Nearly 40 percent of Americans living with Alzheimer’s disease by 2030 will be Black or Latino, a reality that places communities already burdened by health disparities at the center of one of the nation’s most urgent medical challenges. The projection arrives as a new campaign, AlzInColor, seeks to bring brain health conversations out of the shadows and into the homes, churches, clinics of Black and Latino neighborhoods across the country.
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Dr. Carter G. Woodson’s creation of Negro [Black] History Week in February 1926, became celebrated with parades, banquets, speeches and exhibits across Black America. In 1970, the Black students and educators at Kent State University in Ohio promoted the occasion to celebrate the whole month of February. Since 1976, U. S. presidents have designated February as Black History Month.
Latest update , as of December 2, 2025, on the National Guard shooting in Washington, D.C.
Joseph Williams, an African American World War II veteran from Tallahassee, Florida, has recently turned 106 years old. His long life reflects a century of service to his country and devotion to his community.
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — America is no longer drifting toward authoritarianism. It is living it. Project 2025 has been instituted, and the results are clear.
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — Late on August 14, day four of a military and federal law enforcement occupation of Washington, D.C., U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi ordered that the Police Chief of Washington, D.C., Chief Pamela Smith, be replaced in the chain of command by Terry Cole, the head of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA).
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — A landlord has filed an eviction complaint against U.S. Rep. Cory Mills, who represents Florida’s 7th Congressional District, alleging that Mills failed to pay tens of thousands of dollars in rent on a luxury apartment in Washington, D.C.
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — “Today, the U.S. actively blocks vessels from delivering oil to Cuba. It pressures other countries to deny Cuba tourism access,” she asserted. “And then it blames us for the resulting blackouts and scarcities. This is not diplomacy. This is punishment.”
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — The department oversees programs under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), serving 7.5 million students. Transferring IDEA oversight to another agency, as Trump’s plan suggests, could jeopardize services and protections for disabled students.
Six churches are among 39 projects being awarded grants from the National Park Service to preserve historical examples of the Civil Rights activism of African Americans.