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Biden Administration Declares Public Health Emergency Over Monkeypox Outbreak
The Biden-Harris administration has declared monkeypox a public health emergency, a move they said would free emergency funding and improve the distribution of vaccines and treatments. "We are...
Serena Williams Announces Retirement from Tennis
Serena Williams is giving tennis one last hurrah before hanging up her racket for good. With 23 Grand Slam titles and 192 career wins, Williams announced that she's retiring following next month's U.S...
Rocket Mortgage 'Changing the Course' for Black Detroit Residents During PGA TOUR Event
Even as Tony Finau, Taylor Pendrit, Cameron Champ, and others stormed atop the leaderboard, officials were again making sure that the PGA TOUR's Rocket Mortgage Classic continued its four-year-old...
Vice President Harris Addresses NAACP Convention; Urges Black Voter Participation
Vice President Kamala Harris appeared at the NAACP convention in Atlantic City on Monday, July 18, declaring that freedom, liberty, and democracy are on the ballot in the upcoming midterm elections....
Biden Celebrates Historic Gun Legislation Bill at White House Ceremony
President Joe Biden on Monday touted "historic progress" on actions to reduce gun violence. He said his administration has taken more executive action to reduce gun violence than any other president...
NNPA and Transformative Justice Coalition Announce National GOTV Campaign Targeting 10 Million More Black Voters
Ahead of the all-important 2022 midterm elections, reports show that more than 55 million Americans remain unregistered to vote – and about 10 million are African Americans who are eligible to vote...
Vice President Kamala Harris Talks Voting Rights, Racism With Black Press Publishers
Vice President Kamala Harris held an exclusive discussion with publishers from the National Newspaper Publishers Association, which represents the Black Press of America, to discuss various issues fro...
Neighborhoods of Color are Breathing Unhealthier Air Than in the Previous Two Decades Combined
According to a report published this week by the American Lung Association, almost half of Americans – 137 million people – are experiencing more days of "very unhealthy" and "hazardous" air...
Advocates Say FBI Missing Children Data Misleading; Does Disservice to Black Juveniles
Missing white children receive far more media coverage than missing Black and Brown children. A fact advocates often point to when explaining the disparity in attention provided to individuals of...
White House Unveils Steps to Advance Equity in America
The Department of Health and Human Services said its increasing outreach to communities of color to encourage enrollment in free and low-cost health care, and the agency will address the maternal mort...
Supreme Court Justice Jackson Proclaims: 'We've Made It. All of Us'
Two hundred and thirty-two years, 116 justices, 108 white men, six women, 2 Black men, and 1 Latinx woman later, the United States Supreme Court finally has an African American woman serving as...
It's Official: Biden Announces Extension of Student Loan Repayment Freeze
President Joe Biden on Wednesday, April 6, announced a pause on federal student loan repayments – extending the break in payments through August 31. Originally, the freeze was scheduled to expire...
Remembering Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, 54 Years Later
On April 4, 1968, an assassin's bullet ended the dynamic life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. at the age of 39. King stood on a balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee, a site that's now a...
Following GOP Filibuster, Judge Jackson Remains on Pace for Confirmation This Week
Senate Judiciary Chair Dick Durbin, a Democrat from Illinois, said out loud on Monday what many may have thought about the Supreme Court nomination hearings where Republicans verbally lynched Judge Ke...
Antilynching Bill is Signed
With Michelle Duster, the great-granddaughter of Ida B. Wells, by her side, Vice President Kamala Harris admittedly went off-script to praise the Black Press during the bill signing ceremony for the...
Black Women, Civil Rights Groups Join Rallies for Judge Jackson Confirmation
Several women-led groups held a rally in front of the Supreme Court on Monday to bolster support for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson ahead of her Senate confirmation hearings. Black women led...
Black Press Salutes President Biden's Supreme Court Nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson
Three times the Senate has confirmed Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson – twice unanimously. Now, an evenly divided Senate will face the task of confirming Judge Jackson to the highest court in America...
With Her Speedskating Gold Medal, Erin Jackson Hopes to Inspire More Black Girls in Winter Sports
While the Super Bowl expectedly received all the attention in the sports world on Sunday, February 13, the Winter Olympics provided a most historical moment. Erin Jackson became the first Black woman...
SBA, Black Chambers Back President Biden's Push for Federal Contracting with Minority Businesses
When President Joe Biden directed federal agencies to increase contracting spending with small, disadvantaged businesses by 50 percent over the next five years, Bibi Hidalgo, the associate...
Vice President Kamala Harris Speaks to the Black Press of America
Vice President Kamala Harris provided a message of hope while striking an encouraging tone during an exclusive interview with the Black Press of America. The Vice President, who cut her teeth as a...
Legendary Actor, Sidney Poitier, 94, Has Died
Legendary actor Sidney Poitier, who broke barriers and stood for justice and Black lives during the most tumultuous times of the civil rights movement, has died. Poitier, whose iconic 71-year career,...
MLK Family Asks for No Celebration Until Lawmakers Pass Voting Rights Legislation
Prayer breakfasts, marches, parades, and an uptick in volunteer efforts to support the annual Day of Service have remained staples of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. But the late civil rights icon family...
Biden, Harris Blame Trump for Jan. 6 Attacks, Says America Must Move Forward
On the anniversary of the deadly January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, President Joe Biden doubled down on his campaign slogan from the 2020 election. He declared the race against former President...
Officer Found Guilty in Killing of Daunte Wright in Minnesota
A jury in Minnesota has convicted former Brooklyn Center Police Officer Kim Potter on multiple manslaughter counts for the killing of Daunte Wright. Potter, who said she mistakenly grabbed her... Full story
White House, Dems Furious Over Sen. Manchin's Build Back Better Betrayal
Black Press photojournalist and social media maven Anthony Tilman assessed the death of President Joe Biden's Build Back Better legislation this way: "[Fifty] Republicans in the Senate don't care abou...
