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This Mother’s Day, Black Lives Matter Activists Will Give More Than 30 Women Their Freedom

August 7, 2026 admin 0

by Dani McClain Shonta Montgomery hugs her son Levell Jones at California Institute for Women in Chino, California. (Reuters / Lucy Nicholson) (THE NATION) This week, black women in more than a dozen jails across […]

Speculation Persists About Kamala Harris Preparing for a Presidential Run In 2020

August 7, 2026 admin 0

A first-term U.S. Senator from California could be the rising star Democrats are hoping can lead the party in the 2020 presidential race. She is Kamala Harris who, according to her Senate bio, “was the […]

Former NFL Wide Receiver Michael D. Jackson Killed in Motorcycle Accident

August 7, 2026 admin 0

Sad news for the NFL community. Former wide receiver Michael D. Jackson, who played for the Cleveland Browns and Baltimore Ravens from 1991-98, was killed in a motorcycle accident in Louisiana as reported by TMZ Sports. He was 48. The site reports […]

Independent Documentary “Black White & Blue” Critically Examines Race, Police Brutality and America’s 2016 Presidential Election

August 7, 2026 admin 0

Film poster Nationwide — Set for release in early 2018, independent documentary BLACK WHITE & BLUEis a critical examination of the role race and police violence played in the 2016 presidential campaign. Some of the […]

New Orleans Removes Confederate Statues To Mixed Reaction

August 7, 2026 admin 0

by Kevin McGill NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The statue of the Confederacy’s president had been hoisted from its stone pedestal in the pre-dawn hours and the blue glint of police lights was still visible two […]

Think Before You Ink: Are Tattoos Safe?

August 7, 2026 admin 0

Tattoos are more popular than ever. According to a 2015 Harris Poll, about 3 in 10 (or 29%) people surveyed have at least one tattoo. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is also seeing […]

President Trump Has Waged War on Obama’s Legacy

August 7, 2026 admin 0

By Lauren Victoria Burke (NNPA Newswire Contributor) There was the proposed massive budget cut to the Department of Housing and Urban Development; the incessant rhetoric about a rise in crime in the nation, that lacked […]

Ohio Pastor Darrell Scott Convenes Gang Summit in D.C.

August 7, 2026 admin 0

A group of assembled business leaders, Trump Administration officials, clergy and community stakeholders discuss a range of issues affecting the Black community at a recent summit convened by Cleveland Heights Pastor Darrell Scott. By Lauren […]

Judge Allows White Alabama Town To Segregate Their Schools

August 7, 2026 admin 0

An Alabama judge has given a predominately white town the right to remove itself from the current racially mixed school system to create their own that would most likely result in all-white schools. To make matter worse: Judge […]

Know Better, Do Better, or No Better for Us

August 7, 2026 admin 0

by James Clingman The National Urban League’s (NUL) 2017 “State of Black America” (SOBA) report was released on May 2, 2017; it is titled, “Protect our Progress,” and again contains the “Inequality Index. Since 1963 […]