DEI Rollback Costs Target Billions and Loyalty
By Stacy M. Brown, BlackPressUSA.com, Senior National Correspondent Target continues to face mounting financial and reputational fallout after reversing course on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI)...
View ArticleBlack Women’s Hair Products Are In The Safety Spotlight. Here’s What to Know
By Kenya Hunter, AP Health Writer ATLANTA (AP) — Black women around the world gather in salons, dorm rooms and living rooms for hours at a time to get synthetic braids put in their hair. But they’re...
View ArticleUN Warns of ‘Severe’ Human Rights Abuses in Haiti as Illegal Weapons Proliferate
By Dánica Coto, Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A steady stream of illegal weapons smuggled into Haiti is fueling an increase in gang violence and leading to severe human rights abuses,...
View ArticleCould Gen. Lloyd Austin III Have Survived Leaking War Plans?
By Stacy M. Brown, BlackPressUSA.com, Senior National Correspondent The question being asked all over social media, in homes, offices, and even behind closed doors in Washington: If former Defense...
View ArticleCongressional Black Caucus Sounds Alarm to Protect SNAP Benefits
By Lauren Burke, NNPA Newswire During a press conference outside the U.S. Capitol on March 25, members of the Congressional Black Caucus spoke out with concern about budgetary threats to the federal...
View ArticleAARP Pushes Back as Social Security Administration Slashes Services and Staff
By Stacy M. Brown, BlackPressUSA.com, Senior National Correspondent The Social Security Administration (SSA) is moving forward with a sweeping overhaul of its operations, including plans to slash its...
View ArticleUS Naval Academy Ends Affirmative Action in Admissions
By Brian Witte, Associated Press ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — The U.S. Naval Academy will no longer consider race, ethnicity or sex as a factor for admission to the service institution, a response to an...
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SD Bolts 13-U Celebrates Successful Season
By Darrel Wheeler, Contributing Writer On the third Sunday in March, the best 13-and-under football team in America’s Finest City assembled for the last time as a team at Dave & Buster’s in...
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Community Celebrates New Off-Leash Dog Park at Gompers Park
By Charles Warren, Contributing Writer According to the Parks and Recreation website, San Diego is home to a vibrant network of off-leash spaces, with 62 dog parks countywide and 21 designated areas...
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San Diego H.S. Baseball Classic 2025
By Charles Warren, Contributing Writer When asked for one word to capture the spirit of the game, Black Baseball Media CEO and Co-Founder Coach E took a moment, letting the energy of the evening settle...
View ArticleCalifornia Celebrates Eid: The Culmination of Ramadan in Islam
By Edward Henderson, California Black Media The Islamic holiday of Eid, meaning festival or fest, commemorates the end of Ramadan, the religion’s holy month of fasting. During Ramadan, the faithful...
View ArticleJoe Harris, Believed To Be the Oldest Surviving WWII Paratrooper, Has Died
By Hallie Golden, Associated Press Sgt. Joe Harris, believed to be the oldest surviving World War II paratrooper and a member of the U.S. Army’s first all-Black parachute infantry battalion, has died....
View ArticleDemocratic AGs Slam Trump’s Attacks on Lawyers, Judiciary: We Will Not Be...
By Stacy M. Brown, BlackPressUSA.com, Senior National Correspondent A coalition of 21 Democratic state attorneys general issued a sweeping rebuke of former President Donald Trump on Tuesday, denouncing...
View ArticleCommunity Creek Cleanup Day Unites The Neighborhood in Rebuilding Efforts
By Charles Warren, Contributing Writer In a spirited display of community solidarity, many residents gathered on March 22, 2025, at Cesar Chavez Elementary (1401 S 40th St, San Diego) for the Community...
View ArticlePolitical Playback: California Capitol News You Might Have Missed
By Bo Tefu, California Black Media Bill Would Create California Version of National Institutes of Health Anticipating federal cuts to scientific research and vaccine programs, California State Sen....
View ArticlePamela Stevenson, The Top Democrat in The Kentucky House, Launches Campaign...
By Bruce Schreiner, Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky lawmaker Pamela Stevenson, the top-ranking Democrat in the GOP-led state House, launched her U.S. Senate campaign on Monday, vowing...
View ArticleUS AID Cuts Hit Ethiopia’s Fragile Tigray Region
By Samuel Getachew and Fred Harter, Associated Press As a displaced person in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region, 76-year-old Haile Tsege is no stranger to hunger. During its war with Tigray fighters...
View ArticleCommentary – The Vibe Shift: As California Moves to Political Right, Dem...
By G. Maciel De La Vega, California Black Media OPINION – On March 16, the California Republican Party elected its first Black female chair, Corrin Rankin. However, she doesn’t want her identity to be...
View ArticleWith A Nod to America’s Civil Rights Legacy, Sen. Cory Booker Makes a Mark of...
By Matt Brown, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic Sen. Cory Booker ended his record-setting speech the same way he began it, more than 25 hours earlier: by invoking the words of his mentor,...
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These Families Built Decades-Long Lives in the US. Facing Deportation, They...
By Dalia Faheid, CNN (CNN) — What was supposed to be a joyous time for Georgia barber Rodney Taylor after his recent engagement turned into a nightmare when Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents...
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