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1 month ago | sdvoice.info | April Ryan |Black PressUsa

By April Ryan, BlackPressUSA, White House Correspondent“I am immediately calling on Chairman Mast to hold a hearing on what might be the most astonishing breach of our national security in recent history,” says New York Congressman Greg Meeks.

2 months ago | sdvoice.info | April Ryan |Black PressUsa

By “She was a warrior in the truest sense of the word and activist extraordinaire.”  Those words are from Reverend Al Sharpton who is celebrating the life and activism of the iconic Dr. Hazel Nell Dukes, civil rights activist and leader within the ranks of the New York and National Board of the NAACP. Dukes 92  passed away this morning in  New York.

Jan 28, 2025 | miamitimesonline.com | Aziah Siid |Black PressUsa

What do Martin Luther King Jr., Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall, and former Vice President Kamala Harris have in common? They’re all graduates of Historically Black Colleges and Universities. The schools saw a surge in applications from high school seniors after the murder of George Floyd.

Jan 28, 2025 | miamitimesonline.com | Anissa Durham |Black PressUsa

At 40 weeks pregnant, Georgina Dukes-Harris drove to her weekly OB-GYN appointment in Clemson, South Carolina. It was 8 a.m. on Dec. 14, 2011. The doctor told her there’s no need for her son to “bake any longer.” So, the first-time mom returned, as instructed, at 6 p.m. on the same day. Health care providers gave her Pitocin to induce labor. Next, they gave her an epidural and broke her water. Dukes-Harris was now on a time clock.

Jan 21, 2025 | miamitimesonline.com | Annie Lennon |Black PressUsa

Every year, millions of high schoolers prepare for the arduous process of college admissions. Most will take either the SAT or the ACT, multi-hour examinations that can feel like the climax of an epic battle students have been waging ever since they entered the halls of formal education. But is it a battle worth fighting in the first place? The SAT is one of the longest-standing standardized college admissions in the United States.