BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — At a press conference at the base of the steps of the U.S. House on a cold November morning, just hours before a...
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — In a political season defined by distrust, Californians did something rare on Tuesday night. They stood up for democracy.
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — After an August offensive by President Donald Trump and Republicans in Texas to eliminate the congressional seats held by four Black members of...
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.
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — As news of the violent shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk at Utah Valley University soon became an announcement of his death, news...
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...
The governor’s office confirmed that four legal and political options are under review, including a 2026 ballot measure that would dismantle the state’s independent redistricting commission...
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — The bill also represents the biggest cut in Medicare in history and is a threat to the health care coverage of over 15...
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — The legislation extends the 2017 tax cuts that disproportionately benefit the rich, it overhauls who is eligible for Medicaid and food stamps, adds...
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — "We basically have two countries that have been fighting so long and so hard that they don’t know what the f--k they’re doing,”...
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — “The President’s disastrous decision to bomb Iran without authorization is a grave violation of the Constitution and Congressional War Powers. He has impulsively...
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — Congresswoman LaMonica McIver (D-NJ) was charged with “assaulting and impeding” ICE officials by acting U.S. Attorney Alina Habba.
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — Rev. William Barber traveled to the U.S. Capitol to push back against them. The trip to speak out against what he views as...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — On July 8, with only 120 days to go to Election Day on November 5, members of Congress return to session after a...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Rep. Lee, who represents parts of Pittsburgh and Allegheny County in Pennsylvania, is the first member of “The Squad” to face a 2024...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — There have been three examples of Trump’s power waning. The first was his 2020 seven million vote loss to President Biden. The second...
Much like the story of Juneteenth, the California Black miners’ experience is largely excluded from texts and research. But one of those stories of servitude was...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The shooting death of Ahmaud Arbery, 25, went viral on social media on May 6, months after his murder. The video shows Arbery...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The Center for Responsible Lending (CRL) estimated that as many as 95% Black-owned businesses stood no chance of securing a program loan. Other...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Several other provisions asked by members of the Congressional Black Caucus were an expansion of unemployment benefits to $600 per week in addition...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Democrats turned out in record numbers for Super Tuesday as many are citing their desire to remove President Trump from office as a...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Mfume’s primary challenger in Maryland’s seventh congressional district was Cummings’ widow, Maya Rockeymoore Cummings. But the contest was no close. The general election...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Some of us have been victims of the stain, the pain, the hurt of racism. In the 50s and during the 60s, segregationists...
ROLLINGOUT — Ta-Nehisi Coates took a moment to verbally dismantle U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell. Speaking on Wednesday, June 19, 2019, at a U.S. House hearing on reparations,...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “The EACH Woman Act ensures that every woman is empowered to make critical decisions about her own pregnancy – and has coverage for...