OP-ED – Five Years Later: How Houston is Honoring the Legacy of George Floyd with The Movement Festival
Five years after George Floyd’s death, the headlines have quieted, but the fight for justice continues. As Houston hosts The Movement Festival in his honor, this piece reflects on what’s changed, what hasn’t, and the burden Black Americans still carry to prove their humanity in a country still reckoning with itself.
House GOP Passes Budget Bill That Prompts Largest Cuts to Health Care in History
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — If a large cut to Medicaid does take place, that change is likely to damage the financial health of rural hospitals around the U.S.
South Africa’s President Asks for Answers and Contradicts Trump on White Killings
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Tariffs, Boycotts Slam Target’s Bottom Line
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — In addition to financial pressures from tariffs, Target is now the focus of a national selective buying campaign launched by the Black Press of America after the company announced in January that it would phase out its DEI commitments.
Audit Reveals Maryland Botched Dozens of Death-in-Custody Rulings
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Family, focus, and finish lines: The Sweezer-Smith legacy at Jack Yates High
Track and field unites cousins Madison, Lamar, Dakota and Karneshia in a legacy built on determination.
Roberts Markland seeks to preserve, revitalize Riverside Terrace via gentrification
Sean Roberts hopes to change the gentrification narrative while preserving and revitalizing Riverside Terrace.
New Harris County District Attorney Sean Teare is about justice for all
New Harris County District Attorney Sean Teare shares his vision for the office.
Black women redefine beauty beyond breast cancer
Breast cancer survivors share their stories about what beauty means to them.
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Jussie Smollett shares a scathing statement in light of hoax lawsuit settlement
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Kid Cudi speaks out after testifying in court against Diddy: ‘Glad it’s behind me’
Kid Cudi testified on day nine of Sean “Diddy” Combs’ high-profile federal sex trafficking and racketeering trial. Kid Cudi broke
Georgia state officials rule death of twins on Bell Mountain a suicide, despite family’s belief of foul play
After twin brothers were found dead on Bell Mountain, the family contests the state’s claim of suicide: “I know that
Trump’s viral ‘white farmer genocide’ photo debunked—image is from Congo, not South Africa
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Remy Ma offers to pay Papoose’s divorce lawyer—says his new boo, champion boxer, Claressa Shields can chip in too
Superstar boxer Claressa Shields referred to rappers Remy Ma and Papoose’s separation as the “elephant in the room” in their

Press Play Friday: YG, Rob49, Boldy James and YoungBoy
Thus far, 2025 has been a start-and-stop kind of year for album releases, with artists teasing projects and pushing timelines. But this week, the floodgates opened. Rob49—responsible for making the phrase “What they Helly” a national chant—delivered his highly anticipated project. Detroit’s laid-back lyricist Boldy James linked with Your Boy Posca for something gritty. YoungBoy The post Press Play Friday: YG, Rob49, Boldy James and YoungBoy appeared first on Rolling Out.

Op-Ed: 4 Things I Learned from Malcolm X’s Life and Legacy
If there is one lesson I have gleaned from Malcolm X, it is the importance of seeing oneself as a forever student.
The Midnight Medicaid Cuts: Why The GOP’s Reconciliation Bill Is A Raw Deal For The American People
The Reconciliation Bill makes it easier to get gun silencers, harder to get gender-affirming care, and creates $1K "Trump Accounts" for babies born between 2025-2029.
Ashes to Ashes, Big House to Dust: Why White Folks Are Grieving Over Destroyed Relics to White Supremacy
Nottoway Plantation, Fort Branch Museum, and the Kalorama mansion are all relics to white supremacy, and white people are grieving their demise.

A century ago, a Black-owned team ruled basketball − today, no Black majority owners remain

November 21, 2023
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By Jared Bahir Browsh For the first time in 20 years, the NBA began its season with no Black-owned franchises. In fact, there’s been only one Black majority-owned team in league history. In late 2002, the NBA awarded an expansion team, the Charlotte Bobcats, to Black Entertainment Television co-founder Bob Johnson. Four years later, former

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