By Charlene Crowell For the first time in 30 years, rising home prices and interest rates have translated into a drop in existing home sales and worsening affordability challenges for middle class families. Among the nation’s 46 million renter households, only one in seven – 6 million – in 2024 earned at least $126,700, the […]
Senate Finance Committee Bill Text Would Hike Energy Costs, Destroy Jobs
Washington, D.C. — Republican members of the Senate Committee on Finance released their text for the budget reconciliation bill, which would raise energy costs and destroy manufacturing jobs in their own states and across the country. Attacks on clean energy have already threatened or canceled more than 90,000 jobs, and with this proposal, 400,000 more […]
For the First Time in its 116 Year History, the NAACP Won’t invite the Sitting President to Their Annual Convention
By Lauren Burke Citing Trump’s “attacking our democracy,” the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) will not invite President Donald Trump to its national convention this year. The decision marks the first time that America’s oldest civil rights organization will exclude a sitting president at its convention. In a statement on the […]
Black Soldiers to Be Celebrated at African American Civil War Memorial on Juneteenth
June 19th to begin steps toward grand opening of new museum By Hazel Trice Edney Juneteenth, the June 19th federal holiday that commemorates the end of America’s slavocracy and celebrates freedom for African-Americans, comes this year amidst diminishing respect for the contributions of enslaved people and their descendants. But leading historians around the nation are […]
Karine Jean-Pierre Quits Democratic Party Ahead of Tell-All Book
By Stacy M. Brown Black Press USA Senior National Correspondent Karine Jean-Pierre, the former White House press secretary under President Joe Biden, has announced that she is leaving the Democratic Party and will now identify as an Independent. The revelation comes as Jean-Pierre prepares for the release of her forthcoming book, Independent: A Look Inside […]
Hoover’s Commutation Divides Chicago as State Sentence Remains
By Stacy M. Brown Black Press USA Senior National Correspondent The federal sentence for Gangster Disciples founder Larry Hoover has been commuted, but he remains incarcerated under a 200-year state sentence in Illinois. The decision by Donald Trump to reduce Hoover’s federal time has reignited longstanding debates over his legacy and whether rehabilitation or continued […]
Harvard Reaches Historic Settlement Over Earliest Known Photographs of Enslaved Americans
By Stacy M. Brown Black Press USA Senior National Correspondent Harvard University will relinquish ownership of the earliest known photographs of enslaved people as part of a historic legal settlement announced Wednesday by nationally renowned civil rights attorney Ben Crump. The agreement resolves a 2019 lawsuit filed by Tamara Lanier, the great-great-great-granddaughter of an enslaved […]
Tariffs, Boycotts Slam Target’s Bottom Line
By Stacy M. Brown Black Press USA Senior National Correspondent Target Corporation is projecting a decline in annual sales and profits for 2025 as the retail giant struggles with fallout from its decision to end its diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs, pressure from new tariffs, and organized boycotts by Black consumers and media. The […]
Planned Parenthood Action Fund Statement on House Republicans’ Vote to “Defund” Planned Parenthood
House Republicans’ vote puts nearly 200 Planned Parenthood health centers and 1.1 million patients at risk WASHINGTON, DC — In the dark of night, House Republicans debated and passed a reconciliation bill that would “defund” Planned Parenthood, ban coverage of gender-affirming care for all Medicaid patients, and seek to eliminate plans that include abortion coverage […]
Target CEO Attempts Damage Control After Weeks of Silence and Mounting Backlash
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, […]
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