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[ September 24, 2025 ] The Thousand Man March in Jackson – Unity, Solidarity, Action – Breaking the chains in our Capital City and across Mississippi Local
[ September 24, 2025 ] Calls for transparency grow after death of Delta State Student Trey Reed ruled suicide Local
[ September 24, 2025 ] A History of Bias: Who Gets Deported in the United States? – The roots and realities of U.S. deportation policies. Deportation to achieve racial banishment National
[ September 17, 2025 ] Mississippi prison killing leaves mother with no answers after 5 years News
[ September 17, 2025 ] Commentary: Pain and contradictions reflections on Charlie Kirk and America – God loves us because He is good, not because we are good National

Diddy seeks bail, blasts ‘unprecedented’ Prosecution

By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior Correspondent, Sean “Diddy” Combs is once again asking to be released from federal custody ahead of his October 3 sentencing—this time arguing that his nearly yearlong incarceration is […]

Malcolm-Jamal Warner, beloved star of “The Cosby Show,” Dies at 54

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By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent, Malcolm-Jamal Warner, the actor best known for his role as Theo Huxtable on the groundbreaking NBC sitcom The Cosby Show, has died at the age of 54. […]

Trump and Texas Republicans plot changes in Congressional Districts to keep control of Congress After 2026

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By Lauren Burke, NNPA National Correspondent, President Trump told Texas Republicans on a conference call the morning of July 15 that the GOP will attempt to create five new Republican seats in a “mid-decade redistricting” […]

Commentary: The torch of freedom and democracy – “Liberty Enlightening the World” now extinguished by America’s greed, racism, and classism

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By Christopher Young, Contributing Writer, In 1886, it was a monumental gift from one nation to another, celebrating the enduring values of liberty and democracy, embodying the aspirations of those who sought refuge and opportunity […]

Commentary: Is there a mystery behind their lack of shame?

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By Christopher Young and Dr. Wilma E. Mosley Clopton, Ph.D., Contributing Writers, The discrimination of minorities in America, and particularly African Americans, has never stopped. Progress, of sorts, for many years during the Civil Rights […]

Commentary: President Joe Biden Commemorating Juneteenth

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By Joseph R. Biden, Jr, 46th President of the United States: 2021—2025, The people of Galveston, Texas, have been commemorating Juneteenth since the Civil War ended. Yesterday, in honor of the 160th anniversary, I went there to join […]

Congress set to push war powers resolution after Trump starts a war with Iran

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By Lauren Victoria Burke, BlackPressUSA Newswire Contributor, With no customary advance notice, senior members of Congress were caught off guard by the airstrikes on Iran. When President Trump ordered the bombing of Iranian nuclear sites, […]

Flag Day & Army Anniversary Morphed into Trump Birthday Extravaganza – Estimated $45 million price tag – massive Army presence, all for Himself – President Bone Spurs

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By Christopher Young, Contributing Writer, It was the Second Continental Congress in 1777 that adopted a resolution to commemorate the flag of the Unites States by establishing Flag Day. Two years earlier, to the day, […]

Stolen, returned, remembered: 19 Black Americans reburied in New Orleans

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By Stacy M. Brown, Black Press USA Senior National Correspondent, More than 150 years after their crania were taken from New Orleans and shipped to Germany for racist scientific experiments, 19 Black Americans were finally […]

Commentary: Has an American President ever looked so small?

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By Christopher Young, Contributing Writer, It was hard to watch. There was just a feeling from the onset that this would be another installment of – How Can This Be Happening. Just like with the […]