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“MPD has a culture of allowing people to abuse their power. They don’t check, and the instincts of the sergeants and the lieutenants are to use their power to make someone’s life miserable. There’s no mechanism to check that,” Keith said.

$100 Million Class Action Suit Spells Out Racism, Sexism, Fraud and a Tarnished Blue Wall at D.C.’s Metropolitan Police Department

NNPA NEWSWIRE — Civil Rights Lawyer Pamela Keith, an attorney at the Donald Temple Law Offices in Northwest Washington, D.C. and a former United States Navy...

Atlanta Voice5 years ago

Nsé Ufot breaks it down with The Atlanta Voice

AutoNetwork on BlackPressUSA5 years ago

2022 Ford Maverick XLT FWD Hybrid Walkaround and POV Test Drive

AutoNetwork on BlackPressUSA5 years ago

2021 Mercedes Benz S580 Sedan 4MATIC and POV Test Drive

His demands for freedom and advocating that justice be accomplished in a nonviolent manner helped earn Bishop Tutu the Nobel Peace Prize in 1984.

Black History5 years ago

IN MEMORIAM: World Dignitaries React to Death of Bishop Desmond Tutu

NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Archbishop Desmond Tutu was a mentor, a friend, and a moral compass for me and so many others,” former U.S. President Barack Obama...

BlackPressUSA5 years ago

#FIYAH! LIVE — TAYLOR THOMAS — MANAGING YOUR END OF YEAR FINANCIAL DECISIONS

BlackPressUSA5 years ago

#LIVE LET IT BE KNOWN w/STACY BROWN THURSDAY DEC 23, 2021 7:30AM ET

BlackPressUSA5 years ago

#LIVE LET IT BE KNOWN w/STACY BROWN WED. DECEMBER 22, 2021 7:30AM ET

BlackPressUSA5 years ago

LIVE! — ASK ALMA — TUES. 12.21.21 7PM ET

BlackPressUSA5 years ago

LIVE! — THE BURTON WIRE — SPECIAL GUEST: INTERNATIONALLY ACCLAIMED ARTIST, STEVE ALLEN

BlackPressUSA5 years ago

#LIVE LET IT BE KNOWN W/STACY BROWN TUES DECEMBER 21, 2021 7:30AM ET

The Suns noted that the NBA holds an extraordinary power that other leagues do not have by supporting its players, owners, and other related personnel to use their platforms to stand against social injustices. The league not only supplies them the platform to do so, but it also protects those platforms.

Black History5 years ago

Phoenix Suns Embrace NBA’s Strong Stance on Social Justice

NNPA NEWSWIRE — For communities of color who today continue to produce many of the star athletes in the sports industry, the outcries for freedom, justice...

One Republican and all Democrats in the House voted to approve the hike, which passed in the chamber by a 221-209 vote. (Photo: iStockphoto / NNPA)

BlackPressUSA5 years ago

Congress Passes Measure to Raise Debt Ceiling, Avoiding Government Default

NNPA NEWSWIRE — “At stake were the livelihoods of working families, who would have had to suffer drastically higher borrowing costs for financial obligations such as...

Police are continuing to investigate the case to determine what happened to Little. After that, authorities will turn his remains over to relatives for burial.

Black History5 years ago

Remains of Former O’Jays Member Identified after 40 Years

NNPA NEWSWIRE — On Wednesday, December 15, Ohio authorities have identified partial human remains found in a garbage bag in 1982 as belonging to Little. The...

Nassau County Police Department’s Chief of Detectives Keechant Sewell is just the third African American appointed as NYPD commissioner.

Black History5 years ago

Keechant Sewell Named First Woman to Lead New York’s Police Department

NNPA NEWSWIRE — Nassau County Police Department’s Chief of Detectives Keechant Sewell, the first African American in her current role in Nassau County, has earned selection...

“I have always said, ‘If I can’t go back home and explain it, I can’t vote for it.’ Despite my best efforts, I cannot explain the sweeping Build Back Better Act in West Virginia, and I cannot vote to move forward on this mammoth piece of legislation,” Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) said in the statement.

BlackPressUSA5 years ago

White House, Dems Furious Over Sen. Manchin’s Build Back Better Betrayal

NNPA NEWSWIRE — “On Tuesday of this week, Senator Manchin came to the White House and submitted – to the President, in person, directly – a...

The majority (59 percent) of Black influencers (and 49 percent of BIPOC influencers) reported that they felt negatively impacted financially when they posted on issues of race versus 14 percent of White influencers.

BlackPressUSA5 years ago

Study Reveals Racial Pay Gap for Social Media Influencers

NNPA NEWSWIRE — MSL U.S., in partnership with The Influencer League, unveiled a first-of-its-kind research study, “Time to Face the Influencer Pay Gap,” uncovering a vast...

Bryce Young broke the single game passing record, 559 yards against No. 22 Arkansas, and shattered the SEC Championship record for total offense and passing yards after going 26 of 44 for 421 yards and three touchdowns during his first year as a starter. (Photo: rolltide.com)

Black History5 years ago

Alabama’s Bryce Young Becomes First Quarterback in Team History to Win the Heisman

NNPA NEWSWIRE — Young, 20, also becomes the first Crimson Tide quarterback to win the Heisman, and it marks the second consecutive year an Alabama player...

These actions, appointments and legislation are a huge step in the right direction, and you can be sure that unions and workers will continue to make their voices heard loud and clear to keep this momentum going strong in 2022 and build back union strong. (Photo: iStockphoto / NNPA)

BlackPressUSA5 years ago

COMMENTARY: In 2021, Organized Labor is Again Flexing its Muscles

NNPA NEWSWIRE — We have seen dramatic change in the makeup of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) under President Biden. Two former counsels to the...