• Honoring Pioneering Journalist Ida B. Wells, Born On This Day In 1862
    Wednesday, July 16, 2025 from Breaking News for Black America
    Ida B. Wells She made it her mission to accurately document the terrorism of lynching in America.
  • On The 5th Anniversary Of John Lewis’ Death, Thousands Will Gather For ‘Good Trouble Lives On’ Protests
    Wednesday, July 16, 2025 from Breaking News for Black America
    WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 24: Civil Rights icon Congressman John On the fifth anniversary of the death of John Lewis, tens of thousands of people will gather across the country in his name to protest.
  • US sends third-country deportees under secrecy to the small African kingdom of Eswatini
    Wednesday, July 16, 2025 from theGrio » News
    The Trump administration has deported five convicted criminals to Eswatini, raising concerns about transparency and human rights.
  • From Soulful Sounds To Black Joy & Sobering Truths: Rashad Robinson Speaks Strategy At ESSENCE Fest [Exclusive]
    Tuesday, July 15, 2025 from Breaking News for Black America
    2025 ESSENCE Festival Of Culture Presented By Coca-Cola - Day 1 - Ernest N. Morial Convention Center Under the glimmering lights and the hum of soulful celebration at this year’s ESSENCE Festival of Culture, Rashad Robinson, former president of Color of Change and longtime civil rights strategist, shared a serious and sobering...
  • College student attacked over Queens parking spot leaves neighborhood as mother and daughter suspects apologize
    Tuesday, July 15, 2025 from theGrio » News
    Jada McPherson was attacked on July 7 in Queens, New York, by a trio, including a mother and daughter, over a parking spot.
  • NewsOne Crossword Puzzle July 15th
    Tuesday, July 15, 2025 from Breaking News for Black America
  • Trump administration fires 17 immigration court judges across ten states, union says
    Tuesday, July 15, 2025 from theGrio » News
    Amid a historic immigration case backlog, the Trump administration fires 17 immigration court judges without cause—drawing backlash.
  • Florida Councilwoman Files Lawsuit After Being Suspended Over Racist And Homophobic Tweets
    Tuesday, July 15, 2025 from Breaking News for Black America
    Groveland City Council member Judi Fike filed a lawsuit against the council for suspending her over racist and homophobic tweets. Groveland City Council member Judi Fike filed a lawsuit against the council for suspending her over racist and homophobic tweets.
  • Opening Doors: One Summer Chicago Connects Over 28K Youth To Jobs And Opportunity
    Tuesday, July 15, 2025 from Breaking News for Black America
    2024 DNC in Chicago, One Summer Chicago, Mayor Brandon Johnson, Youth, Employment Mayor Brandon Johnson's One Summer Chicago program is offering thousands of young people in the city the chance to gain work experience.
  • A Florida man is set to be the 26th person executed in the US this year, surpassing 2024’s total
    Tuesday, July 15, 2025 from theGrio » News
    Michael Bernard Bell, convicted of multiple murders is set to be executed Tuesday—marking the 26th execution in the U.S. this year.
  • ABC News Panel Skewers Trump For His Epstein Files Struggle
    Tuesday, July 15, 2025 from Breaking News for Black America
    Trump, Knauss, Epstein, & Maxwell At Mar-A-Lago Panelists including former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie called out President Donald Trump's administration for trying to dismiss the Epstein case after using it to garner support.
  • Federal Judge Rules ICE Engages In Racial Profiling, DHS Denies It (While ICE Director Admits It)
    Tuesday, July 15, 2025 from Breaking News for Black America
    ICE Crash Bell A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to stop allowing ICE agents in southern California from engaging in racial profiling.
  • Larry David And The Obamas Team Up For An HBO Sketch Comedy
    Tuesday, July 15, 2025 from Breaking News for Black America
    The Curb Your Enthusiasm star has teamed up Barack and Michelle Obama’s production company to create an HBO sketch show.
  • US inflation accelerated in June as Trump’s tariffs start to bite
    Tuesday, July 15, 2025 from theGrio » News
    Consumer prices rose 2.7% in June from a year earlier, up from an annual increase of 2.4% in May.
  • How Trump plans to dismantle the Education Department after Supreme Court ruling
    Tuesday, July 15, 2025 from theGrio » News
    On Monday, a lower court order that had halted nearly 1,400 layoffs was paused. Now, Trump and McMahon are free to execute the layoffs.
  • Op-Ed: Zohran Mamdani’s Last Name Tells A Story Of Migration, Resilience And Community-Building
    Tuesday, July 15, 2025 from Breaking News for Black America
    The Mamdani surname tells a story of migration, resilience and community-building that spans centuries and continents.
  • The Retirement Gap: Why Saving For The Future Is Harder For Black Americans
    Monday, July 14, 2025 from Breaking News for Black America
    Young Black Woman Tracking Finance On Phone Web Account Hand, Black people, retirement, savings Despite rising incomes, many Black Americans continue to face major hurdles when it comes to saving for retirement, according to a new study.
