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In Photos: Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens’ Second Inaugural

January 7, 2026 0

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...

Trump EPA Approves Its Fifth ‘Forever Chemical’ Pesticide

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Governments Are Spending $1.1 Trillion Propping Up the Fossil Fuel Industry While Households Pay the Price

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A Troubling Milestone: Most Supreme Court Rulings Are Secretive Votes With Little Justification

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Lawyers’ Committee Statement on Birthright Citizenship Ruling from Supreme Court

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West Virginia v. BPJ Ruling Will Harm Young Transgender Athletes in Devastating Setback for LGBTQ+ Rights

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World

Global Ebola cases top 1,000 as UN races to reach DR Congo’s most vulnerable

Making up 15 per cent of confirmed cases and over 25 per cent of deaths since the outbreak in April, children are almost twice...

America

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...

Immigration

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

Can We Phase Out Styrofoam?

July 19, 2024

Africa

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

UN News Service - July 1, 2026

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