Author: Carma Henry

Nunnie on the Sideline

    A close but crucial victory over Savannah State- 18-15 – by Albany State keeps the Rams number one in HBCU Division II football, the SIAC and in prime position for a run at the championship. Virginia Union, after drubbing Bluefield State 70-14, remains atop the CIAA . And for the first time in 9 years, rising Johnson C. Smith remained in contention for a slot in the SIAC conference championship by virtue of its hard fought, well earned victory over Fayetteville State 17-14. Kentucky State, having resurrected its program, is enjoying a banner season after a weekend victory over Clark-Atlanta 43-28. Each of the aforementioned teams has an 8-1 record except Kentucky State at 7-2.

    The MEAC – Mid Eastern Athletic Conference – despite the minuscule membership, is a competitive, powerhouse entity seeking to maintain and achieve greater status and relevance. You recall a few years ago, FAMU and BCU deserting the MEAC for supposed greener pastures with the SWAC, the other major FCS/HBCU conference. The MEAC champion has held its own, exceeding expectations during the Deion Sanders era at Jackson State, which lost consecutive Celebration Bowl games to South Carolina State and North Carolina Central. MEAC conference play has begun in earnest and will be on full display in November.

    Civil rights attorney Ben Crump is representing a team of predominantly Black football players who were pepper-sprayed by police following a game in Ohio earlier this month.

BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — They said it would never happen here. Yet here we are. Forty-eight percent of Project 2025, the Heritage Foundation’s fascist playbook for dismantling American democracy, has already been put into motion.

       Demings opened a campaign account for governor Friday, a necessary first step to starting a campaign for the office currently held by Gov. Ron DeSantis. POLITICO reported last week that Demings was expected to announce his candidacy at a rally scheduled Thursday in Orlando.

BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — America’s economy is not collapsing by accident. Under President Donald Trump, Russell Vought, and Stephen Miller, a deliberate plan has taken hold, a plan that weakens the labor market, starves families of food and health care, and rewards the wealthy with power and profit.

       It’s hard to enjoy your vacation when, even as you try to escape politics, the shadow of your country’s turmoil finds you on foreign maternal soil. When you see how the rest of the world perceives the United States not as the “shining city on a hill,” but as a place stumbling over its own arrogance, its racism, its widening political divide and its falling from grace you begin to understand how deep the wound has become.

       Nearly two-thirds of Black children are shut out of after-school programs — a vital resource that experts say improves social well-being and academic performance, according to a new study.

 BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — The National Institute for Early Education Research reports that a robust and growing body of international research shows that too many children across the globe are not receiving nurturing care in their second 1,000 days of life.