  • Covfefe Chronicles: Texas Floods Expose The GOP’s Deadly Disaster Hustle
    Monday, July 14, 2025 from Breaking News for Black America
    Covfefe Chronicles: Texas Floods Expose GOP’s Disaster Hustle In the wake of this disaster, what have our political leaders offered in response? A flood of “thoughts and prayers.”
  • Civil Rights Attorney Ben Crump Representing Saniyah Cheatham’s Family
    Monday, July 14, 2025 from Breaking News for Black America
    Saniyah Cheatham Questions remain over the circumstances leading to 18-year-old Saniyah Cheatham’s death while in the NYPD’s custody over the Fourth of July weekend. 
  • Fox News Insulted Jasmine Crockett Because They Fear Intelligent Black Women
    Monday, July 14, 2025 from Breaking News for Black America
    5th Annual Hollywood Unlocked Impact Awards In this op-ed, Dr. Stacey Patton picks apart Fox News host Lisa "Kennedy" Montgomery's latest insults against Rep. Jasmine Crockett and calls them what they are.
  • Black Cyclist In Mississippi Arrested After Shooting White Man Who Attacked Him: What About ‘Stand Your Ground’?
    Monday, July 14, 2025 from Breaking News for Black America
    Reginald Butler, black man beat up in Natchez, mississippi Black man Reginald Butler was arrested after shooting a white man who attacked him in Adams County, Mississippi.
  • Apology Not Accepted: Racist, Islamophobic Attack On Rep. Ilhan Omar Requires More
    Monday, July 14, 2025 from Breaking News for Black America
    Congressional Lawmakers Continue Budget Reconciliation Process On The Hill The racist, Islamophobic tirade aimed at Rep. Ilhan Omar demands we stop allowing hate to masquerade as political discourse.  
  • How The ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ Harms Black Women
    Monday, July 14, 2025 from Breaking News for Black America
    With every step and smile, this family makes the most of their outdoor time together. Donald Trump's "Big Beautiful Bill" brings to Black women, including limiting reproductive care, maternal healthcare, and access to supplemental assistance programs such as WIC and SNAP.
  • Venus Williams Is Back On The Court After Accepting A Wild Card Invite From The DC Open
    Monday, July 14, 2025 from Breaking News for Black America
    venus williams dc open article Christian Dior: Photocall - Paris Fashion Week - Haute Couture Fall/Winter 2024-2025 Tennis icon Venus Williams is back and better than ever, returning to the court for the DC Open while also opening up about her health and launching a new podcast with Serena.
  • Boys & Girls Club Programs At Risk As Trump Freezes Federal Funding
    Monday, July 14, 2025 from Breaking News for Black America
    Volunteers Packing Bags at Charity Event, Teamwork and Community Boys & Girls Clubs are bracing for the worst after Trump recently froze funding that could destroy summer and fall programs.
  • Judge orders Trump administration to halt indiscriminate immigration stops, arrests in California
    Saturday, July 12, 2025 from theGrio » News
    A federal judge has blocked Trump-era immigration raids in seven California counties, citing racial profiling and unconstitutional arrests.
  • Op-Ed: How Could I Be Anybody Else?
    Saturday, July 12, 2025 from Breaking News for Black America
    Beautiful senior black couple walking in a green pasture with trees A 60-year-old Black man reflects on aging, politics, and holding his own. Sixty is the weight of old scars and the surprise of new joys.
  • Senate Poll Shows Jasmine Crockett Leading Dems, Fox News Responds By Flat-Out Lying About Her Texas Flood Comments
    Friday, July 11, 2025 from Breaking News for Black America
    2025 ESSENCE Festival Of Culture Presented By Coca-Cola - Day 1 - Ernest N. Morial Convention Center Fox News attacked Rep. Jasmine Crockett after a poll showed her leading Democrats as a potential candidate for the Senate.
  • HBCUs Offer Help To Students Affected By Potential Job Corps Closure
    Friday, July 11, 2025 from Breaking News for Black America
    Two construction workers in safety gear inspect a brick wall with exposed piping on-site, reviewing blueprints and discussing installation, planning progress for a building or housing project. The Labor Department is currently facing a lawsuit over the attempted closure of Job Corps and was ordered to keep the sites open while it proceeds.
  • Trump’s ‘Good English’ Gaffe Is Proof He Still Doesn’t Get Africa Or Grammar
    Friday, July 11, 2025 from Breaking News for Black America
    Trump departs for Texas, calls deadly flooding 'a horrible thing' This wasn’t a compliment, it was a microaggression wrapped in ignorance, delivered with the smugness of someone who can barely string together a grammatically correct sentence himself. 
  • It’s Clipse Day: Coke Rap, Middle-Aged Black Manhood, And The Soundtrack Of Survival
    Friday, July 11, 2025 from Breaking News for Black America
    Roots Picnic 2025 - Day 2 Corey Richardson celebrates the release of the new Clipse album, 'Let God Sort Em Out' and runs down why "Coke Rap" resonates with middle-aged Black men.
