department of Education...
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — “Fear is the tool that people use when they don’t really stand for anything. That is what they use,” said LaTosha Brown, the...
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — “Democrats are going to take back control of the United States House of Representatives. It’s the reason why we see Republicans in full-blown...
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — Tish James, the New York Attorney General, will be arraigned in Norfolk, Virginia, today on one count of bank fraud. Advocacy groups are...
One suspicion regarding illegal sports betting and another regarding illegal gambling operations, plus rigged poker games has yielded a take down of thirty-four people, including a...
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — You can pass laws that punish truth-tellers and silence teachers who dare speak the name of freedom. But you cannot silence color. You...
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — The truth is, we all know someone who is experiencing domestic violence. By the time you finish reading this, three women will have...
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — It’s incumbent upon all of us to give kids the skills, interests and networks for family-sustaining careers, and prepare adults for economic opportunities...
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — The 47th president has publicly declared he is entitled to $230 million from the Department of Justice.
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — In Donald Trump’s America, they are no longer whispering their love for slavery; they are preaching it from the pulpit.
This is the first installment of the Four Minute Offense, the moment where the team possessing the ball must run the ball, call high-percentage pass plays,...
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — "Hakeem Jeffries makes a speech in a few days in NYC. I cannot allow this terrorist to live,” a man named Christopher Moynihan...
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — MADE was selected, in part, because its mission to support Black-owned businesses and Black creativity dovetails with the vision of the “Where Are...
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — President Trump is unnerved that people in the Treasury Building across from the East Wing of the White House have been taking pictures...
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — The Louvre’s director has been called before lawmakers to explain how it happened. Security, already under criticism, failed at the worst possible moment....
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — The country’s most dependable safety net is changing again, and this time, many fear it will fall hardest on the people who have...
Alameda County Supervisor Lena Tam had this to say about Argent Materials as an Oakland community asset: “Congratulations to Argent Materials and its President and Founder, Bill...
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — Donald Trump, the man who once branded himself the law-and-order president, is reportedly weighing whether to commute the sentence of Sean “Diddy” Combs.