"Texas is called the Lone Star State, but you may not be alone in this."

BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — Texas State Rep. Jolanda Jones said she isn’t budging—not until Republican lawmakers end what she calls a blatant effort to strip voting power from Black and Brown communities.

BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — From purging diversity programs to steamrolling media independence, Trump has unleashed a blitzkrieg of white nationalist policymaking under the guise of federal power.

By Stacy M. Brown  Black Press USA Newswire Senior National Correspondent   Fred Redmond, the highest-ranking African American in the history of the American labor movement, is sounding the alarm on what he calls a full-scale assault on Black workers under President Donald Trump’s second term. “Black unemployment has now surged—more than double the national […]

by Fred Redmond, AFL-CIO Secretary – Treasurer President Trump likes to say he is delivering for working people. He promised on the campaign trail that he would protect “Black jobs.” But like so many of his promises, it is an empty one. In fact, we have been living with the effects of Trump’s policies since […]

BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — While headlines from CBS News and other outlets claim that crime dropped “in every category” in 2024, a closer examination of the FBI’s newly released data shows that such summaries exclude key categories of criminal activity that remain serious or are getting worse.

BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — A decade after its acclaimed debut, the award-winning documentary Even Me returns with a powerful sequel, Even Me 2.0: Unfinished Business. Debuting on Prime, the new film revisits the lives of older African American women living with HIV, an often-overlooked group at the center of a crisis that still grips Black communities across the United States.

The National Football League’s NFC Eastern Division will be the first division that fields four Black or African-American starting quarterbacks this season. The anticipated starting quarterbacks are Jayden Daniels, Jalen Hurts, Dak Prescott, and Russell Wilson, respectively, for the Washington Commanders, Philadelphia Eagles, Dallas Cowboys, and the New York Giants. Hurts will return to Philadelphia […]

BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — The changes, initiated without the customary public comment period, have been implemented to align with new executive orders on diversity, equity, and inclusion.

BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — The American Civil Liberties Union immediately condemned the plan, stating it puts millions’ education and civil rights at risk.