NiJaree Canady Makes History with Record-Breaking $1M NIL Deal at Texas Tech
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — USA Today noted that Canady’s impact on the field was immediate and unmatched. Despite suffering a minor injury, she helped lead Texas Tech to its first Big 12 regular-season and conference titles
Disdain for the Poor: Job Corps Shutdown Sparks Outrage
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — Programs that create opportunity, equity, and stability are being dismantled to make way for budget cuts that disproportionately favor the wealthy.
OP-ED: America Urgently Needs a New Affordable Housing Agenda
BLACKPRESSUSA.COM NEWSWIRE — In late May, Trump announced he is “giving very serious consideration” to taking Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac public again. These government-backed mortgage giants were central players in the last financial collapse. Under pressure to expand homeownership without oversight, they helped inflate the subprime mortgage bubble. Ten million Americans lost their homes. The institutions got bailed out. Families didn’t.
HBO, Warner Bros. Face $20M Lawsuit from Russell Simmons Over Assault Allegations Film
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — A source close to Simmons at the time said neither HBO nor filmmakers Amy and Kirby Dick sought his input or statement before releasing the film.
A Visa Overstay is the Alleged Hate Crime Perpetrator
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — This latest tragedy has put Immigration front and center.

5 Black travel safety tips
Black folk need to learn these tips to travel safely abroad.
Should Black Houston care about international issues?
Black Houstonians recognize how global issues impact them and their local families and communities.
EPA, Commissioner Rodney Ellis declare Hester House contaminant-free, but residents disagree
Though the EPA declared Hester House safe from contamination, Fifth Ward residents are doubtful.
Texas Southern Athletic Director Kevin Granger accused of sexual assault in lawsuit
TSU athletic director Kevin Granger allegedly groped and sexually assaulted a staffer.
Memorial service for longtime news anchor José Griñán on June 4
Memorial service for José Griñán, a Houston-area broadcasting legend, will be held on June 4.

A woman testifies Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs gave her night terrors by dangling her from a high-rise balcony
Bryana ‘Bana’ Bongolan, 33, a friend of Cassie, said that she was traumatized after Sean “Diddy” Combs held her over a 17th-floor apartment
Education Secretary Linda McMahon doesn’t appear to know what Tulsa Race Massacre is during House hearing
U.S. Rep. Summer Lee, D-Pa., gave Secretary McMahon an unexpected pop quiz on Black history during the line of questioning.
The saga continues: DDG files emergency motion to keep Halle Bailey from taking their child out of the country
After Bailey was temporarily granted custody and a restraining order against the rapper, he filed an emergency motion to keep
Cardi B dishes on mental and physical toll of relationship with ex Offset: ‘I was literally losing my mind’
Cardi B opens up about the toll her marriage took before finding new love and joy with her new partner,
‘It’s not kids’ day; it’s called Mother’s Day,’ Halle Berry defends her controversial Mother’s Day post
Halle Berry claps back at Mother’s Day backlash. “That’s my day; if I want to be in bed with my

Memorial Honors Bruce Tucker, Black Man Whose Heart Was Taken Without Consent In Virginia’s 1st Transplant
Without notifying or obtaining consent from Bruce Tucker’s family, surgeons—acting with a medical examiner’s permission—removed his heart and kidneys following his death in 1968.
Several Lawsuits Filed In Louisiana To Combat Environmental Racism
The lawsuit calls for a freeze on the development of further petrochemical plants in Louisiana’s “Cancer Alley,” which is one of many examples of enviromental racism in this country.
Rickey Smiley Critiques Own Fraternity For Caleb Wilson Death
Comedian Rickey Smiley blasted Omega Psi Phi, his fraternity, for the death of Caleb Wilson earlier this year in a recent interview.

Black Ghosts: Noo Saro-Wiwa’s new book is a powerful reflection on Africans in China

December 18, 2023
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By Janet Remmington Noo Saro-Wiwa is a celebrated Nigerian-born travel writer. Her latest book is Black Ghosts. It explores, with candor and compassion, the lives of several African economic migrants living in China, a group of people who are key to trade between the continents. Janet Remmington is a scholar of African travel writing and mobility,

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