Check out These Proven Ways to Protect Your Income Following a Serious Job Accident

By BlackPressUSA Newswire Protecting your income after a workplace injury involves immediately seeking medical help and reporting the incident to your superiors or employer. You should also follow your organization’s workers’ compensation claim filing guide and keep detailed records relating to your injury and health. Following all these steps is crucial to your claim’s success,…

Montclair High School’s Ready to Launch event connects 581 seniors with employers, career opportunities

MONTCLAIR, Calif. (Nov. 5, 2026) – For 581 Montclair High School seniors, the next chapter of their lives came into sharper focus Thursday as they participated in the school’s fifth annual Ready to Launch event, an innovative career-readiness initiative connecting students with local employers and organizations. Approximately 60 employers and organizations participated in the event,…

Political Playback: California Capitol News You Might Have Missed         

Bo Tefu | California Black Media      Gov. Newsom: Capital Punishment Is Inconsistent With California Values; Public Safety Goals Gov. Gavin Newsom says capital punishment is inconsistent with the state’s legal values and public safety goals, defending his decision to commute all 548 death sentences to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole.  In an…

Meet Scott Colom, the Mississippi Democrat Leading Tight Mississippi Senate Race

By BlackPressUSA Newswire ATLANTA DAILY WORLD — Mississippi Democrat Scott Colom holds a narrow lead over Republican incumbent Cindy Hyde-Smith in a high-stakes U.S. Senate race that remains too close to call. A longtime prosecutor from Columbus, Colom seeks to become the first Black person to represent Mississippi in the Senate since Reconstruction. Scott Colom,…

Menopause Support Finding Support Through a Menopause Journey

From sleep disruption to mood changes — even brain fog, menopause affects every woman differently. Discover ways to find support and navigate this transition. By Dr. Lisa Saul, Chief Medical Officer of Women’s Health, UnitedHealth Group    Finding support through the menopause journey Despite being a universal life stage, perimenopause can be a unique experience…

IN MEMORIAM: Marcia Ann Gillespie, Editor of Essence and Ms. Magazines, Dies at 82

By Post Staff Marcia Anna Gillespie, the first editor in chief of Essence magazine, has died. She was 82. Born in Rockville Centre, New York, in 1944. The daughter of a church sexton/small business owner and domestic worker/caterer, Gillespie parlayed her degree in American studies from Illinois’s Lake Forest College into a research job at…

Black Voters Overwhelmingly Repudiated Trump in Mid-Term Election

By Sunita Sohrabji About 90% of Black voters backed Democratic House candidates in 2026, compared with roughly 80% who supported Kamala Harris in 2024, according to the AP Voter post-election poll, with 61% saying they cast their vote specifically to express opposition to President Donald Trump. Similar voting patterns emerged among Latino and Asian American…

What Is a “Closed-Loop” Insulin System—and Does It Really Work Automatically?

By Evan Bollinger The terms abound. “Closed-loop,” “hybrid closed-loop,” “automated insulin delivery,” and even “artificial pancreas.”  While the language makes it sound like the system runs itself, it’s actually far more nuanced. In reality, today’s insulin systems and devices are powerful – but still require active participation from the person wearing them.  And, unfortunately, that…

Don’t Pass the Torch. Expand the Circle.

Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. is redefining mentorship by empowering undergraduate women to take active roles in high-level organizational governance. Instead of asking young leaders to wait their turn, the sorority is integrating students like Noah M.P. Harris into international boards and planning committees alongside seasoned veterans like Dr. Tonja L. Ringgold. This intergenerational model…

HBCU Love: Spelman’s Dr. Letitia Plummer Makes History as Harris County’s First Black Elected County Judge

By BlackPressUSA Newswire TEXAS METRO NEWS — Former Houston City Council member Dr. Letitia Plummer has made history as the first Black person elected to serve as the Harris County Judge. The Spelman College alumna defeated Republican Orlando Sanchez in the general election for Texas’ most populous county, receiving approximately 62% of the vote. Plummer…

Five States Join FTC Lawsuit Alleging Hims and Hers Engaged in Deceptive and Unlawful Privacy Practices

The Federal Trade Commission filed an amended complaint adding five states as co-plaintiffs in its lawsuit alleging that telehealth provider Hims and Hers shared consumers’ sensitive health information with third-party advertising platforms, despite claiming its services maintain consumers’ privacy, and it deceived users about its billing and cancellation practices. The amended complaint filed by the…