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From Eggs to Hotels, Prices Soar as Inflation Redefines Daily Life – BlackPressUSA

By Stacy M. BrownBlack Press USA Senior National Correspondent Prices across the United States are about 26% higher than before the COVID-19 pandemic, pushing everything from a weekend hotel stay to a simple cup of coffee out of reach for many families. A budget hotel room in Nashville can now cost $500 for the weekend—without breakfast—and a single cup of coffee can cost $7. Rental cars are also commanding premium rates, with four days in a midsize Toyota Camry easily […]

todayOctober 6, 2025 1

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National Urban League Declares’ State of Emergency’ for Black America in 2025 Report – BlackPressUSA

By Stacy M. BrownBlack Press USA Senior National Correspondent In its most urgent warning to date, the National Urban League has declared a “state of emergency” for democracy and civil rights in the United States. The organization’s 49th annual State of Black America report, unveiled at its conference in Cleveland, Ohio, outlines what it describes as a deliberate, coordinated campaign to reverse decades of progress for Black Americans. “A democracy willing to destroy itself rather than deliver justice is a […]

todayOctober 5, 2025

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Black Americans Hit Hard as Medical Debt Rule Tossed – BlackPressUSA

By Stacy M. BrownBlack Press USA Senior National Correspondent A Trump-appointed federal judge has blocked a key rule that would have removed medical debt from the credit reports of roughly 15 million Americans, dealing a harsh blow to struggling families already burdened by the high cost of health care, particularly Black Americans who carry a disproportionate share of that debt. The ruling by Judge Sean Jordan of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas vacated the Consumer […]

todayOctober 5, 2025

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Trump’s Department of Justice Asks for a 1-Day Sentence for Ex-Cop Convicted in Killing of Breonna Taylor – BlackPressUSA

By Lauren Burke Harmeet Dhillon, President Trump’s assistant attorney general for civil rights, has asked a judge who will be sentencing a former Louisville, Kentucky Metro Police Department Officer who was a part of the wrongful shooting death of Breonna Taylor, to impose only a one-day sentence as punishment. Taylor, 26, was shot dead during a “no knock” warrant search conducted by seven Louisville police officers who entered her apartment. They killed Taylor as part of a raid in search […]

todayOctober 4, 2025

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Founding CBC Member and Missouri Trailblazer Bill Clay Sr. Dies at 94 – BlackPressUSA

By Stacy M. BrownBlack Press USA Senior National Correspondent William Lacy Clay Sr., a civil rights leader, legislative powerhouse, and one of the 13 founding members of the Congressional Black Caucus, has died. He was 94. “The National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) extends heartfelt condolences to the family of Congressman William Clay Sr.,” NNPA President and CEO Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis Jr. stated. The NNPA is the trade association of the more than 200 African American-owned newspapers and media companies […]

todayOctober 4, 2025

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GOP Lawmaker Faces Eviction over Unpaid Rent – BlackPressUSA

By Stacy M. BrownBlack Press USA Senior National Correspondent While President Donald Trump and MAGA lawmakers’ controversial policies continue to make it difficult for everyday citizens to afford basic needs, perhaps one Republican congressman can relate. A landlord has filed an eviction complaint against U.S. Rep. Cory Mills, who represents Florida’s 7th Congressional District, alleging that Mills failed to pay tens of thousands of dollars in rent on a luxury apartment in Washington, D.C. According to the verified complaint filed […]

todayOctober 3, 2025

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Graves Near Youth Prison Spotlight Maryland’s Legacy of Injustice – BlackPressUSA

By Stacy M. BrownBlack Press USA Senior National Correspondent A disturbing discovery in Maryland has reignited calls for urgent reform to the state’s youth justice system, one that critics say still reflects the racism and cruelty of its 19th-century past. In a wooded area near the Cheltenham Youth Detention Center in Prince George’s County, at least 100 unmarked graves of Black children—some dating back to the 1800s—have been uncovered near the former House of Reformation and Instruction for Colored Children. […]

todayOctober 3, 2025

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Pew Finds Just 6% of Journalists Are Black as Crisis Grows with Recent Firings – BlackPressUSA

By Stacy M. BrownBlack 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 it dares to speak of the nation’s truths. Attiah, the Post’s only Black female opinion writer, said she was terminated after more than a decade at […]

todayOctober 2, 2025

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Trump and GOP Drive Shutdown While Families Face Soaring Premiums – BlackPressUSA

By Stacy M. BrownBlack 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 the crisis is a dispute over Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act. Democrats are demanding that subsidies be extended and that deep Medicaid cuts be reversed. […]

todayOctober 2, 2025