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In Photos: Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens’ Second Inaugural

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Itoro Umontuen serves as the National Sports and Entertainment Editor with Black Press USA. He is also a veteran photographer for 20 years, based in...

Native American Tribes Came Together to Secure Their Rights to Colorado River Water. Four States Are Stalling the Deal.

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Court Upholds Life-Saving National Soot Air Quality Standard

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End Sanctions Now – U.S. Economic Warfare Has Made Venezuela’s Earthquake Catastrophe Worse

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Alaska Governor Vetoes Plastic Foam Foodware Ban

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An Oregon Law Lets One Wealthy Region Turn the Desert Green. When Drought Hits, Farmers Pay the Price.

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Monica Juma: Steering global cooperation at a time of converging threats

The new head of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) says global cooperation is essential and already adapting as criminal networks...

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Immigration

OP-ED: Kemet Immigration PSA Debuts at National Press Club, Earns Congressional Honor and NNPA Support

By Robenia McKinley, Special Correspondent/JYE The National Newspaper Publishers Association...

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What the Trump Administration’s Videos From a Chicago Immigration Raid Don’t Show

The Trump administration’s slick videos of an immigration raid...

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Cancer Diagnosis Derails Demings’ Run for Governor

Commentary Kevin Seraaj - June 6, 2026 0

Orange County Mayor Jerry Demings on Friday announced he is suspending his 2026 campaign for governor after being diagnosed with a treatable form of...

Nobody Likes a Bully: Let’s primary them all.

The Seraaj Files Kevin Seraaj - April 30, 2026 2

We've all experienced bullies. From the neighborhood to the schoolhouse, black, white, rich and poor, we've all either been bullied once or twice or...

COMMENTARY: Faith Without the Noise

Julianne Malveaux Julianne Malveaux - April 30, 2026 1

I was raised Catholic. Not casually Catholic. My mother was the kind of Catholic who went to Mass every day. Faith was not something she...

OpEd: Federal Vaccine Changes Risk Florida Families’ Freedom

Commentary John Hallman - March 22, 2026 0

Washington is weighing changes to long-standing childhood vaccines -- and Florida parents are paying close attention. In conversations across the state, one thing comes...

Environment

EarthTalk: Are disposable plastic straws really so terrible for the environment?

Earth Talk - March 9, 2026

Dear EarthTalk: Are disposable plastic straws really so terrible for the environment and what are some good alternatives that won’t get mushy...

Dr. Benjamin Chavis Celebrated as ‘Father of the Environmental Justice movement’

November 20, 2025

COMMENTARY: We Need Strong Intellectual Property Rights for a Sustainable Future

June 27, 2025

Orange County to Host Public Workshop on Special Protection Area for the St. Johns River Basin

June 21, 2025

Security Council weighs future of UN war crimes mechanism as closure nears

UN News Service - June 28, 2026

The discussion focused on the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals, established by the Council in 2010 to carry forward essential functions...

Global drug use reaches record high as increasingly potent synthetic drugs spread

June 27, 2026

Monica Juma: Steering global cooperation at a time of converging threats

June 27, 2026

Security Council weighs future of UN war crimes mechanism as closure nears

June 27, 2026

Haiti: UN rights office welcomes new judicial units to tackle gang violence and impunity

June 27, 2026

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Faith

America’s founding promise of religious freedom has long coexisted with prejudice, even as many Christians have worked to confront it

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Affirming Black Children Through Books: Stories That Help Them See Their Light

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Native American Tribes Came Together to Secure Their Rights to Colorado River Water. Four States Are Stalling the Deal.

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Your Home is an Investment: How to Create Generational Wealth

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IN MEMORIAM: Minister Louis Farrakhan’s Wife, Khadijah Farrakhan, Dies

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Movie Screening: You, Me & Tuscany

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FREE TICKET OFFER – Advance Screening of ‘The Black Phone 2’

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FREE TICKETS– Advance Screening of JURASSIC WORLD REBIRTH

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Crime

Details Surrounding the Death of Javion MaGee

Frank Butler - June 6, 2025

Human Trafficking

The applicable international human rights laws against human trafficking in Africa

Lee Dixon - July 24, 2024

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IN MEMORIAM: Minister Louis Farrakhan’s Wife, Khadijah Farrakhan, Dies

Author: BlackPressUSA Newswire Mother Khadijah Farrakhan, the wife she of...

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COMMENTARY: The Voting Rights Act Didn’t Fail — the Country Abandoned its Moral Commitment to it

Author: BlackPressUSA Newswire By Anneshia Hardy | The AFRO There is...

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Black Women’s Deaths Are Exposing a Crisis We Can’t Ignore

Author: BlackPressUSA Newswire By Danielle Jennings, BlackDoctor.org | The Garland...

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2026 BET Awards honor Ms. Lauryn Hill, Teyana Taylor; Cardi B and Kehlani take home awards

Author: Itoro N. Umontuen The BET Awards delivered a night...

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The Golden Thirteen

Author: BlackPressUSA Newswire For 146 years, the U.S. Navy had...

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Immigration

OP-ED: Kemet Immigration PSA Debuts at National Press Club, Earns Congressional Honor and NNPA Support

Immigration

What the Trump Administration’s Videos From a Chicago Immigration Raid Don’t Show

Immigration

This County Was the “Model” for Local Police Carrying Out Immigration Raids. It Ended in Civil Rights Violations.

Immigration

Arizona Police Agencies Were Once at the Forefront of Local Immigration Enforcement. Now Most Are Avoiding It.

Immigration

We Found That More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.

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That Pet Finder Kid Catnapped

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Sounds of a Coo

Sounds of a Coo Kelly Lambert Outskirts Press Inc 10940 South Parker Road, #515, Parker, CO 80134 www.outskirtspress.com 9781432783037, $23.95, www.amazon.com What do babies think of their parents and those...

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Sometimes I am Scared of Zombies: An Interactive Adventure

Sometimes I am Scared of Zombies An Interactive Adventure Written by Bob Fox Illustrated by Brandon Peter and Melissa Schneider Superfox Entertainment Group zdayishere@gmail.com 9781479330355, $10.00 www.amazon.com Horror writer...

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