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Trump Exempted Some of the Nation's Biggest Polluters From Air Quality Rules. All It Took Was an Email. %
1+ hour, 32+ min ago (1743+ words) In March 2025, President Donald Trump's administration made a tantalizing offer to coal-fired power plants, chemical manufacturing facilities and other factories: Their operations could be exempted from key provisions under the Clean Air Act, the bedrock environmental law estimated to have…...
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19+ hour, 17+ min ago (77+ words) [embedded content] GUEST HOST: Mike Davis Black Press USA's Morning Show. We amplify Black voices and headlines that reflect or impact the Black experience. Monday " Friday starting at 8: 00 am EST/5: 00 am PSTWatch on You Tube: Black Press Morning Show GUEST:…...
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1+ week, 17+ hour ago (77+ words) [embedded content] GUEST HOST: Mike Davis Black Press USA's Morning Show. We amplify Black voices and headlines that reflect or impact the Black experience. Monday " Friday starting at 8: 00 am EST/5: 00 am PSTWatch on You Tube: Black Press Morning Show GUEST:…...
At Least 79 Kids Have Been Harmed by Tear Gas or Pepper Spray During Trump's Immigration Crackdown %
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (1737+ words) The children were walking to school in Broadview, Illinois, or leaving a shopping center in Columbus, Ohio. They were at home in Minneapolis, or sitting in a stroller in Chicago, or at an afternoon protest in Portland, Oregon, alongside dogs…...
Texas Lawmakers Repeatedly Failed to Pass Legislation That Could Have Protected Residents From Deadly Floods %
1+ week, 4+ day ago (1829+ words) The sound of construction machinery filled the air as Kylie Nidever walked past properties ravaged months earlier by floodwaters. Nidever's home was among those in her Bumble Bee Hills neighborhood untouched by last year's July 4 flood, one of the deadliest…...
IN MEMORIAM: State Rep. G. A. Hardaway Sr. Dies at 71 After Short Illness %
3+ day, 7+ hour ago (1158+ words) By Lee Eric Smith | New Tri-State Defender Memphis leaders, community members and colleagues across Tennessee are reacting with shock and reflection following the death of state Rep. G. A. Hardaway, a longtime legislator and outspoken advocate whose presence in the community spanned…...
The Reader Who Became a Revolutionary: Kwame Nkrumah %
3+ day, 7+ hour ago (528+ words) By Alex Mason | Minnesota Spokesman Recorder Kwame Nkrumah: How a Young Reader from the Gold Coast Became the Father of African Independence A profile of Dr. Kwame Nkrumah traces his journey from a colonial classroom in the Gold Coast to…...
WATCH: VOTING RIGHTS IMPACT | Black Press USA TV %
3+ day, 7+ hour ago (121+ words) The right to vote remains one of the most critical civil rights issues facing Black communities across the country. In this episode of Voting Rights Impact, Black Press USA takes a closer look at how current policies, legal challenges, and…...
I Reached Out to the White House Counterterrorism Czar for Comment. He Lashed Out on X. %
4+ day, 1+ hour ago (526+ words) Counterterrorism czar Sebastian Gorka is one of the most controversial figures in the Trump administration, a gate crasher in the buttoned-up world of national security." In a field where quiet professionalism is revered, Gorka is loud and mercurial. With a…...
OP-ED: Small Businesses Need Minnesota to Act on Pass-Through Tax Policy %
4+ day, 13+ hour ago (430+ words) By Daniel Hernandez | Minnesota Spokesman Recorder I came to the United States as a teenager with a clear goal: to build something meaningful through hard work. I put in long days in construction, restaurants, and landscaping; doing whatever it took…...