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Rep. Emanuel Cleaver II

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Rep. Cleaver, Others Request Update on EPA Actions to Mitigate Climate Risks at Toxic Superfund Sites

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Friday, July 25, 2025

(Washington, D.C.) – Thursday (today), U.S. Representatives Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO) and Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-CA), along with Senator Adam Schiff (D-CA), led a congressional inquiry calling for an updated report on actions the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) can take to mitigate climate...

(Left) A view of Lorraine Hotel, from second floor bathroom window in the boarding house from where James Earl Ray was alleged to have fired the fatal shot at Martin Luther King, Jr. (Right) Boarding house view of Lorraine Motel balcony. Photo/Mr. Littlehand / Wikimedia Commons.

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FBI’s Release of King Assassination Files Is an Invasion of Privacy, Say King’s Children

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Friday, July 25, 2025

To the dismay of the children of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and other civil rights leaders, President Donald Trump has ordered the release of more than 240,000 pages of FBI documents related to the assassination of Dr. King in 1968.“The emphasis here is to give Americans the truth,” said Trump...

Bill Crosby and Malcolm-Jamal Warner on The Cosby Show

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Bill Cosby Pays Tribute to Malcolm-Jamal Warner

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Wednesday, July 23, 2025

By Stacy M. BrownBlack Press USA Senior National CorrespondentJuly 23, 2025--In a wide-ranging and reflective appearance on the Black Press of America’s Let It Be Known, Bill Cosby—long regarded as television’s most iconic father figure—shared his thoughts on the death of Malcolm-Jamal Warner, the...

Are We, the People, Relinquishing Our Power to the Wealthy and Powerful Few?

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Are We, the People, Relinquishing Our Power to the Wealthy and Powerful Few?

Dr. Janice Ellis

Friday, July 18, 2025

this toxic political environment it may seem like we, the people of the state of Missouri and the United States, do not have the power to control the policies that determine what the “Show Me” state and the “Land of the Free” become.We do.

From Eggs to Hotels, Prices Soar as Inflation Redefines Daily Life

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From Eggs to Hotels, Prices Soar as Inflation Redefines Daily Life

Stacy M. Brown Black Press Usa Senior National

Friday, July 18, 2025

Prices across the United States are about 26% higher than before the COVID-19 pandemic, pushing everything from a weekend hotel stay to a simple cup of coffee out of reach for many families.

NY Attorney General Letitia James

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Letitia James, Loretta Lynch Give Insight as Black Women Surviving Trump’s America During NAACP Convention

Sharelle B. Mcnair Courtesy, Black Enterprise

Friday, July 18, 2025

Both Lynch and James touched on the climate of the current administration, warning Black women in the audience on how U.S. legal systems are use them as a target.

Jackson County Executive Frank White

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Urban Council, Civic, Faith-Based, Community Leaders Call for Jackson County Executive Frank White to Resign

The K.c. Globe Staff

Friday, July 18, 2025

Press Conference Follows White’s Earlier Veto of Ordinance Approving His Recall Election In what they are calling “an unprecedented show of unity and public disapproval,” leaders from across Jackson County—including representatives from the Urban Council, Eastern Jackson County, Kansas City’s East...

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Rising Waters Will Not Drown the American Spirit

Ben Jealous

Friday, July 11, 2025

On the Fourth of July, Donald Trump signed his “megabill.” The law boosts the dying fossil fuel industry with tens of billions of taxpayer dollars.

In the Face of Certain Defeat, Hakeem Jeffries Delays Passage of Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’

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In the Face of Certain Defeat, Hakeem Jeffries Delays Passage of Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’

Dr. Roger C. Williams, Jr.

Friday, July 11, 2025

“I think it’s important for the American people to process...SNAP on average provides $6 per day. At the same time, Elon Musk, his federal contracts, as we understand it,amount to $8 million per day.

S. Supreme Court Building

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Supreme Court Decision Opens Door to Large-Scale Federal Layoffs

Danielle J.

Friday, July 11, 2025

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson Writes 15 Page Dissent July 9, 2025—The U.S. Supreme Court late Tuesday lifted lower court injunctions that had blocked attempts by President Donald Trump and his DOGE Service to restructure the federal government.Labor unions, advocates and local governments that sued...

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