Month: June 2023

  Pete is told that the public has to be noticed of a Special Board Meeting. This would put the New Pete’s contract discussions and approval to the second week in July, at the earliest. 

Thousands of people from across the country will be standing up for democracy this Independence Day weekend during the We The People National March (WTPMarch.org) on Sunday, July 2nd at 9 a.m. (EST) at Esplanade Park in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

     From Frederick Douglas’ The North Star to Ida B. Wells’ The Memphis Free Press and all subsequent members of the Black press, the plight of African – Americans was chronicled and a beacon of hope was provided through the journalistic efforts and trials of the country’s heroic Black Press. I cannot begin to capture the countless ways that the Black Press acted as the vanguard and the persistent battering ram against forces of oppression in this country. What I would like to do is to act as an eyewitness to the enormous contribution that NNPA member papers made during the last thirty years where I had a bird’s eye view of their reporting.

     President Biden is clearly proud of these accomplishments and one more accolade of President Obama that is omitted from the resume is his fierce loyalty. Biden, in a poignant CNN interview said, “His love of family and my family, and my love of his family … it’s personal. It’s family.” Biden made a decisive announcement to the global press in that CNN piece.

  In a significant development, several San Antonio police officers have been charged with murder in relation to the fatal shooting of a woman inside her apartment. The incident occurred under controversial circumstances, sparking widespread outrage and calls for justice.