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Janna Rodriguez

Early Childhood Education Advocate Offers Advice to Parents

August 15, 2025

BlackPressUSA interviewed Janna Rodriguez, an advocate, educator, and champion for early childhood education. She’s the founder and owner of...

‘Even Me 2.0’ Shines Light on HIV’s Disproportionate Toll on Black...

A decade after its acclaimed debut, the award-winning documentary Even Me returns with a powerful sequel, Even Me 2.0: Unfinished...

U.S. Job Growth Stalls in July, Black Unemployment Remains Elevated

The U.S. economy added just 73,000 jobs in July, continuing a three-month trend of sluggish growth, according to the latest data released Friday by...

Health Costs Explode Under Trump’s “Big Ugly Law”

With Donald Trump’s “Big Ugly” legislation now signed into law, health insurance premiums for millions of Americans are projected to spike in 2026,...

One More Candle On Another Cake

The Gracious Mistress of the Parsonage and I were finishing our supper. If anyone can put together a marvelous supper, it is she. If anybody can...

Burnett W. “Kwadwo” Gallman, Jr., M.D.

Roots and Realities: Celebrity Worship

Perhaps worship is too strong a word...or is it? Worship is defined by the Oxford Languages Dictionary as “the feeling or expression of reverence...

Located on Magazine Street in downtown Charleston, the Charleston Workhouse was a prison and slave market where enslavers imprisoned Black people to be sold or punished.

Remembering The Charleston Workhouse Rebellion of 1849

This month, lovers of liberty can mark Independence Day on July 4, and the Fall of the Bastille in Paris on July 14. But the Charleston Workhouse...

On July 16, 1960, seven students from Sterling High along with college freshman, Jesse Jackson, entered the library and were arrested. This group became known as the Greenville Eight. (Source: Greenville County Library)

The Greenville Library Desegregation Crisis

On July 16, 1960, seven Black high school students and a college student entered the Greenville County Public Library. As they quietly read books...

Minister Cheveron Scott

Embrace Your Season: Message to the Graduates

The following sermon was delivered by Minister Cheveron Scott on June 29, 2025 at Anointed Word Bibleway Church of in Timmonsville, SC where Elder...

Early Childhood Educators at Head Starts and Other Programs Say...

A survey by the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) of more than 10,000 early childhood educators across the country...

American Democracy is at a Pivotal Moment and None of Us Should be...

I told my son recently that we’re descendants of the youngest combatant in the battle of Lexington and Concord. Our ancestor’s teenage ears were...

Target Reels After Black Caucus Diversity Meeting Goes Public

Target is grappling with worsening financial and reputational fallout as the boycott launched by the Black Press of America and other national...

Target Takes A Hit: $12.4 Billion Wiped Out

Target Corporation’s stock plummeted by approximately $27.27 per share by the end of February, erasing about $12.4 billion in market value. The...

The report found that nearly 60% of recruit deaths involved Black trainees, despite Black officers comprising just 12% of local police forces.

Dying to Wear the Badge: Black Police Recruits at Risk

Black Americans have long feared dying at the hands of police officers. Now, they are dying while trying to become police officers. An...

My People Perish From Lack of Knowledge: The End Is Near

February 2, 2025

This week, we are writing about the aftermath of the greatest scandal the American people have ever endured. The things we've been discussing will...

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