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General Lloyd Austin Is First Black U.S. Secretary of Defense

January 26, 2021 admin 0

NNPA NEWSWIRE — By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent – (Source: Black Press USA) – “I pledge to fight hard to rid our ranks of racists and extremists,” Gen. Austin pronounced during […]

‘A Sorority of Pain’ Jacob Blake, Breonna Taylor Family Push for New Laws

January 25, 2021 admin 0

NNPA NEWSWIRE — By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent – (Source: www.blackpressusa.com) Jacob Blake Sr., son Jacob Jr. was shot seven times in the back in a residential area of Kenosha by […]

Hero Capitol Officer Eugene Goodman Hails from Washington, DC

January 25, 2021 admin 0

NNPA NEWSWIRE — (Source: www.blackpressusa.com) By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent – Lawmakers are seeking to honor Officer Goodman for his actions that may have saved the lives of many people, including […]

Inaugural Poet Amanda Gorman: ‘Even As We Grieved, We Grew.’

January 20, 2021 admin 0

By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer – NEW YORK (AP) — (Source: blacknewschannel.com) – In one of the inauguration’s most talked about moments, poet Amanda Gorman summoned images dire and triumphant Wednesday as she called […]

Zimbabwean President: Capitol Riots Show US Has No Right to Punish Other Nations ‘Under the Guise of Upholding Democracy’

January 20, 2021 admin 0

BY ZACK BUDRYK – (Source: www.thehill.com) Zimbabwean President Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa said Thursday that the U.S. had no right to sanction other nations in the name of promoting democracy after Wednesday’s riot at the U.S. Capitol. […]

McConnell: Trump ‘Provoked’ Capitol Siege, Mob ‘Fed Lies’

January 19, 2021 admin 0

By LISA MASCARO and MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press (Source: www.blacknewschannel.com) -WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday explicitly placed blame on President Donald Trump for the deadly riot at the Capitol, […]

Two National Guard Members Removed From Inauguration Security Mission Officials say FBI Vetting Found They Had Ties To Extremist Groups.

January 19, 2021 admin 0

ByLuis Martinez – (Source: www.abcnews.go.com) – Two Army National Guard members have been removed from the inauguration security mission after vetting found they had ties to far-right fringe groups, a U.S. official told ABC News […]