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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.”

NNPA NEWSWIRE — The document that could lead to an executive order proposes using the claim that China interfered with the 2020 elections as grounds to “declare a national emergency.” The move would be an unprecedented step that would grant Trump new authority over the voting systems in the U.S.

  Rep. Al Green, a Democrat from Texas, holds a sign that read “Black People Aren’t Apes.” during the State of the Union Address before a Joint Session of Congress at the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday, Feb. 24.

Civil Rights TV, the world’s first 24-hour television network dedicated exclusively to civil rights history, education, and future equity, has officially launched on the Connect To Your City OTT platform powered by Connect2OTT.

       The report, issued jointly by the UN Integrated Office in Haiti (BINUH) and the UN Human Rights Office (OHCHR), states that most of the 26 gangs currently operating in Haiti are involved in child trafficking. Children are forced into a range of activities, from running errands and collecting extortion payments to violent acts, including kidnappings, property destruction, targeted killings, and sexual abuse.

Mary Smith-Blackmon, an African American woman from Canton, Mississippi, who became the first Black student to graduate from the town’s all-white public school in 1966, remembers both the struggles and the small victories of her journey. Despite harassment and isolation, she graduated with honors and later devoted over 30 years to teaching.

     Black History Month is often framed around progress, landmark rulings, civil rights victories, and moments when the law finally caught up with justice. But in Alabama, some of the most consequential chapters of that history remain unresolved.

 NNPA NEWSWIRE — On behalf of the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) representing the Black Press of America, we extend our sincerest condolences to the Jackson family. Leadership matters. Jesse Jackson’s leadership in the Civil Rights Movement in America and the human rights movement throughout the world was outstanding. Jackson uttered a strong penetrating voice for the voiceless. His courage on the battlefield for freedom, justice and equality was unparallel.

     The high-profile civil rights attorney snagged a regional Emmy for producing the short documentary “How to Sue the Klan,” a film that revisits one of the most daring courtroom takedowns of the Ku Klux Klan in modern history.

      In this moment in Black history, we pause to remember Frederick Douglass, a man born into slavery in 1818 who would become one of the most powerful voices for freedom the world has ever known.