BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — Although Cornell has yet to respond directly, Target officials have recently indicated a willingness to engage with the NNPA. Still, the campaign remains...
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — “Today, the U.S. actively blocks vessels from delivering oil to Cuba. It pressures other countries to deny Cuba tourism access,” she asserted. “And...
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — Sylvester “Sly” Stewart—known to the world as Sly Stone, frontman of the groundbreaking band Sly and the Family Stone—has died at the age...
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — While the headlines focus on personal attacks, the Congressional Budget Office reports that the GOP bill would add $2.4 trillion to the national...
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — Lawyers for Trump’s Department of Justice are asking Judge Leon to end a “sealing order” on records related to Dr. Martin Luther King,...
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — The Trump administration is dismantling the very programs created to correct generations of systemic racism and economic exclusion—programs that helped level the playing...
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — Minnesota State Attorney General Keith Ellison acknowledges that the Floyd case five years ago involved a situation in which due process was denied,...
Five years after George Floyd’s murder, Texas Rep. Ron Reynolds reflects on the progress made—and the promises left behind. From local action to stalled reform efforts,...
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — “To see mega-companies now walk away from diversity, equity, and inclusion is a stark contrast from where we were five years ago.”
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — The U.S. Supreme Court unanimously rejected a judicial doctrine that for years shielded law enforcement officers from civil liability in police shooting cases...
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — The NAACP Legal Defense Fund is taking a victory lap for a Supreme Court win against Alabama’s discriminatory redistricting practices that targeted Black...
The State of the People Power Tour hosts New Orleanians at Rock of Ages Baptist Church. [This post contains video, click to play]
The State of The People Power Tour rallied in the Raleigh Durham area Wednesday, April 30. [This post contains video, click to play]
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — The Trump administration has ended a decades-old federal school desegregation order in Louisiana
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — Union-organized rallies are taking shape, evoking memories of the fight for worker rights alongside civil rights.
Fed Ingram, Secretary-Treasurer of the American Federation of Teachers on Trump’s dismantling of the Department of Education by disabling funding for students with disabilities, ending Pell...
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — Dr. Brown said the museum had previously asked to keep the items permanently. “Now, all of a sudden, you can have it back,”...
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — The misconception that Black communities are inactive fundamentally misunderstands our sophisticated resistance strategies. Protesting must be strategic. Timing, context, and preparation matter.
The conflict began on Feb. 14, when Craig Trainor, acting assistant secretary for civil rights at the U.S. Department of Education (DOE), issued a “Dear Colleague”...
Critics warn: it’s not just history being erased—it’s identity.
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — The more than hour-long meeting included PepsiCo Chairman Ramon Laguarta and Steven Williams, CEO of PepsiCo North America, and was held within the...
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — Trump’s March 27 Executive Order entitled “Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History,” specifically targeted the National Museum of African American History.
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — Over the weekend, while 401(k)s crumbled and mass layoffs loomed, Trump was the main attraction at two lavish, money-making events