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Black Press USA’s Morning Show. We amplify Black voices and headlines that reflect or impact the Black experience. Monday – Friday starting at 8:00 am EST/5:00 am PST Watch on YouTube: BlackPressMorning Show LINK IN BIO #blackpress #nnpa #fortheculture #blacknews #headlines news blackmediamatters blackhistory365 blackexcellence #BlackPressMorningShow libknews 198YearsoftheBlackPress 🎙️ New to streaming or looking to level up? Check out StreamYard The post Headlines and Hot Topics 📱 appeared first on BlackPressUSA.
GWUL and Monthly Reporter’s Roundtable
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Africa University Gets First AME Member on Development Board
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Curacao makes history at 2026 World Cup
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Treopia Cannon brings passion to girls’ empowerment
https://youtu.be/1D-VzxLwYpQ For some leaders, a career pivot is a calculated corporate maneuver. For Treopia Cannon, the Chief Executive Officer of Girls Inc. of Greater Houston (GIGH), it was a masterclass in divine alignment. After spending a quarter of a century climbing the ranks of the commercial banking industry, Cannon stepped away from executive boardrooms to invest her wealth of experience into a different kind of asset: The potential of young girls.
Al Green, Christian Menefee can create game-changing playbook
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Black artists named Library of Congress Treasures in 2026
Every year, the Library of Congress makes a quiet but profound declaration about what America sounds like, and who built that sound. Recently, the institution announced its latest class of 25 recordings inducted into the National Recording Registry, honoring works deemed worthy of preservation for all time based on their “cultural, historical or aesthetic importance in the nation’s recorded sound heritage.”
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Their families said they needed treatment; Mississippi officials threw them in jail without charges

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In Mississippi, serious mental illness or substance abuse can land you in jail, even if you aren’t charged with a crime. The state is a stark outlier in jailing so many people for so long, but many officials say they don’t have another option By Isabelle Taft, Mollie Simon, ProPublica and Agnel Philip, ProPublica This

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