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Head Start Graduate Pays Love of Reading Forward as Author

September 5, 2025 Lynnfaye 0

Dr. Chanda Nicole Holsey, Founder and Principal of Healthy Aims for Little Ones (HALO) for Families, LLC, read to Head Start learners at the ECS4Kids Green Cove Springs Center.  Dr. Holsey is a children’s book author, […]

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VP Vance, Defense Secretary Hegseth Lie About DC Crime as Trump Targets Cities with Black Mayors

September 3, 2025 Lynnfaye 0

BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE —By Lauren Victoria Burke | Vice President JD Vance, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, and White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller visited Washington, DC’s Union Station on August 20. They spoke with members of […]

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Benjamin F. Chavis Jr.Thousands March on Wall Street Demanding Economic Justice and Equity

August 29, 2025 Lynnfaye 0

BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE —  By Stacy M. Brown | Black Press USA Senior National Correspondent | Sixty-two years to the day after Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech, thousands poured […]

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“We’ve Come Too Far to Turn Back Now”: U.S. Congressman Al Green Hosts 4th Annual Slavery Remembrance Legislative Update

August 27, 2025 Lynnfaye 0

Saturday, August 16, U.S. Congressman Al Green (TX-9) hosted his 4th Annual Slavery Remembrance Legislative Update Breakfast, with the rousing theme of “We’ve Come Too Far to Turn Back Now,” at the Wyndham Hotel near NRG […]

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Florida Memorial University Names William C. McCormick, Jr. as 15th President First Alumnus to Lead in 146-Year History

August 27, 2025 Lynnfaye 0

Submitted by Traci Cloyd | MIAMI GARDENS, FL – The Florida Memorial University (FMU) Board of Trustees proudly announces the appointment of William C. McCormick, Jr., MBA (Class of 1987), as the 15th President of the […]

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Texas House Democrats are on the run: State Rep. Venton Jones on Breaking Quorum

August 25, 2025 Lynnfaye 0

By  April Ryan | State Rep. Venton Jones | April Ryan is joined by Texas House Representative Venton Jones to discuss why he left Texas in protest of the redistricting map, the threats received by Texas Democrats […]

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Trump Wants to Deport Up to 500,000 Haitians, Many Have Already Lost Their Work Permits

August 25, 2025 Lynnfaye 0

Nationwide — President Donald Trump has moved to end immigration programs that allowed Haitians to live and work legally in the United States. The policy shift could affect up to 500,000 Haitians, many of whom are […]

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Social Justice Conference Prompts Strategy Ideas with Acting Legend

August 22, 2025 Lynnfaye 0

Longshoreman and former senator Tony Hill was on the front-line dialoguing with actor and activist Danny Glover at the 54th A. Phillip Randolph Institute (APRI) Annual Education Conference in Chicago, Illinois.  This year’s conference theme […]

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Local 1408 Awards $80K in Scholarships to Area Students

August 21, 2025 Lynnfaye 0

Local 1408 of the The International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) recently awarded a record $80,000 in scholarships to 34 local high school seniors and college students during a ceremony today at Edward Waters University. This marks […]

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Ribault High School Reopens with a Brand New Look

August 21, 2025 Lynnfaye 0

Jean Ribault High School, has a brand new look to start the upcoming school year after it was torn down and rebuilt. It is the first new high school built under the city’s half penny […]

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