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From a teen perspective, learning about Wendell Scott feels like discovering a hero who refused to let history box him in. When most people picture early stock car racing, they don’t imagine a Black driver fighting for space on the track, but Scott did exactly that. He raced during a time when opportunities weren’t just limited; they were actively blocked. Still, he showed up with skill, confidence, and a determination that said, I belong here too.
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“Has the Third World War already begun, or is the world still not entering it, are we balancing?” Medvedev said. “Formally, no, but if Trump continues his insane course of criminal regime change, it will undoubtedly begin. And any event could trigger it. Any event. This is a war by the US and its allies to maintain global dominance. The pigs don’t want to give up their trough.”
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Florida rapper Lil Poppa died by suicide, fatally shooting himself in the head after crashing his car in Georgia earlier this week, according to a report.
The actress, Grammy-nominated singer and dancer achieved a career milestone at the 2026 Golden Globes when she won her first Golden Globe at Sunday’s ceremony.
One Battle After Another emerged as a major winner, taking home the Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical. The film continued its strong showing by earning three additional honors, including Best Supporting Actress for Teyana Taylor, along with Best Director and Best Screenplay awarded to Paul Thomas Anderson.
Carl Carlton, the funk and R&B singer best known for the classics “She’s a Bad Mama Jama (She’s Built, She’s Stacked)” and his 1974 cover of “Everlasting Love,” has died at 72, his family announced Sunday.
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BLACKPRESSUSA.COM NEWSWIRE — Lest we forget. Blacks and Jews stood together against racism and antisemitism. Blacks and Jews marched together and went to jail together for voting rights. Blacks and Jews shared blood together at the hate-filled, blood-thirsty hands of white supremacist racists and anti-Semites.
Both America and Israel can’t and should never allow any of its enemies, especially weak unsophisticated ones, to launch a surprise attack killing thousands of its citizens. They must be ever so cognizant of how their own foreign policies and suppressive tactics create an endless slate of enemies. Regrettably, failure to prevent such attacks gives rise to the scourge of deadly vengeance.
By Bobby R. Henry, Sr. Marilyn Batista, General Counselor for Broward County Public Schools needs to go. In fact, Batista…
It was much more than a political assessment when I declared 15 months ago that “we know Joe, and most importantly, Joe knows us.” Joe Biden is succeeding because of he understands the needs and aspirations of the American people. His bold and inclusive initiatives are restoring the faith of those who have been hardest hit by the current health and economic crises and raising the hopes of those who had already been hard hit by injustices in our society long before these crises struck.
During the early Civil Rights Movement when women worked behind the scenes, her quiet power brought wisdom and a social worker’s perspective to deliberations and strategies of the “Big Six” civil rights leaders. With an understanding of the importance of power of location, she purchased a building in Washington, D.C. between the White House and the Capitol, the only African American-owned building along that corridor of power.
We’re all familiar with the popular proverb, “It takes a village to raise a child.” As a 21st century society, this still holds true, literally and figuratively. For non-millennials, who grew up in a vastly different era, there is a nostalgic mindset that a diverse community of inspiring people interacting with children has a positive and sustained life-changing impact on their developme