BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — According to D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser, two National Guard members were “targeted” by an alleged lone suspect in front of a Metro station in the Farragut Square area of the city.

BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — Federal tax refunds are positioned for a sharp rise next year, with new projections showing that the average payment could increase by about $1,000 for millions of Americans.

BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — The United States spends less on child care than almost any other developed nation, leaving parents to foot most of the cost, which can put a significant strain on any family budget. But there are a few tax provisions out there that can help offset the rising costs of raising young children.

BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — Mother Viola Fletcher, who carried the memory of Tulsa’s shame and the nation’s unfinished business longer than any other living soul, died on November 24 at age 111. She stood as the oldest known survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, the burning of Greenwood, and the attempted erasure of Black prosperity that white mobs tried to silence forever.

BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — America’s poorest families have long lived on the edge of darkness. Today, that edge is widening. Utility shutoffs are rising across the country as households buckle under soaring electric bills, mounting debt, and a level of financial despair that now mirrors what researchers describe as the lowest happiness rating ever recorded in the United States. The suffering is no longer hidden. It is the new face of life under the Trump administration.

BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — Two weeks after the end of the longest government shutdown in American history, President Trump is working on plans to counter the Affordable Care Act Subsidies that end on December 31st.

BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — Black Friday arrives this year in a country wrestling with the weight of policies that have stripped stability from millions of Americans and placed Black communities at the edge of economic ruin.

BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — The six-decade career of legendary artist Jimmy Cliff, who was born in the Somerton District of Jamaica, was one of the most influential in reggae history and a global ambassador for Jamaican culture.

BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — H. Rap Brown did not wait for permission to define himself. Long before federal agents called him a menace and politicians wrote laws in his name, he was a young man from Baton Rouge who believed the country needed an honest confrontation with its own history.

BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — President Donald Trump has again shocked the conscience of the nation with his latest outburst. This time, the president accused six Democratic lawmakers of sedition and declared their conduct “punishable by DEATH” as he reposted calls on social media to “hang them” and demanded their arrest.

BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — Comcast said Wednesday it is expanding eligibility for its Internet Essentials program to households earning up to 200% of the federal poverty level, making a family of four with an annual income of $64,300 or less eligible for the service.

BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — There are moments in a family’s life when truth becomes a battlefield, when people confuse the echo of old wounds for revelation, and when the soft stir of resentment becomes a storm.

BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — A busy news week heading into the Thanksgiving holiday has distracted from a continuing effort by the Trump Administration to relocate, and in some cases end, the U.S. Department of Education.

BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — Childcare is draining American families with a force that has begun to rival housing costs, and new national analysis shows that in cities across the country, parents are paying more to care for their children than to keep a roof over their heads.

BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — Republican power in this country has chosen cruelty as policy. It is not an accident. It is not a mistake. It is a decision.

BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — In a ruling signed by a federal court and signed by a Judge nominated by President Donald Trump, new congressional maps created by the Texas GOP have been blocked.

BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — At a press conference at the base of the steps of the U.S. House on a cold November morning, just hours before a vote to release the files related to the case of convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, there was blunt and direct talk.

BIRMINGHAM TIMES — Cassandra Griffen was born on Jan. 25, 1950 in Wilson, N.C. Her parents, Charles Richard Griffen and Bertha Baynes Griffen, were educators in the state’s public school system. Mrs. Griffen started taking photographs at family gatherings when she was 11. Over the decades, she continued to develop her craft and merge her talent for photography and storytelling with her passion for social justice. In New York, Mrs. Griffen took on roles as a gerontologist and an ombudsman, advocating for the rights of elders in nursing homes.

THE AFRO — After serving 27 years in prison for a crime he did not commit, Gardner’s conviction was overturned – one of more than 140 cases in which the state relied on falsified forensic evidence testimony by the chief serologist to secure a conviction.