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Michelle Obama shuts down idea of her running for president and suggests America isn’t ready for a female POTUS: ‘Don’t waste my time’

Don’t expect Michelle Obama to answer the Democrats’ call to run for President. Not in 2028, nor at any time after that. During an hour-long fireside chat with actress Tracee Ellis Ross in promotion of her upcoming book, “The Look,” the Forever FLOTUS took a question from Ross around the 32-minute mark about whether America would be ready to have a female president, given the advancement of women in escaping stereotypes about femininity. “As you saw in this past election, […]

November 15, 2025 1

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Angela Rye apologizes to Joe Budden for ‘Dumbing Down America’ podcast title

On the latest episode of the “Native Land Podcast,” Angela Rye addressed Joe Budden and apologized. Rye, and her cohosts, Tiffany Cross, Andrew Gillum, and Bakari Sellers spoke to Charlamagne Tha God about the framing of a previous episode that prompted Budden to respond on his own podcast. “We should’ve titled it differently,” Rye said about the episode, which was originally called “Joe Budden and the Dumbing Down of America.” According to Rye, Budden’s camp had the video taken down […]

October 31, 2025

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‘Anti-woke is anti-Black’: California Gov. Gavin Newsom calls out attempts to drag America back to pre-voting rights

California Governor Gavin Newsom has been vocal about the Trump Administration and various policies and decisions since President Donald Trump assumed office for a second term in January. In a new interview with the “All The Smoke” podcast, Newsom isn’t mincing words about his thoughts regarding the conservative-majority Supreme Court and how it appears current government ideology isn’t moving forward but backward. “They’re putting America in reverse, to a 1960s world,” Newsom told Matt Barnes and Stephen Jackson. “You got […]

October 27, 2025

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Black Church and Black Press Unite to Empower Black America – BlackPressUSA

By Stacy M. BrownBlack Press USA Senior National Correspondent Target continues to look for love in all the wrong places. As the retailer grapples with falling sales, declining foot traffic, and an escalating boycott, it has poured resources into celebrity deals and high-profile partnerships without directly addressing the harm Black communities say it caused. Target has also conspicuously failed to engage Black-owned media outlets, bypassing the very platforms that have long served as trusted voices within the communities most affected […]

July 30, 2025

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‘Racism is expensive’: Gov. Wes Moore says racial wealth gap is costing America big time

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore is on the frontlines in the fight to close the racial wealth gap in America, and he hopes his actions in his state will serve as a model across the country. “Let’s be clear: The racial wealth gap has cost this country $16 trillion in GDP over the past two decades,” said Moore, who, on Juneteenth, unveiled the latest actions he’s taking to close the racial wealth gap in Maryland. “Racism is expensive. Bigotry is expensive,” […]

June 20, 2025

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‘The girls are fighting’: Trump vs. Musk feud may entertain but Dems say these policies are at stake for Black America

The very public and nasty feud between Elon Musk and President Donald Trump has garnered major reactions and elicited much fodder—and jokes—on television and social media timelines. “The girls are fighting, aren’t they?” said U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., in a now-viral reaction to Musk and Trump trading barbs online. While Democrats say they are hardly surprised by the crash and burn of Trump’s bromance with Musk, they make clear nobody wins when the world’s most powerful man and the […]

June 7, 2025

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Black members of Congress say reparations can’t wait in Trump’s ‘anti-Black’ America

Black members of Congress and advocates convened on Capitol Hill on Tuesday for what they say is an urgent call for reparations, even as Donald Trump’s White House uses the power of the presidency to dismantle decades-long work to achieve equity and justice for Black communities harmed by U.S. government-sanctioned chattel slavery and racial discrimination. The “Why We Can’t Wait: Advancing Reparative Justice in Our Lifetime” congressional briefing brought together dozens of reparations advocates, community leaders, and policymakers to discuss […]

May 13, 2025

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Trump aide Stephen Miller says America is ‘blessed’ Kamala Harris isn’t president, rails against DEI

White House advisor Stephen Miller hit back at Kamala Harris after the former vice president slammed President Donald Trump‘s first 100 days in office during a recent speech in California. Miller, Trump’s deputy chief of staff for policy, reacted to Harris’ scathing remarks about the president on Thursday during a White House press briefing, telling reporters the only thing the American public should hear from the former presidential candidate is an “apology.” “I think it was a great reminder to […]

May 1, 2025

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Africa knew Trump’s ‘America First’ pledge meant it might be last. Then came the freeze on aid

Four days after President Donald Trump signed an executive order freezing almost all U.S. foreign aid, an email landed in Claris Madhuku’s inbox in rural Zimbabwe. Stop all activities immediately, it said. The message confirmed Madhuku’s fears that Trump’s return to office might affect his organization’s efforts to save African girls from child marriages. Many Africans had known that Trump’s “America First” outlook meant their continent was likely to be last among his priorities. But they hadn’t expected the abrupt halt to foreign aid from the world’s […]

February 3, 2025