BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — Black Friday arrives this year in a country wrestling with the weight of policies that have stripped stability from millions of Americans and...
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — With the 2026 midterm elections still a year away, Americans are growing increasingly weary of both major political parties.
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 — Across America, families are being broken not by illness alone, but by the quiet cruelty of denial letters from insurance companies.
By Fred Redmond, AFL-CIO Secretary – Treasurer The country just celebrated Labor Day and the contributions working people and unions have made toward a more...
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — Republicans who control the legislature and the Governor’s Mansion in Texas are working to redraw the congressional district lines after President Trump stated...
CHICAGO DEFENDER — Almost 30,000 PPIL patients rely on Medicaid for birth control, cancer screenings, STI testing and treatment, prenatal services, gender-affirming care, and abortion. Tonya...
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — On the Senate floor on June 30, North Carolina Republican Sen. Thom Tillis spoke against President Trump’s budget bill that will kill health...
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — The study, which focused on how stress associated with racism and poverty might alter gene function and contribute to adverse birth outcomes, lost...
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — The historically diverse statewide ticket in Virginia includes an openly gay Republican white male, a Black male attorney from Norfolk, a Jamaican-born U.S....
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — If a large cut to Medicaid does take place, that change is likely to damage the financial health of rural hospitals around the...
One of the most dangerous developments we’re seeing now? Deep federal cuts are being proposed to Medicaid, the life-saving health insurance program that covers nearly 80 million...
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — DNC Executive Director Roger Lau added, “Our new War Room will only increase our capacity to make sure Trump, Elon Musk, and MAGA...
Today, the Congressional Black Caucus has their weekly Wednesday meeting where they will grapple with their colleague's death and the news of the possible censure by...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The record-breaking figure represents nearly doubling enrollment since President Joe Biden took office.
On Nov. 16, the California Department of Public Health (CDPH), reported the first known case of clade 1 Mpox, previously known as Monkeypox, in the United...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — This might look like encouraging positive parenting practices or helping parents develop their children’s early math and reading skills. Home visitors can also...
Anyka Howard, founder of the Betti Ono Foundation and visionary of Black Tulip, expressed the core value of the movement and urgent need for change. “We’re...
Prop 35 would make the state pay doctors more money for treating patients who are covered by Medi-Cal, California’s version of the federal program Medicaid, and fund other...
As we grow older, our needs and priorities change. In California, a wide range of services is available to help you maintain your independence, stay connected,...
Congresswoman Barbara Lee introduced the National Food as Medicine Act on Wednesday. Food as Medicine affirms the connection between food and health and recognizes that access...
The State of California has allotted $3.3 billion in funding to build inpatient and outpatient mental health treatment centers to address the state’s mental health and...
Young voters from the millennial generation and Gen Z are emerging as the demographic center of power in American politics, but new studies by UC Berkeley...
California State Controller Malia Cohen said she is “cautiously optimistic” after Gov. Gavin Newsom signed the 2-24-25 state budget on June 29. Cohen, who serves as...
The State Board of Education and Governor Gavin Newsom announced last week that they have approved $1.3 billion in grants to implement a new school initiative...