BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — QuaShawnda Everett, the program chair for early childhood education at Edgecombe Community College in North Carolina, has traveled the globe with her musician husband

Governor Patrick becomes first major elected figure to endorse in the race, underscoring momentum behind Blair’s call for present and accountable leadership

BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — In a Capitol Building that still has statues in honor of Jefferson Davis, Barbara Rose Johns will be on the first floor of the U.S. Capitol in the same position the Lee statue formerly occupied. The Johns statue now joins Sojourner Truth, Mary McLeod Bethune and Rosa Parks as one of four Black women honored in the U.S. Capitol in statue form. 

BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — The rise in unemployment has been uneven, with Black workers experiencing some of the most severe impacts. Black men ages 20 and older saw their unemployment rate jump from 6.6 percent in September to 7.5 percent in November. Black women ages 20 and older recorded an unemployment rate of 7.1 percent in November, slightly lower than September’s 7.5 percent but still higher than any other racial or ethnic group.

BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — In announcing his candidacy, Turnage said the district was the poorest in the poorest state when he was born and remains so more than three decades later, arguing that generational economic stagnation has forced families to watch loved ones leave the state in search of opportunity.

BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE - Too many Black parents watch their children become just another number in school systems shaped by systemic racism and unequal funding. Meanwhile, parents are pulling their kids out and seeking alternatives—from homeschooling to microschools to educational savings accounts. With the Department of Education facing closure, the time to understand school choice is now. Here's how to ensure your family isn't left behind.

BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — In the United States, two-thirds of young children live in households where all available parents are working. Meaning child care is essential for families’ ability to stay in the workforce.

BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — The Black Press of America is being deliberately starved, and unless people act now, it will collapse in full view of the nation it has served for nearly two centuries.

BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — The National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA), whose Black Press USA network carries the Kemet Youth Activity Sheets weekly to member publications nationwide, spotlighted a significant milestone for the youth-centered franchise this weekend.

BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — As millions of Americans brace for health insurance bills that will soon double or worse, the coming crisis is not the result of confusion or accident.

BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — Joy Reid had finally had enough. After Stephen A. Smith went on his show and tried to frame her departure from MSNBC as a failure of ratings rather than a collision with an administration working to silence Black voices, she laid out the truth without ceremony.

BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — September 22, President Donald Trump signed an executive order designating “antifa” as a domestic terrorist organization. Trump has repeatedly referred to “antifa” on social media. On October 8, at The White House, Trump hosted an “antifa” roundtable.

BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, David told the Black Press of America’s Let It Be Known, is proposing a rule that would strip away key fair lending protections and make it far more difficult to prove discrimination in the credit market.

BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — There is a cruelty in this country that resurfaces whenever Black people dare to remember. It arrives wearing new clothes, new laws, new politicians, new lies, but the intention never changes.

BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — Representative Maxine Waters, the veteran California Democrat and longtime standard-bearer of congressional leadership, received the National Council of Negro Women’s highest honor on December 5.

BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE —  On December 4, during a White House cabinet meeting, President Trump launched into a hateful racist rant against Congressional Black Caucus member Rep. Ilan Omar (D-MN).