BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — The Urban League head also offered that some companies spread the support by contributing to HBCUs and civil rights organizations. The report also captures, in an Urban League written statement, how institutions, advocates, and the business community have mobilized since George Floyd’s death to advance policing reform and racial justice “Companies have not necessarily been transparent” in the corporate data collection process about their commitments following the police-involved death of 46-year-old George Floyd, says Marc Morial, President and CEO of the National Urban League. The highly publicized Floyd death almost five years ago garnered worldwide attention and protests in…
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BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — The NAACP Legal Defense Fund is taking a victory lap for a Supreme Court win against Alabama’s discriminatory redistricting practices that targeted Black voters there. A Supreme Court win over the discriminatory redistricting in Alabama The NAACP Legal Defense Fund is taking a victory lap for a Supreme Court win against Alabama’s discriminatory redistricting practices that targeted Black voters there. Attorney Deuel Ross for the Legal Defense Fund says, “The Supreme Court ruled that Alabama had violated the Voting Rights Act by chopping up that Black population and declining to create two majority Black Districts.” Ross emphasized…
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — the Department of Education will withhold money from tax refunds and Social Security benefits, garnish federal employee wages, and withhold federal pensions from people who have defaulted on their student loan debt. The Department of Education, which the Trump administration is working to abolish, will now serve as the collection agency for delinquent student loan debt for 5.3 million people who the administration says are delinquent and owe at least a year’s worth of student loan payments. “It is a liability to taxpayers,” says White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt at Tuesday’s White House Press briefing. She…
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE- A new executive order revives the White House HBCU Initiative, but its rollout alongside a DEI rollback has sparked debate over the administration’s true priorities. A new executive order focuses on Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), bringing the initiative back to the White House. During the first Trump administration, the HBCU Initiative was removed from the Department of Education and housed within the White House itself. This latest executive order from the Trump administration prioritizes private sector partnerships, institutional development, workforce preparation in technology, and more. By contrast, the Joe Biden administration had previously partnered federal government…
“I assume there is some effort to sanction me…I will accept whatever the punishment is” says Democratic Texas Congressman Al Green. He was escorted out of the well of the House last night after disrupting President Donald Trump’s speech. However, Green acknowledged he accepts the punishment saying, “ I respect them but, I would do it again” as it is “a matter of conscience.” According to social media reports, Washington State Republican Congressman Dan Newhouse is working on a resolution to censure Green. That resolution is reportedly supported by Republicans and could be voted on as early as today. It…
April Ryan (NNPA) – “When you erode trust you lose your democracy because it is based on trust,” according to Black Obama administration Surgeon General Regina Benjamin. She is responding to the United States Senate’s confirmation of Robert Kennedy Jr. as the new secretary of Health and Human Services. Kennedy, an anti-vaxxer is the new face of health care in America. He was confirmed by the U.S. Senate in a vote split along party lines, 52-48. Kentucky Republican Senator Mitch McConnell voted with Democrats opposing the nomination. The Alabama-based former surgeon general declares, “We’ve had anti-vaxxers for years, but they…
Social media is abuzz over Snoop Doggs’ performance during the 60th presidential inauguration ceremonies for Donald John Trump Friday night. Some supporters are calling it “sickening,” and on social media, others are asking, how they should address this controversy. Snoop Dogg, clad in what looked like a tuxedo, performed at the first ever Crypto Ball while guests who paid upwards of $2,500 a ticket wore hats exclaiming, “Make crypto great again.” The event was meant to emphasize President-Elect Donald Trump’s enthusiasm about crypto currency. Needless to say, the tickets were sold out for the Snoop Dogg event at the Mellon Auditorium…
National-Political leaders quickly condemned what is being investigated as an apparent assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump on Saturday evening at a Pennsylvania campaign rally. President Joe Biden said, “There is no place for this type of violence in America,” and was “grateful” Donald Trump, who appeared to be shot or grazed on the ear, “is safe and doing well.” The presumptive 2024 Democratic presidential nominee declared, “Everybody must condemn it,” and said he looked forward to speaking to his 2024 election opponent. Vice President Kamala Harris similarly said in a statement, “Violence such as this has no place in our nation. We must all condemn this…