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By Antonia Williams-Gary “War! What does it mean?” “Absolutely nothing!” Good God!” So sang Edwin Star in 1970! It was an anti-Vietnam War protest song …

By MOHAMED HAMALUDIN The New Yorker magazine cover of Oct. 27, 2025, depicts a malnourished person wearing only shorts hugging himself as he lies shivering …

By Kevin Harris and Richard McDaniel Redistricting has once again pushed the nation to a crossroads, and Virginia Democrats now find themselves at the center …

By Antonia Williams-Gary “Impassioned speech” is now under threat by the DOJ because, well just because. It is still unlawful to yell “fire” in a …

By Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis Jr. President, CEO National Newspaper Publishers Association Long before D.C. was branded as a destination city, Black Washingtonians built its …

    By Rev. Dr. Wendell Anthony Strength, Accountability, Legality, and Tenacity defuse ICE As a student at Detroit’s Central High School, “1984” by George …

By Ben Jealous When New York City Public Advocate Jumaane Williams spoke directly to Black boys at a recent inauguration, his words spread quickly. Clips …

By Antonia Williams-Gary Divided and conquered? “…the difficulty of connecting the authoritarian dots….” is how one analyst phrased the challenge keeping up with the Trump …

PHOTO CURTASY OF NNPA Author: Stacy M. BrownBlack Press USA Senior National Correspondent As questions mounted over the heavily redacted release of the Jeffrey Epstein …

On December 17, surrounded by festive holiday decorations, US president Donald Trump delivered an upbeat one might even say manic – address to the nation, …