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Norton Slams GOP Over Three Anti-Home Rule Bills Targeting D.C. Autonomy – BlackPressUSA

Democrats Pour Millions into White Media, But Continue to Starve the Black Press By Stacy M. BrownBlack Press USA Senior National Correspondent One could make the case that Democrats lost the 2024 election in part because they abandoned the Black Press—the voice of Black America. Black voters, the backbone of the party, walked away in numbers unseen in modern times. At the very moment when all Americans—Black, white, Latino, and others—are called to stand against authoritarianism, Democrats have shown not […]

todaySeptember 24, 2025 1

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Trump ally, Laura Loomer, attacks Rep. Jasmine Crockett in racist, sexist rant: ‘Should be working at KFC’

Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) has once again found herself in the crosshairs of Republican attacks; this time targeted by far-right activist and Trump Ally, Laura Loomer, whose recent string of social media posts leaned heavily on racist stereotypes. Earlier this week, Loomer responded to a clip of Congresswoman Crockett on CNN posting on X, “It hurts my heart that we have ghetto black b*****s who hate America serving in Congress.” The crass attack came after Crockett questioned why so many […]

todaySeptember 23, 2025 4

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Democrats Pour Millions into White Media, But Continue to Starve the Black Press – BlackPressUSA

Democrats Pour Millions into White Media, But Continue to Starve the Black Press By Stacy M. BrownBlack Press USA Senior National Correspondent One could make the case that Democrats lost the 2024 election in part because they abandoned the Black Press—the voice of Black America. Black voters, the backbone of the party, walked away in numbers unseen in modern times. At the very moment when all Americans—Black, white, Latino, and others—are called to stand against authoritarianism, Democrats have shown not […]

todaySeptember 23, 2025 2

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Kamala Harris offers measured endorsement of NYC Democratic mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani

While making the media rounds for her new book, “107 Days” former Vice President Kamala Harris dropped a very measured endorsement for the Democratic candidate for New York City mayor, Zohran Mamdani. Harris, whose book is available in stores today and is sure to be the talk of politics for days and months to come, made her comments about Mamdani during an appearance on MSNBC’s “The Rachel Maddow Show.” It was her first news interview since leaving office.   “Look, as […]

todaySeptember 23, 2025 1

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Kamala Harris says she ‘had a certain responsibility’ to argue against Biden running again

Former Vice President Kamala Harris said Monday evening that she regrets not expressing her concerns about then-President Joe Biden running for a second term when a majority of Americans felt he was too old for the job. “I have and had a certain responsibility that I should have followed through on,” Harris told Rachel Maddow on MSNBC in her first live television interview since the election. Such a conversation, even if it happened privately and behind the scenes, would have been an […]

todaySeptember 23, 2025 1

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Most of the Congressional Black Caucus Votes Against Honoring Charlie Kirk – BlackPressUSA

By Stacy M. BrownBlack Press USA Senior National Correspondent For more than five years, Dr. Olumuyiwa Bamgbade carried the weight of lies that he should never have borne. He is a Black doctor, a healer by training, acquitted of false accusations that Canadian authorities and media were eager to trumpet but too arrogant, too complicit, to retract. The silence after his vindication was louder than the slander that preceded it. The cruelty is not simply in the malicious lies about […]

todaySeptember 23, 2025

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Healthcare at the Center of Looming Shutdown Fight – BlackPressUSA

By Stacy M. BrownBlack Press USA Senior National Correspondent For more than five years, Dr. Olumuyiwa Bamgbade carried the weight of lies that he should never have borne. He is a Black doctor, a healer by training, acquitted of false accusations that Canadian authorities and media were eager to trumpet but too arrogant, too complicit, to retract. The silence after his vindication was louder than the slander that preceded it. The cruelty is not simply in the malicious lies about […]

todaySeptember 22, 2025 2

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Trump’s D.C. Crackdown Follows Pattern of Vilifying Black Cities – BlackPressUSA

BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE – President Donald Trump’s decision to seize control of Washington, D.C.’s police force and deploy National Guard troops is not about fighting crime—it’s about weaponizing fear, distorting facts, and sending a racist dog whistle aimed squarely at a majority-Black city and its Black woman mayor. On Monday, Trump declared “liberation day in D.C.,” vowing to “wipe out crime, savagery, filth, and scum” in the capital. The language was as inflammatory as it was disconnected from reality. His data […]

todaySeptember 22, 2025 3

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Headlines and Hot Topics – BlackPressUSA

Virginia’s Next Governor Should Work to Eradicate Pharmacy Deserts In 2023, there were 1.6 million Black residents in Virginia, and Black voters made up 19% of the voting age population. With less than 60 days remaining both Lt. Governor Winsome Sears and Congresswoman Abigail Spanberger have a unique opportunity to galvanize this voting base. The first candidate to address the issue of lowering drug costs for Virginia’s minority underserved communities will have tapped into an urgent Civil rights issue of […]

todaySeptember 21, 2025 1