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N’dea Yancey-BraggAntonia Jaramillo – NASA astronaut Jeanette Epps is slated to make history next year when she becomes the first Black woman to live on the International Space Station for months at a time. If everything […]

Jim Turner –  TALLAHASSEE — Gov. Ron DeSantis backed allowing more customers at major theme parks in Orlando as he and park officials gave high marks Wednesday to coronavirus safety measures. The expansion push came […]

NNPA NEWSWIRE — By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent “In 2020, more Black Americans will die of COVID-19 than will succumb to diabetes, strokes, accidents, or pneumonia. In fact, COVID-19 is currently […]

by Derek Major  – Education Secretary Betsy DeVos has implemented President Donald Trump’s memorandum, extending student loan relief policies included in the CARES Act that were scheduled to expire next month. DeVos implemented the measure Friday, […]

by Derek Major – NAACP President Derrick Johnson said Postmaster General Louis DeJoy is lying when he called his restructuring of postal services a measure to improve operational efficiency. “It goes beyond being disingenuous,” Johnson told […]

President Donald Trump officially authorized the emergency use of convalescent plasma to help treat COVID-19 patients in the United States. During a briefing on Sunday, the eve of the Republican National Convention, Trump, 74, claimed the […]

By Rebecca Shabad – The letters “BLM” were seen sitting in cubbies over Warren’s shoulder as she delivered her speech Wednesday night. WASHINGTON — Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., subtly celebrated the Black Lives Matter movement with […]

Black newborns are more likely to survive during childbirth when cared for by Black doctors, according to a new study. In the United States, Black babies die at three times the rate of white newborns […]