- Home
- News
- Opinion
- Entertainment
- Classified
- About Us
MLK Breakfast- Community
- Foundation
- Obituaries
- Donate
04-19-2025 4:32 am • PDX and SEA Weather
MLK Breakfast
(Photo by Jordan Younce)
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — Hundreds of city leaders are expected to attend, representing more than 500 African American mayors who serve over 25 million Americans in large and small communities.
READ MORE
(Wikimedia Commons)
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — The meeting comes just weeks after Sharpton warned of a potential boycott in a letter dated April 4, where he condemned PepsiCo’s retreat from its DEI commitments.
READ MORE
Harriet Tubman (AP Photo/Sait Serkan Gurbuz, File)
An NPS spokeswoman says the changes were made without approval and that the agency celebrates Tubman.
READ MORE
Photo: BlackPress USA
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — While Target remains silent on its declining traffic, the contrast with its competitors is glaring. Costco, which maintained its DEI commitments despite political attacks, saw a 5.2% year-over-year increase in foot traffic during the same week.
READ MORE
The Republican-controlled Senate has approved a budget framework that includes multitrillion-dollar tax breaks and spending cuts. The plan would cut taxes for about three-quarters of households but raise them for about 10%. In 2027, about 45% of the benefit of all the tax cuts would go to those making roughly $450,000 or more, according to the Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center, which analyzes tax issues.
READ MORE
Oregon and Washington are the latest states to ask a court to reject President Donald Trump’s elections order, a day after Democratic officials in 19 others filed a similar lawsuit. The lawsuit says that under the constitution states - not the federal government - have the right to set election rules. The states say Trump's order would harm thousands of eligible voters who lack the required documents as well as voters who mail their ballots.
READ MORE
Sen. Cory Booker (Senate Television via AP)
Booker invoked the late Congressman John Lewis, who organized during the Civil Rights movement. Booker urged Americans to make “good trouble” as Lewis had in opposing Jim Crow laws.
READ MORE
Immigration remains a strength for President Donald Trump, but a new AP-NORC poll finds his handling of tariffs is getting more negative feedback. About half of U.S. adults approve of the president's approach to immigration but only about 4 in 10 have a positive view of the way he’s handling the economy and trade negotiations. It also suggests Trump’s volatile threats on tariffs might be erasing his advantage on an issue that’s been largely good for him in the past. Trump's tariff threats have been accompanied by tumbling consumer confidence and wild stock market swings.
READ MORE
Measles infections are soaring in states where large numbers of parents are not vaccinating their children. Vaccination has a 97 percent success rate in preventing measles which can cause long-term damage to children's brains, lungs and immune system
READ MORE
(AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)
The rollout of the investigations highlights the climate of fear and uncertainty in higher education, which President Donald Trump’s administration has begun policing for policies that run afoul of his agenda even as he moves to dismantle the Education Department.
READ MORE
