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America Dragged Back to Jim Crow as Trump’s Project 2025 Reshapes the Nation – BlackPressUSA

By Stacy M. BrownBlack 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 have taken the flag of racism and run wild with it, building whites-only communities and terrorizing Black neighborhoods under the cover of his administration. The Thurgood […]

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‘Untrue attacks’: Kamala Harris gets candid about Biden staff not defending her in new memoir

Former Vice President Kamala Harris‘s upcoming book, “107 Days,” is sure to ignite chatter in political circles if a new excerpt from the memoir is any indication. In an excerpt published in “The Atlantic” on Wednesday, America’s first Black female major-party presidential nominee opens up about the inner conflicts of the Biden White House between President Joe Biden‘s staff and Harris’ office, and defends her former boss against speculation about his health and advanced age. “They had a huge comms […]

September 10, 2025

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‘Hitler of our time!’: Trump confronted by ‘Free DC’ protesters while dining at restaurant

President Donald Trump was confronted by protesters who called him “Hitler” as he dined with his Cabinet and White House staff on Tuesday night in an attempt to show how his “crime emergency” in Washington, D.C., made the nation’s capital safer to go out for dinner. “I wouldn’t have done this three months ago. Four months ago, I certainly wouldn’t have done it a year ago. This was one of the most unsafe cities in the country. Now it’s as […]

September 10, 2025 5

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Headlines and Hot Topics – BlackPressUSA

By Stacy M. BrownBlack Press USA Senior National Correspondent Bill Cosby said his widely criticized admonition that young Black men should “pull their pants up” was less about fashion and more about a system that profits from negative images of African Americans. “But what was it they used to say? They not only did that, but what got a lot of attention was the shoes, the untied laces, and then the pants down around the crack. And if this is […]

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White House blames Charlotte murder on judge it claims favored Kamala Harris and racial equity

The White House delivered a blistering critique of North Carolina officials on Tuesday, blaming the Charlotte train murder of a Ukrainian refugee on “liberal” judges and policies that allowed the charged suspect to be on the streets. Decarlos Brown Jr., 34, was federally charged on Tuesday for committing an act causing death on a mass transportation system. He also faces a state first-degree murder charge. Brown is accused of fatally stabbing 23-year-old Iryna Zarutska while traveling on a light-rail train […]

September 10, 2025 2

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MAGA Billboard in Montgomery Sparks Outrage with Racist Imagery – BlackPressUSA

By Stacy M. BrownBlack Press USA Senior National Correspondent Bill Cosby said his widely criticized admonition that young Black men should “pull their pants up” was less about fashion and more about a system that profits from negative images of African Americans. “But what was it they used to say? They not only did that, but what got a lot of attention was the shoes, the untied laces, and then the pants down around the crack. And if this is […]

September 9, 2025 2

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Dems ask what else Trump is hiding after release of alleged bizarre birthday letter to Epstein

The U.S. House Committee on Oversight released another tranche of unsealed documents related to convicted sex trafficker and pedophile Jeffrey Epstein late Monday. Among the documents is a 2003 letter President Donald Trump, then just a New York real estate mogul, allegedly sent to Epstein for his 50th birthday. The sexually suggestive letter also displays what appears to be Trump’s signature, though allies of the president quickly argued that it does not match Trump’s famous signature. Though the White House […]

September 9, 2025 2

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NFL Owners Reap Windfall from Trump-GOP Tax Plan While Fans Pay More – BlackPressUSA

By Stacy M. BrownBlack Press USA Senior National Correspondent Bill Cosby said his widely criticized admonition that young Black men should “pull their pants up” was less about fashion and more about a system that profits from negative images of African Americans. “But what was it they used to say? They not only did that, but what got a lot of attention was the shoes, the untied laces, and then the pants down around the crack. And if this is […]

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Trump’s ‘second-rate’ tirade against Yamiche Alcindor recalls history of attacks on Black female journalists

President Donald Trump personally attacked NBC News reporter Yamiche Alcindor at the White House as she questioned him about a jarring social media post in which he appeared to threaten “war” in Chicago. The blistering tirade recalled previous clashes with Alcindor and other Black female journalists during his first term, and drew swift criticisms from Black leaders, including the president of the nation’s largest association for Black journalists. “Are you trying to go to war with Chicago?” Alcindor asked Trump […]

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