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Rep. Omar condemns Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ as harmful and immoral
The Trump Administration and Republican lawmakers’ “One Big Beautiful Bill” that passed last week and signed into law “is the most harmful, immoral budget...
Many Liberians take offense after Trump praises their president’s English
By Mark Mengonfia, Monika Pronczuk and Wilson Mcmackin
MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump’s praise of the “beautiful” English of Liberia’s President Joseph...
NIH pulls plug on Black infant health study
A federally funded study exploring why Black babies in Detroit are disproportionately born prematurely has been abruptly terminated by the National Institutes of Health...
Livestream of the private funeral service for Melissa and Mark Hortman
Minnesota House Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark were shot and killed June 14 at their Brooklyn Park home. Family, friends and...
Bitcoin comes to Kibera, with risks and rewards
By Jack Denton and Moses Ndungu
KIBERA, Kenya (AP) — Dotting the roadside in what is widely considered Africa’s largest urban slum are typical stands...
Rev. Jamal Bryant’s corporate challenge earns top Black press honor
At the annual convention of the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA), held under the theme “The Black Press: Engaging Black America—Empowerment, Justice and Prosperity,”...
For the first Time in its 116 year history, the NAACP won’t invite the...
Citing Trump’s “attacking our democracy,” the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) will not invite President Donald Trump to its national...
Nationwide ‘No Kings’ protests push back on Trump’s parade, policies, and power
From Bethesda, Maryland, to Atlanta, Georgia, across New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Denver, and more than 2,000 other cities and towns nationwide, tens of...
Rep. Huldah Momanyi-Hiltsley grateful that gunman who scared her into hiding is caught
Minnesota State Rep. Huldah Momanyi-Hiltsley, who was forced to evacuate her home Saturday following the shooting of State Sen. John Hoffman and the subsequent...
Minnesota Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman killed and State Sen. John Hoffman wounded in ‘politically...
By Tim Sullivan, Steve Karnowski and Alanna Durkin Richer
BROOKLYN PARK, Minn. (AP) — Hundreds of law officers fanned out across a Minneapolis suburb Saturday...
NiJaree Canady makes history with record-breaking $1M NIL deal at Texas Tech
NiJaree Canady, a 22-year-old African American softball phenom, has become the first college softball player to sign a Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) deal...