By Stacy M. Brown Black Press USA Senior National Correspondent Trust in America’s mainstream media has fallen to its lowest level on record. Gallup reports that only 28 percent of adults say they have a great deal or fair amount of confidence in newspapers, television, and radio to report the news fully, accurately, and fairly. […]
Pew Finds Just 6% of Journalists are Black as Crisis Grows with Recent Firings
By Stacy M. Brown Black Press USA Senior National Correspondent The dismissal of Karen Attiah from the Washington Post has become more than a personnel decision. It is a scarlet warning, a reminder of what has long haunted the American press: the Black voice is too often invited in only to be pushed out when […]
The Shutdown Standoff
By April Ryan “We are not going to back down,” demanded House Minority Leader Congressman Hakeem Jeffries regarding healthcare for Americans. The Affordable Care Act is one of the key issues that created a stalemate between Democrats and Republicans, which resulted in the government shutdown. The New York Congressman says he is open to meeting […]
Trump and GOP Drive Shutdown While Families Face Soaring Premiums
By Stacy M. Brown Black Press USA Senior National Correspondent MAGA Republicans have shut down the government once again after lawmakers failed to strike a deal to keep the lights on, leaving hundreds of thousands of workers without pay and millions of Americans facing the possibility of losing affordable health care. At the center of […]
Sickle Cell Awareness Month Highlights Patient Struggles and Research Breakthroughs
By Karen Stokes September is Sickle Cell Awareness Month, and James Griffin has experienced firsthand the challenges of living with Sickle Cell Disease (SCD). Diagnosed at age 2, Griffin endured severe pain, infections, surgeries, and countless hospitalizations during his childhood—often spending birthdays and holidays in a hospital bed. Sickle Cell Disease is an inherited condition […]
A Question of Lynching in Mississippi
By April Ryan The autopsy for Trey Reed is underway. The 21-year-old student at Delta State University was found dead hanging from a tree on the campus. There are questions about whether it was foul play or suicide. The state’s report will be completed in 24 hours. However, Civil Rights Attorney Ben Crump confirms the […]
The Murder of Charlie Kirk, January 6 and Assassinations in Minnesota: America Again Confronts Violence
By Lauren Burke As news of the violent shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk at Utah Valley University soon became an announcement of his death, news of another mass shooting at Evergreen High School in Colorado also pushed into the news feeds. Members of the U.S. House took note of both developments. Members of Congress […]
America Dragged Back to Jim Crow as Trump’s Project 2025 Reshapes the Nation
By Stacy M. Brown Black Press USA Senior National Correspondent America is no longer drifting toward authoritarianism. It is living it. Project 2025 has been instituted, and the results are clear. Donald Trump has put forth racist policies that strip away protections, empower white supremacists, and turn Washington, D.C., into a militarized zone. His followers […]
Mental Illness Linked to Higher Heart Disease Risk and Shorter Lives
By Stacy M. Brown Black Press USA Senior National Correspondent A sweeping review published in The Lancet Regional Health—Europe has drawn a direct line between mental health disorders and cardiovascular disease (CVD), showing that individuals living with psychiatric conditions face not only a higher risk of heart problems but also a shorter life expectancy. The […]
Remembering Katrina
By April Ryan Twenty years ago, George W. Bush was president of the United States, and Ray Nagin was the mayor of New Orleans when Hurricane Katrina barreled into the Gulf Coast, creating one of the worst natural disasters in the nation’s history. “Today is a bittersweet day for the people of New Orleans. We […]
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