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Trust in Mainstream Media at a New Low, But the Black Press Stands as the Trusted Voice

October 15, 2025

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2025 Black Achievers Awards

October 15, 2025

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Church Members Sue First Baptist Church Piney Grove Leadership Over Alleged Financial Mismanagement and Bylaws Violations

October 15, 2025

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Local News

Pepper spray incident at Blanche Ely High sends 12 students to hospital

A pepper spray incident inside a classroom at Blanche Ely High School on Thursday sent 12 students to the hospital, officials confirmed.

2025 Black Achievers Awards

Church Members Sue First Baptist Church Piney Grove Leadership Over Alleged Financial Mismanagement and Bylaws Violations

FPL Invites Schools to Apply for $50,000 Classroom Makeover Grant

No More Leftovers: Giving God the Main Course of Our Lives

National News

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Trust in Mainstream Media at a New Low, But the Black Press Stands as the Trusted Voice

BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — Trust in America’s mainstream media has fallen to its lowest level on record. Gallup reports that only 28 percent of adults say they have a great deal or fair amount of confidence in newspapers, television, and radio to report the news fully, accurately, and fairly.

National News

Black farmers continue struggle to keep land, operations going

By Carma HenryOctober 15, 2025

National News

Why This White Christian Pastor Says Young Black Men Should Be Executed, and How Black Folks are Responding

By Carma HenryOctober 15, 2025

Politics

Africa’s Reckoning at the U N and the Silence That Can’t Be Bought

October 14, 2025

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s CDC Visit: An Insult Wrapped in Arrogance

August 25, 2025

Honoring the Life and Legacy of Malcolm Jamal Warner: A Renaissance Man of Our Time

July 23, 2025

Trump Taps Quack Influencer Casey Means for Surgeon General Part 1

May 15, 2025

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LIVE State Of The People Marathon

July 3, 2025

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Friends of AARLCC – Pillars of Giving Campaign

January 30, 2025

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We Ain’t Gonna be Erased!

October 12, 2023

Black History

Robert Smalls: From Enslavement to Heroism

September 26, 2023

National News

Families sue California, claiming state failed to educate poor and minority students amid pandemic

December 8, 2020

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President Obama Helps Floridians Make A Plan To Vote

October 13, 2020

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Two Minute Warning Series

September 17, 2020

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Just A Lil Bit • Full Episodes

September 17, 2020

Entertainment

Entertainment

Tyler Perry to release first ever animated film “Madea’s Tough Love” in January 2015

By Carma HenryJanuary 8, 2015

Tyler Perry makes his first foray into family animation with the release of Tyler Perry’s Madea’s Tough Love

Entertainment

Jill Scott to be honored at 2015 Essence’s Black Women in Music event

By Carma HenryJanuary 5, 2015

During Grammy Awards Week celebration, singer Jill Scott will be honored at Essence magazine’s sixth annual Black Women in Music event.

Entertainment

Grammy-nominated R&B Crooner Johnny Gill new album, Game Changer, in stores now

By Carma HenryJanuary 5, 2015

Grammy-nominated R&B Crooner Johnny Gill new album, Game Changer, in stores now

Entertainment

Mary Wilson of the Supremes lends her powerful vocals to James Gavin’s Stormy Weather: The Music of Lena Horne at Aventura Arts & Cultural Center

By Carma HenryDecember 29, 2014

Mary Wilson of the Supremes lends her powerful vocals

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Byron Donalds doubts Democrats really care about health care subsidies. But Floridians do

October 15, 2025

Recognizing World Mental Health Day: How families play a crucial role in suicide prevention

October 15, 2025

Holy Cross Health Foundation’s Women’s Wellness Brunch Raises Funds for New Mammography Units

October 14, 2025

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Leja Williams interviewing Bonita Williams-McKenzie (Caregiver)

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Golf Club that called the police on Black women for not ‘keeping the pace’ faces business backlash

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The westside gazette Presents exclusive interview The Mighty Dillard Panthers

Editorials

Editorials

If the Tables Were Turned, What Would America Look Like?

October 9, 2025

Editorials

When Power Preys, We Pray

October 2, 2025

Editorials

Let Freedom Ring

September 25, 2025

Editorials

A country minus the Christ of scripture is in a Christless crisis

September 18, 2025

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1879 Florida Memorial University Founders’ Day Celebration

March 25, 2025

Spend your money where you’re respected

March 17, 2025

Clergy call for nationwide, 40-day boycott of Best Buy, Target, Walmart and other major retail chains

March 5, 2025

This Week in Health: Hurricanes and Flooding

October 8, 2024

Religion

“ Test Your Bible Knowledge”

October 16, 2025

Largest US Lutheran denomination installs first Black presiding bishop

October 15, 2025

A Century of Faith: New Hope Missionary Baptist Church Celebrates 100 Years of Service in Fort Lauderdale

October 15, 2025

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We Stood in Awe of the Legendary Edward Villella

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2109 Mid Winter Conference

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2019 NNPA Morning Prayer Breakfast

International

Black Woman Dies From COVID-19 Two Weeks After a Man Coughed and Spit on Her

Ashes instead of soap: Inside Zimbabwe’s COVID-19 fight

Police target attacks against Zimbabwean women

Umpqua Bank rejects $2 million from Black owner seeking to pay off mortgage — but takes offer from white male buyer

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Judge Denies Emergency Motion in Florida Memorial University Leadership Dispute

September 11, 2025

Senator Back Revised Social Media Bill

February 21, 2024

Taste of Lauderdale Lakes – November 12th 2022 – 11AM – 6PM

October 27, 2022

First African Landing in Virginia

August 15, 2019

Black History

Black History

Unyielding Conviction: John Brown’s Stand Against Slavery

Sister Rosetta Tharpe: The Enduring Power of a Musical Pioneer

Sister Rosetta Tharpe: The Enduring Power of a Musical Pioneer

Unyielding Conviction: John Brown’s Stand Against Slavery

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Progressive National Baptist Convention leaders hail Harris, pan Trump, urge voting

Arts & Culture

Green Book offers a heartfelt look at racial inequality, tolerance and friendship.

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Politics

Africa’s Reckoning at the U N and the Silence That Can’t Be Bought

October 14, 2025

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s CDC Visit: An Insult Wrapped in Arrogance

August 25, 2025

Honoring the Life and Legacy of Malcolm Jamal Warner: A Renaissance Man of Our Time

July 23, 2025