Author: Carma Henry

     Four US presidents have been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize: Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, Jimmy Carter, and Barack Obama. Donald Trump is determined to be the fifth recipient. He has been campaigning for a Nobel (decided by a Norwegian committee appointed by its parliament) the same way he sells his merchandise—with a great deal of advertising, some pressure tactics, and plenty of false claims.      

     The troopers became expert in defeating “civilian insurgencies,” putting down citizens of nations who objected to invaders and occupiers depriving them of self-government. Then the troopers came back to the “Homeland,” got veterans’ preference for jobs in DHS, ICE, etc., and began to apply their “skills” Making America Great Again.

     Many folks seem eager to reset with Putin, reset with China, reset with Iran, maybe reset with Turkey. That’s okay.   

BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — The Catholic Church played a vital role in the trans-Atlantic slave trade, according to historians and several published theses on the topic.

       eater.comLoretta Harrison, a cherished New Orleans chef and the founder of Loretta’s Authentic Pralines, the city’s first praline shop owned by an African American woman, died on February 16, 2022, at the age of 66, reports WWL.

  Mickey Clayton, the pioneering FAMU coach who made history as the only NCAA Division I leader to win championships in both men’s and women’s basketball at the same institution, died Monday evening at age 70. His passing marks the loss of a towering figure in HBCU athletics, remembered for transforming FAMU’s programs and inspiring generations of student-athletes.

       Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration, through the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT), ordered Fort Lauderdale to remove the road decorations by Sept. 4 or face removal by the state itself.

BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — The day marked a homecoming and a chance to reflect on the program’s long-running impact on the community.

BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — Sixty-two years to the day after Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech, thousands poured into Lower Manhattan on Thursday, linking arms and voices in what was billed as the largest demonstration of its kind since Donald Trump returned to the White House.

On Thursday, October 9, 2025, the Spady Cultural Heritage Museum will hold “Preserving Our Stories: The Life and Times of Dox Thrash,” a community heritage reception and presentation of a rare, oil-on-canvas painting by innovative painter Dox Thrash. Speaker Ron Rumford, an expert on the artist from the Harlem Renaissance period, will present.