California vs Trump: Attorney Gen. Bonta Lays Out “Resistance” Plan
By Antonio Ray Harvey, California Black Media During an online conference on Feb. 26, California Attorney General Rob Bonta detailed how the Trump Administration had used its first five and...
View ArticleStopgap Bill Advances as Congress Moves to Prevent Shutdown
By Stacy M. Brown, BlackPressUSA.com Senior National Correspondent A newly introduced stopgap bill in Congress aims to extend government funding through the end of the 2025 fiscal year, providing...
View Article1965 Selma to Montgomery March Fast Facts
By CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the 1965 Selma to Montgomery march in Alabama. Facts Throughout March of 1965, a group of demonstrators faced violence as they attempted to march from Selma,...
View ArticleWashington, DC, To Remove ‘Black Lives Matter’ Painting from Street Near...
By ASHRAF KHALIL, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation’s capital city will remove the large painting of the words “Black Lives Matter” on a street one block from the White House as Washington...
View ArticleA 40-Day Target Boycott Began This Week. What to Know About the Protest and...
By WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS, AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A 40-day boycott of Target that calls for supporters to give up shopping at the company’s stores during the Lenten period kicked off this...
View ArticleD’Wayne Wiggins, Founding Member of The R&B Group Tony! Toni! Tone!, Has Died...
By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr., AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — D’Wayne Wiggins, a founding member of the Grammy-nominated group Tony! Toni! Tone! behind the classic 1990s jams “Anniversary,” “It...
View ArticleAsm. Rhodesia Ransom’s AB 13 Aims to Lower California’s High Electricity Costs
By Antonio Ray Harvey, California Black Media Assemblymember Rhodesia Ransom (D-Stockton) says she understood before she was elected to office last year that Californians pay among the highest...
View ArticleDebt Relief Just Got Real: Experian Erases Millions in Balances For African...
By Stacy Brown, BlackPressUSA.com, Senior National Correspondent Experian has launched a major debt relief initiative, committing $5 million to assist 5,000 families in Louisiana and aiming to expand...
View ArticleDoechii Named 2025 Woman Of The Year By Billboard
By MARIA SHERMAN, AP Music Writer The rising rapper Doechii has earned the title of Billboard’s 2025 Woman of the Year, landing her in the same company as Taylor Swift, SZA, Lady Gaga and as last...
View ArticleLetter to the Editor: It’s Me: A Case For DEI
Many people tend to believe that Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion are just government affirmative action laws that are set aside only for Black Americans. They tend to focus on the belief that...
View Article69th Encanto Little League Opening Day
By Charles Warren and Darrel Wheeler, Contributing Writers On March 8, 2025, the league reached a major milestone, celebrating its 69th Opening Day with an event that embodied the spirit of the...
View ArticleInternational Women’s Day Commemoration
By Tihut Tamrat, Contributing Writer International Women’s Day was commemorated on Saturday, March 8th at the Mission Hills Library honoring eight women who have made lasting contributions to San...
View ArticleGarlin Gilchrist Announces Democratic Bid to Become Michigan’s First Black...
By JOEY CAPPELLETTI, Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Garlin Gilchrist II, a Democrat from Detroit who is Michigan’s first Black lieutenant governor, announced he’s jumping into the crowded 2026...
View ArticleAs the White Population Shrinks, The Politics of DEI Resentment Will Crumble
By Roger House, Professor Emeritus, Emerson College President Trump has stoked the fears of white working-class supporters through a politics of resentment over their declining fortunes in a...
View ArticleBlack Women Are Being Excluded Yet Again
By Tihut Tamrat, Voice & Viewpoint Staff A 2023 report done by The California Black Women’s Collective Empowerment Institute (CABWCEI), focused on how Black Women experience California –...
View ArticleThe Education Department Was Created To Ensure Equal Access. Who Would Do...
By BIANCA VÁZQUEZ TONESS, AP Education Writer As the Trump administration moves to dismantle the Education Department, officials have suggested other agencies could take over its major...
View Article‘More Than Brick and Mortar:’ DC Begins Removing ‘Black Lives Matter’ Plaza...
By ASHRAF KHALIL and JACQUELYN MARTIN, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Starlette Thomas remembers coming down almost daily to the intersection of 16th and H streets, to protest police brutality and...
View ArticleCan Protesting In The US Be ‘Illegal’? Trump’s Vague Warning Raises...
By Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — Among the hundreds of social media posts President Donald Trump has put out since Inauguration Day, two words have gotten special attention: “illegal protests.” “All Federal...
View ArticleLauryn Hill and Stevie Wonder delight at Roberta Flack’s ‘Celebration of...
By MARIA SHERMAN, AP Music Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A public memorial service bursting with music, including planned performances by Stevie Wonder and a surprise one by Lauryn Hill and Wyclef Jean of...
View ArticleDocumentary Aims To Unlock The Unsolved Killing of Detroit Urban Fiction...
By COREY WILLIAMS Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Who killed Donald Goines? Producers of a documentary on the life of the prisoner-turned urban fiction writer of novels about the violence, drugs and...
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