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D.C.’s Eleanor Holmes Norton, oldest member of Congress at 88, says she’s not going anywhere

As the Democratic Party continues to navigate its brand identity with the voting public following its disappointing loss in the 2024 elections—losing the White House and Congress—many are calling for aging party members to step aside and make room for younger, more effective voices in a political era being dominated by President Donald Trump. Despite those calls, U.S. Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton, who has represented Washington, D.C., in Congress for nearly 35 years, recently said she isn’t going anywhere. When […]

todaySeptember 8, 2025 3

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The Violence Trump Claims to Fear Occurs Mostly in Red States – 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 […]

todaySeptember 8, 2025 1

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Trump denies he’s going to war in Chicago after threatening majority-Black city in jarring social media post

President Donald Trump said on Sunday that he is not going to war in Chicago after seemingly threatening to send his newly renamed Department of War to the majority-Black city in a Truth Social post over the weekend. TheGrio was on the ground at the White House as Trump was boarding Marine One to attend the U.S. Open men’s championship final in New York City. While taking questions from reporters, the president denied that he is going to war in […]

todaySeptember 7, 2025 1

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Trump Approval Sinks as Epstein Fallout Grows – BlackPressUSA

By Stacy M. BrownBlack Press USA Senior National Correspondent The National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) has relaunched its global news feature series on the history, contemporary realities, and implications of the transatlantic slave trade as today’s leaders try to erase this history. This is Part 8 in the series. “Racism is still with us. But it is up to us to prepare our children for what they have to meet, and, hopefully, we shall overcome.” — Rosa Parks. “Racial discrimination is […]

todaySeptember 7, 2025 1

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Gloria Gaynor Joins Trump Honors – BlackPressUSA

By Stacy M. BrownBlack Press USA Senior National Correspondent The National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) has relaunched its global news feature series on the history, contemporary realities, and implications of the transatlantic slave trade as today’s leaders try to erase this history. This is Part 8 in the series. “Racism is still with us. But it is up to us to prepare our children for what they have to meet, and, hopefully, we shall overcome.” — Rosa Parks. “Racial discrimination is […]

todaySeptember 7, 2025 2

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It’s Time to Protect Society from the Criminally Mentally Ill-Iryna Zarutska Brutal Stabbing by Decarlos Brown Jr-

On August 22, 2025, Iryna Zarutska, a 23-year-old Ukrainian refugee who fled her war-torn homeland seeking safety in the United States, was brutally stabbed to death on a Charlotte, North Carolina, light rail train. Her attacker, Decarlos Brown Jr., a 34-year-old homeless man with a long criminal history and documented mental health issues, allegedly stabbed her in the throat in a random, unprovoked attack. Surveillance footage captured the horrifying moment, showing Brown calmly pulling a knife, standing over Zarutska as […]

todaySeptember 6, 2025 1

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Smithsonian Pushes Back Against Trump’s ‘Divisive Narratives’   – BlackPressUSA

By Stacy M. BrownBlack Press USA Senior National Correspondent The National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) has relaunched its global news feature series on the history, contemporary realities, and implications of the transatlantic slave trade as today’s leaders try to erase this history. This is Part 8 in the series. “Racism is still with us. But it is up to us to prepare our children for what they have to meet, and, hopefully, we shall overcome.” — Rosa Parks. “Racial discrimination is […]

todaySeptember 6, 2025 1

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Trump accused Lisa Cook, Letitia James of mortgage fraud — but his own Cabinet did the same

President Donald Trump and his administration have targeted his perceived political enemies in recent months, accusing them of committing fraud for listing multiple mortgages as their primary residences. The alleged actions resulted in Bill Pulte, Trump’s director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, issuing criminal referrals to the U.S. Department of Justice. “Fraud will not be tolerated in President Trump’s housing market,” Pulte previously warned. On the Trump administration’s hit list is Federal Reserve Board Governor Lisa Cook, whom the […]

todaySeptember 5, 2025 3