BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — The sentiments of this Target employee highlight a key issue: while boycotts send a clear message to corporations, they can also inadvertently harm small Black businesses and working-class consumers.
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April 17, 2025, marks the 200th anniversary of that indemnity agreement. On Jan. 1 of this year, the now-former president of Haiti’s Transitional Presidential Council, Leslie Voltaire, reminded France of this call when he requested that France “repay the debt of independence and reparations for slavery.” In March, tennis star Naomi Osaka, who is of Haitian descent, added her voice to the chorus in a tweet wondering when France would pay Haiti back.
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — The misconception that Black communities are inactive fundamentally misunderstands our sophisticated resistance strategies. Protesting must be strategic. Timing, context, and preparation matter.
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — Confidence in Trump’s economic leadership has fallen to 45%, the lowest in Pew’s surveys since 2019.
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — Rev. William Barber traveled to the U.S. Capitol to push back against them. The trip to speak out against what he views as economic injustice and unfairness was not his first to Washington.
Yet, the threat of the Cleveland suburb losing a federal grant because of her work only becomes more palpable as her friends and colleagues in the field of DEI lose their jobs — and the work they’ve dedicated their lives to hemorrhages esteem. “I’m just not the person who’s gonna operate in fear,” she said. “But I am a person who operates in reality.”
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — Scholars warn that without context, such revelations could be easily misinterpreted or manipulated.
The most arduous part of the Florida A&M University presidential search is over. Now the real work begins. A weary search committee submitted a list of four candidates to start the next steps in selecting a replacement for Larry Robinson, PhD., who stepped down in July of 2024. Timothy Beard is serving as Interim President.
Broward County School Board Member Brenda Fam has announced her resignation, effective May 1, 2025, citing ongoing hostility, dysfunction within the district, and fiscal irresponsibility as reasons for stepping down.
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — Bryant confirmed that the company agreed to just one of the boycott’s four major demands: fulfilling its $2 billion pledge to support Black businesses through product placement, services, and investments in Black-owned media.