According to CBS News, the USNS Harriet Tubman is among several ships named after prominent Black Americans, abolitionists, labor leaders, and more that the Defense Department, led by Secretary Pete Hegseth, might rename.
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BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — The decision marks the first time that America’s oldest civil rights organization will exclude a sitting president at its convention. In a statement on the evening of June 16, the reasons were made clear.
Juneteenth, the June 19th federal holiday that commemorates the end of America’s slavocracy and celebrates freedom for African Americans, comes this year amidst diminishing respect for the contributions of enslaved people and their descendants.
It also calls for platforms to take a neutral approach to asking one’s age when they create an account while making sure that data is only used for age verification. Research shows social media can cause harm to young people and can be dangerous to their mental health. Youngkin has even called it a crisis. So the main goal of this law is to limit how much time kids can spendon apps such as TikTok and Instagram. It had overwhelming support from both sides of the aisle in the state’s General Assembly. But there are questions, logistically, about how this is going to work.
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — Placer.ai’s latest analytics confirm that Target is losing ground to competitors like Walmart and Costco, who have posted gains during the same period.
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — Now, with immigration raids sparking protest in majority-Black and Latino neighborhoods in Los Angeles like Compton and Paramount, Trump has again used federal troops to confront civilians.
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — The head of the organization, which focuses on the advancement of Hispanics, discussed the discriminatory nature of these arrests, lending “the only criteria they need to have is brown skin.”
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — Beginning June 9, 2025, at 12:01, citizens of the designated countries are banned from entering the United States.
Recently Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett officially announced that she is running to serve as Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
A mural honoring African American history at Dorsey Park in Miami’s historically Black Overtown neighborhood was vandalized with racist and anti-Semitic graffiti over the weekend.