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Target CEO Attempts Damage Control After Weeks of Silence and Mounting Backlash

May 10, 2025

By Stacy M. Brown Black Press USA Senior National Correspondent Target CEO Brian Cornell acknowledged in an email to employees this week that a months-long lapse in communication has created uncertainty. The retailer is grappling with falling foot traffic, public boycotts, and criticism over its retreat from diversity goals. According to the Minneapolis Star Tribune, […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Brian Cornell, Diversity Equity and Inclusion, Dr Benjamin F Chavis Jr, Stacy M. Brown, Target Stores

Lawmakers Fight to Save DOJ Office that Eases Racial Tensions

May 10, 2025

By Stacy M. Brown Black Press USA Senior National Correspondent Faced with a wave of Trump administration rollbacks targeting civil rights programs and public safety grants, House Democrats are demanding the Justice Department stop any attempt to dismantle the Community Relations Service—a small but historically vital office often referred to as “America’s Peacemaker.” Created under […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Community Relations Service, Department of Justice, Stacy M. Brown

May Day and The Intersection of Civil Rights and Workers’ Rights

May 4, 2025

By April Ryan “There’s a real inflection point this May Day,” Randi Weingarten, head of the American Federation of Teachers, said about the day unions worldwide attempt to recognize workers, their contributions, and the importance of fair employment practices and worker rights. As 80 nations, including the United States, witness union leaders rally for International […]

Popular Interests In This Article: April Ryan, Civil Rights, May Day, Workers Rights

Harris Slams Trump’s Agenda as ‘Decades in the Making’

May 4, 2025

By Stacy M. Brown BlackPressUSA.com Senior National Correspondent In her first major speech since leaving the White House, Kamala Harris called on Americans to resist what she described as President Trump’s assault on truth, democracy, and the economy. Speaking at the annual Emerge gala — an organization focused on training Democratic women to run for […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Donald Trump, Kamala Harris, Stacy M. Brown

Wisconsin Senate Passes Bill to Extend Medicaid Coverage for New Mothers

April 26, 2025

By Karen Stokes A major step forward was made this week in supporting the health of new mothers and their infants with the approval of SB 23. The Wisconsin Senate voted on Tuesday to pass this bipartisan legislation, which extends Medicaid coverage for postpartum care. The measure received almost unanimous support, passing 32-1 with Sen. […]

Popular Interests In This Article: American Heart Association, Bipartisan Legislation, Karen Stokes, Legislation, Medicare, Postpartum Health Coverage

Trump Slaps Highest Tariff Yet on Small African Nation

April 5, 2025

By Stacy M. Brown BlackPressUSA.com Senior National Correspondent President Donald Trump has announced sweeping new tariffs on dozens of nations, including a record-setting 50% reciprocal tariff on the tiny southern African mountain kingdom of Lesotho — the highest levy imposed on any sovereign country by the United States. Trump’s move targets at least 60 countries […]

Popular Interests In This Article: African Growth and Opportunity Act, Stacy M. Brown, Tariffs

Trump Administration Cuts Will Raise Utility Costs for Low-Income Wisconsinites

April 5, 2025

LIHEAP has served hundreds of thousands of Wisconsin households, delivering millions in relief for families to pay heating and cooling bills Madison, WI — The Trump administration fired the entire staff working on the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) within the Department of Health and Human Services. LIHEAP has helped millions of low-income […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Federal Funding Cuts, LIHEAP, Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program

HIV Prevention Efforts Threatened by Proposed CDC Budget Cuts

March 29, 2025

By Karen Stokes The Wall Street Journal reported that the Department of Health and Human Services is considering closing the Center for Disease Control’s (CDC) HIV Prevention Division, which spent approximately $1.3 billion in the 2023 fiscal year on infection tracking and HIV prevention and testing efforts. The CDC’s Division of HIV Prevention is one […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Bill Keeton, CDC Budget Cuts, HIV and AIDS, HIV Prevention, HIV Prevention Division, Karen Stokes, Vivent Health

Congressional Black Caucus Sounds Alarm to Protect SNAP Benefits

March 29, 2025

By Lauren Burke 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 Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). CBC Chair Yvette Clarke spoke of “grave concerns” about the “Republican scheme to cut billions of dollars to cut SNAP […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Lauren Burke, Sanford Bishop, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program

Return to Jim Crow: Federal Regulations Rolled Back to Allow Segregation

March 22, 2025

By Stacy M. Brown BlackPressUSA.com Senior National Correspondent The Trump administration has blatantly resurrected segregation in federal contracting, undoing decades of civil rights progress by removing anti-segregation mandates. The alarmingly regressive move reopens the door for racially divided facilities, eerily reminiscent of the Jim Crow era, with potential “Whites Only” and “Colored” signage in government-funded […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Resegregation, Stacy M. Brown

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