By Fred Redmond During the 2024 presidential campaign, now-Director of the Office of Management and Budget Russell Vought said he wanted to put federal workers “in trauma.” Project 2025 called union representation of government workers “incompatible with democracy” and recommended Congress make having a voice on a federal job illegal. Now, as president, Trump has…
Trump Administration tries to tie funding to sanctuary cities executive order by Charlene Crowell An effort to limit federal homeless funding to locales embracing Trump Administration policies on sanctuary cities has triggered a lawsuit from homeless advocates. Although a September 12 court order gave a temporary reprieve to homeless providers seeking to preserve vital services,…
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent The air in Washington has grown thick with a familiar tension, the kind that precedes the shuttering of government offices and the silencing of paychecks for thousands of workers. Yet at the heart of this looming shutdown lies something far greater than partisan brinkmanship: a ferocious…
By Black Montessori Education Fund Do you hope to ignite your young child’s love of learning and lay the foundation for a fulfilling future? The Montessori approach offers a joyful, secure, and nurturing environment where young children can thrive. At the Early Childhood level (ages 2 ½ – 6), children are encouraged to explore, collaborate,…
By Stacy M. Brown For more than five years, Dr. Olumuyiwa Bamgbade carried the weight of lies that he should never have borne. He is a Black doctor, a healer by training, acquitted of false accusations that Canadian authorities and media were eager to trumpet but too arrogant, too complicit, to retract. The silence after…
RIVERSIDE, CA — (Sept. 22, 2025) Riverside University Health System – Behavioral Health (RUHS-BH) is set to host its annual Recovery Happens celebration on Thursday, Sept. 25, at Fairmount Park, located at 2601 Fairmount Blvd. in Riverside. The free, family-friendly event runs from 11:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and highlights hope, healing and community…
Brooks Berndt I am a recovering cynic. Perhaps I will always be one, but I am making progress—one day at a time. As a sign of progress, I am now able to mindfully observe the continual wrestling match between my cynical self and my hopeful self. For instance, my cynical self looks at our federal…
By Stacy M. Brown At 26 Federal Plaza in Manhattan, where despair clings to the walls, federal officers placed handcuffs on the very people chosen to protect justice. Comptroller Brad Lander, state senators Julia Salazar, Jabari Brisport, and Gustavo Rivera, along with assembly members Emily Gallagher, Robert Carroll, Marcela Mitaynes, Jessica González-Rojas, Claire Valdez, Tony…
By Antonio Ray Harvey | California Black Media Incarcerated firefighters serving time in the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation system are on edge as they await Gov. Gavin Newsom decision to sign or reject Assembly Bill (AB) 247. Authored by Assemblymember Isaac Bryan (D-Ladera Heights), the bill was passed on Sept. 12 by the…
BlackPRcom Nationwide — The Allen Media Group free-streaming digital sports platform HBCU GO – the leading media provider for the nation’s 107 Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) – is pleased to announce a new partnership with Procter & Gamble (P&G) as the presenting sponsor of select 2025 HBCU football Classics. This season, P&G will…
The second Inland Empire BSU Multi-Year High School Reunion was held recently, and the event turned out to be a huge success. The two day reunion included events in Ontario and Upland. The dinner was held on Saturday night in Ontario, followed by a fun filled day at Magnolia Park in the City of Upland. …
By Glenn Gamboa | Associated Press NEW YORK — Billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott has donated $70 million to the UNCF, as the nation’s largest private provider of scholarships to minority students works to raise $1 billion to strengthen all 37 of its Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). Alabama is home to 14 HBCUs, which…
By Stacy M. Brown One could make the case that Democrats lost the 2024 election in part because they abandoned the Black Press—the voice of Black America. Black voters, the backbone of the party, walked away in numbers unseen in modern times. At the very moment when all Americans—Black, white, Latino, and others—are called to…
(San Bernardino, California – September 27, 2025) WHO/WHAT: Local teen Alexis Silva will join Pastor Michael Hall of the First Love Outreach Ministry to serve hot meals, give away bags of groceries, hygiene kits, and clothes to people who are homeless and want to get off the streets. The 16-year-old singer/songwriter, who has battled…
By Antonio Ray Harvey | California Black Media Assembly Bill (AB) 62, authored by Assemblymember Tina McKinnor (Inglewood), passed in the Assembly with a 66-4 vote on Sept. 9. It now advances to Gov. Gavin Newsom’s desk for a signature or veto by Oct. 12. The measure — part of the California Legislative Black Caucus…
By Stacy M. Brown The Black Press is two years away from its 200th anniversary. Two centuries of carrying our story when others denied us a voice. Two centuries of fighting mobs, resisting Jim Crow, surviving fire, and standing against lies. And now, in its hour of need, as corporate America cuts ties and Washington…
By Stacy M. Brown The U.S. Department of Education has announced the cancellation of $350 million in federal grants that had been designated for historically Black colleges and universities and other minority-serving institutions. Education Secretary Linda McMahon stated that the department will “no longer award Minority-Serving Institution grants that discriminate by restricting eligibility to institutions…
By American Montessori Association (AMA) Dr. Maria Montessori, the Italian educator and scientist who, more than 100 years ago, developed the system of education that bears her name, knew that during the period from birth to age 3, your child’s brain develops more rapidly than at any other time, and more learning takes place than…
By April Ryan Multiple Historically Black Colleges and Universities are on lockdown and or canceling classes due to what are called “credible threats.” Spelman, Clark Atlanta, Southern University A and M College, Bethune Cookman, Alabama State, Virginia State, and Hampton University are taking precautionary actions amid threats. Clarke University in Atlanta currently has a “shelter…
Landmark Early Literacy Bill Now Heads to Governor’s Desk SACRAMENTO, CA – Assembly Bill 1454, jointly authored by Speaker Robert Rivas (D-Salinas), Assemblymember Blanca Rubio (D-Baldwin Park), and Assemblymember Al Muratsuchi (D-Torrance), passed the full Senate floor on September 12 with a resounding 38-0 vote, marking a historic step toward transforming reading instruction for millions…
By Selen Ozturk The federal expansion of immigrant surveillance is increasing political targeting, identity theft and data breach risks for all Americans. The federal expansion of immigrant surveillance is increasing political targeting, identity theft and data breach risks for all Americans. The second Trump administration has raised alarm from experts that government use of personal…
By Ashlee Banks Special to the AFRO House Democrats are intensifying calls for the release of all remaining documents connected to the investigation and prosecution of Jeffrey Epstein, arguing that full transparency is long overdue and essential for justice. Survivors of Epstein’s trafficking ring have joined lawmakers in pressing the Department of Justice (DOJ) to…
By Joseph D. Bryant | jbryant@aol.com As the 62nd anniversary of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church bombing approaches, a group of Birmingham residents and historians want to ensure that two young men killed in racial violence that day are remembered. Virgil Ware, a 13-year-old Black boy was shot and killed on Sept 15, 1963 while…
By Andrea Stevens AFRO Staff Writer Postpartum is often described as a time of physical recovery, but for many mothers it also marks the beginning of a deep identity shift. The journey of becoming a mother isn’t just about caring for a baby. It’s also about rediscovering who you are in the wake of birth….