  • EJI’s Yearly Calendar Sheds Light On America’s Hidden History Of Racial Injustice
    Friday, July 11, 2025 from Breaking News for Black America
    A History of Racial Injustice, calendar, Equal Justice Initiative Spanning over two centuries—from the 1800s through the 2000s—the EJI’s "A History of Racial Injustice" calendar is a tool designed to shed light on critical but often overlooked moments in American history. 
  • Family demands answers after young woman dies in NYPD custody over Fourth of July arrest
    Friday, July 11, 2025 from theGrio » News
    Saniyah Cheatham, 18, died after being found unconscious in a jail cell. Her mother is now demanding footage and rejects claims of suicide.
  • Lawsuit Filed After Investigation Found White Bus Driver Made Black Passengers Sit In Back Of Bus
    Friday, July 11, 2025 from Breaking News for Black America
    Jefferson Lines bus lawsuit, Xavier Davis Xavier Davis is suing Jefferson Lines after a white bus driver made Black men sit in the back of the bus headed to Minnesota.
  • Ex-NYPD chiefs allege corruption and cronyism in lawsuits against Mayor Adams and his allies
    Friday, July 11, 2025 from theGrio » News
    In newly filed lawsuits, ex-top NYPD officials allege Mayor Adams and deputies installed unqualified allies and accepted cash for promotions.
  • On Ice: The First HBCU Hockey Team Delayed Over Money Problems
    Friday, July 11, 2025 from Breaking News for Black America
    Tennessee State University TSU Hockey The Tennessee State men’s hockey team won’t be playing its inaugural season in 2025-26.
  • Breaking down the force of water in the Texas floods
    Friday, July 11, 2025 from theGrio » News
    The landscape created the conditions for what some witnesses described as a fast-moving wall of water.
  • Trump wants mass deportations, but US views of immigration are more positive since he took office
    Friday, July 11, 2025 from theGrio » News
    The share of Americans who want immigration decreased has dropped significantly since President Donald Trump took office.
  • Singer Chris Brown pleads not guilty to 2 further charges over London nightclub assault case
    Friday, July 11, 2025 from theGrio » News
    Chris Brown pleaded not guilty to multiple charges stemming from a 2023 altercation with a music producer in a London nightclub.
  • Op-Ed: Can Trump Strip Citizenship From Naturalized Americans?
    Friday, July 11, 2025 from Breaking News for Black America
    Op-Ed: Can Trump Strip Citizenship From Naturalized Americans? The Supreme Court has called citizenship a fundamental right. Chief Justice Earl Warren in 1958 described it as the “right to have rights.”
  • Former COs Sentenced For In-Custody Death Of Quantez Burks
    Thursday, July 10, 2025 from Breaking News for Black America
    Hanover Local Court Quantez Burks died in custody at a West Virginia jail. Officers tried to cover it up, but an independent autopsy revealed his true cause of death.
  • Connecticut pastor fights off armed carjacker in Baltimore, incident caught on video: ‘We’ve got to save our sons’
    Thursday, July 10, 2025 from theGrio » News
    After a pastor was carjacked by a teenager in Baltimore City, he is calling for compassion and change for the youth. 
  • Memphis Ends Minority Women Enterprise Program Because Of DEI  
    Thursday, July 10, 2025 from Breaking News for Black America
    Serious thinking woman at workplace inside office, businesswoman preparing electronic presentation on laptop, office worker reading financial report online from computer screen Memphis’ Minority Women Enterprise program contributed to Memphis being the only city in the country where women own more small businesses than men. 
  • Liberians confused and angry after Trump’s ‘condescending’ praise for their leader’s English
    Thursday, July 10, 2025 from theGrio » News
    Trump’s remark praising Liberia’s president for speaking “beautiful English” draws criticism and confusion in the country.
  • New Hampshire judge to pause Trump’s birthright citizenship order
    Thursday, July 10, 2025 from theGrio » News
    Judge says Trump's order ending birthright citizenship is "lawless, unconstitutional, and cruel," and rules against it.
  • The US faces more frequent extreme weather events, but attitudes and actions aren’t keeping up
    Thursday, July 10, 2025 from theGrio » News
    Experts warn U.S. responses to worsening floods, fires, and heatwaves remain dangerously out of sync with climate reality.
  • A male escort hired for ‘freak-offs’ apologizes to Cassie after Diddy’s verdict
    Wednesday, July 9, 2025 from theGrio » News
    A male escort identified as “Don” claims to have participated in freak-offs with Diddy’s girlfriends in the 2010s and 2020s.
  • Army veteran, father of four dies after being swept away by Texas floodwaters
    Wednesday, July 9, 2025 from theGrio » News
    The 57-year-old William Govaniavic Venus is one of over 100 to die in the historic flooding in the Texas Hill Country.
  • Travelers no longer have to remove their shoes during security screenings at US airports
    Wednesday, July 9, 2025 from theGrio » News
    The new TSA policy ends the 20-year shoe removal rule at U.S. airports, aiming to speed up security while maintaining safety.
  • Philadelphia workers and city reach a deal to end strike that halted residential trash pickup
    Wednesday, July 9, 2025 from theGrio » News
    Nearly 10,000 Philadelphia city workers will get a 14% pay raise over four years under a deal that ends a disruptive weeklong strike.
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