By BlackPressUSA June 12, 2020 — The U.S. Census Bureau has announced the new schedule for counting people experiencing homelessness in the 2020 Census. The operation was originally scheduled for March 30, March 31 and April 1, but health and safety concerns with COVID-19 forced us to delay these activities. Between September 22 and 24, the […]
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Posted inCommentary, Coronavirus, OPINION, Religion
COMMENTARY: Faith and Common-Sense, Ways to Fight Coronavirus
By BlackPressUSA “I was Just Thinking” Norma Adams-Wade By Norma Adams-Wade, Founding Member of the National Association of Black Journalists and Texas Metro News Columnist Fannie Mae Miles Bradford, at 89, has experienced more in her lifetime than many of the government officials who are advising us about our lives today. So, Mrs. Bradford is approaching […]
Posted inCommentary, National News, NEWS, OPINION
COMMENTARY: ENOUGH
Will the Murder of George Floyd Finally Bring About the Change Black People Have Been Demanding? By Jeffrey L. Boney, Houston Forward Times Associate Editor “I can’t breathe!” This has become an all too familiar phrase, uttered by yet another African American man on video, nearly six years after America was temporarily traumatized by the […]
Posted inNational News, NEWS
Camille Cosby Opens Up to the Black Press in an Exclusive Historic Interview
By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior Correspondent It’s been years since Camille Cosby has sat down for an interview. Though working assiduously behind the scenes to provide direction and assistance with her husband’s legal cases, the matriarch has mostly been silent and has turned down multiple media requests. That all changed on June 14 […]
Posted inCommentary, OPINION
COMMENTARY: When the Protesting Ends – Do You Just Go Home?
By Roger Caldwell, NNPA Newswire Contributor There is a ground swell in America, and for 13 days there has been multiracial protests and demonstrations based on the killing of George Floyd by four Minnesota police. There have been many different videos of the killing, with Mr. Floyd handcuffed and policeman Derek Chauvin holding his knee […]
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COMMENTARY: Wear Your Armor
Spiritually Speaking By James Washington Jr., Co-Publisher, Dallas Weekly News With everything going on in our world today, my question to you is how does one put on the full armor of God in the midst of pandemic, the continuation of overt racism, state sanctioned discrimination and even murder? The bible says, “Put on the […]
Posted inAfro Briefs, National News, NEWS
Citywide Curfew as Protest Continue Around Chicago
From the Chicago Defender Lightfoot’s announcement came at a Saturday evening press conference just about a half-hour before the curfew was set to go into effect. Shortly after the press conference, an emergency alert about the curfew was sent via cell phones throughout the city. Until further notice, Chicagoans are not to be on the city […]
Posted inAfro Briefs, National News, NEWS
White Man Allegedly Posed as a Protester to Vandalize Buildings in Minneapolis
By A.R. Shaw, RollingOut.com As protests continue to erupt across the nation following the death of George Floyd, some people on the front lines have suggested that outside agitators have caused the destruction. In particular, a video has emerged on social media that alleges destructive behavior from a St. Paul police officer. The video, posted by Twitter user @dyllyp, […]
Posted inAfro Briefs, LIFE & STYLE, National News, NEWS, Travel
Los Angeles City Mayor Pleads for George Floyd Protests to ‘Take a Step Back’ Due to Violent Acts in L.A. Over 300 Arrested
By Betti Halsell Contributing Writer, Los Angeles Sentinel Los Angeles City Mayor Eric Garcetti discussed the efforts of public safety in retaliation to recent violent stirrings happening across the city. Saturday, May 30, thousands came together in protest, closing the L.A. streets from Fairfax all the way through 3rd street, is the aftermath from the current […]
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Minnesota’s Black Newspapers Speak Out Amidst Uprising in Wake of Police Murder of George Floyd
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia “I can’t breathe…” The senseless killing of unarmed Black men, Black women, Black boys, and Black girls has become so routine that the entire nation now knows the meaning of those three words – and no matter what the color of your skin is, the significance […]
Posted inAfro Briefs, Coronavirus, Health, National News, NEWS
#BlackAndBrownGetDown Community Defense Fund Gives $100,000 to Black and Brown New Orleanians Affected by COVID-19
By The New Orleans Tribune Our Voice Nuestra Voz (OVNV), an issues organizing effort that builds power with Black and Brown communities in New Orleans, has given $100,000 to Black and Brown community members affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Coming from OVNV’s #BlackAndBrownGetDown Community Defense Fund, these emergency funds were raised for– and went to– those […]
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Oprah Donates $12M for COVID-19 Relief in Five Cities
By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior Correspondent During a recent virtual address to the class of 2020 college graduates, Oprah Winfrey spoke of the need to provide for those impacted by the coronavirus pandemic. “What this pandemic has done is made me think about giving differently. How I give and who’s on the receiving […]
