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Bakersfield
Stefi Mar

Ben Crump Pledges $50K to the Black Press, Challenges Others to Follow His Lead

The Conrad Hilton Hotel in Washington, D.C., pulsed with history and urgency as the Black Press of America gathered for its Annual National Leadership Awards and Reception. The evening honored House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, Congressional Black Caucus Chair Yvette Clarke, and Communications Workers of America President Claude Cummings Jr. Cummings, who now serves on the executive committee of the Democratic National Committee, put the night into sharp focus.

Stefi Mar September 30, 2025
Bakersfield
Stefi Mar

Another Request for HBCUS Security

In the wake of the credible threats against nine HBCUs on Thursday, the UNCF Condemns Threats Against HBCUs and renews calls for federal government support to protect those historic majority Black schools.

Stefi Mar September 23, 2025
Bakersfield
Stefi Mar

Who Charlie Kirk’s Killer Wasn’t

It wasn’t someone from “the radical left.” It wasn’t an “illegal immigrant,” and it wasn’t a person of color. The suspect in the assassination of right-wing activist Charlie Kirk is 22-year-old Tyler Robinson, a white Salt Lake City man whose father, according to reports, is a law enforcement officer who helped convince his son to surrender.

Stefi Mar September 23, 2025
Bakersfield
Stefi Mar

Trump Intensifies Campaign to Rewrite American History

The Trump administration has intensified its campaign to rewrite how America tells its history, ordering federal agencies to remove exhibits and materials that emphasize slavery and racial injustice by September 17. The directive, issued by Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, has set off a wave of protests, most prominently in Philadelphia, where activists gathered this weekend to defend the President’s House site. That outdoor memorial, located steps from Independence Hall, documents the reality that George Washington enslaved nine people while serving as the nation’s first president.

Stefi Mar September 23, 2025
African Americans
Stefi Mar

The Black Press: Two Centuries of Truth— But Who Will Save It?

The Black Press is two years away from its 200th anniversary. Two centuries of carrying our story when others denied us a voice. Two centuries of fighting mobs, resisting Jim Crow, surviving fire, and standing against lies. And now, in its hour of need, as corporate America cuts ties and Washington turns away, the silence of Black America’s billionaires is as loud as the betrayals of history.

Stefi Mar September 23, 2025
Bakersfield
Stefi Mar

Remembering the Four Little Girls

It is 62 years later after the death of the four little girls in the bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, just weeks after the August 28, 1963, March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.

Stefi Mar September 23, 2025
Bakersfield
Stefi Mar

New CBCF Policy Playbook Targets Racial Wealth and Justice Gaps

The Congressional Black Caucus Foundation (CBCF) has released Forward Together: The Black Policy Playbook for an Equitable America, a sweeping set of recommendations designed to dismantle systemic barriers and chart a course toward racial equity in the United States. Published in 2025, the playbook arrives at a critical moment, with Black communities confronting deep disparities in wealth, health, education, and criminal justice.

Stefi Mar September 23, 2025
Bakersfield
Stefi Mar

Nation’s Report Card Shows Drop in Reading, Math, and Science Scores

The latest results from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) reveal troubling declines in academic performance among U.S. students, with twelfth-graders posting lower scores in reading and mathematics and eighth-graders showing setbacks in science.

Stefi Mar September 16, 2025
Bakersfield
Stefi Mar

Under Trump, FDA Seeks To Abandon Expert Reviews of New Drugs

FDA leaders under President Donald Trump are moving to abandon a decades-old policy of asking outside experts to review drug applications, a move critics say would shield the agency’s decisions from public scrutiny.

Stefi Mar September 16, 2025
Bakersfield
Stefi Mar

From Slavery to Civil Rights and Environmental Racism

The National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) has relaunched its global news feature series on the history, contemporary realities, and implications of the transatlantic slave trade as today’s leaders try to erase this history. This is Part 8 in the series. “Racism is still with us. But it is up to us to prepare our children for what they have to meet, and, hopefully, we shall overcome.” — Rosa Parks. “Racial discrimination is the deliberate targeting of ethnic and minority communities for exposure to toxic and hazardous waste sites and facilities, coupled with the systematic exclusion of minorities in environmental policy making, enforcement, and remediation.” — Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis Jr., 1981

Stefi Mar September 16, 2025
African Americans
Stefi Mar

From Enslavement to Mass Incarceration

The National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) has relaunched its global news feature series on the history, contemporary realities, and implications of the transatlantic slave trade as today’s leaders try to erase this history. This is Part 7 in the series.

Stefi Mar September 9, 2025
Bakersfield
Stefi Mar

NFL Owners Reap Windfall from Trump-GOP Tax Plan While Fans Pay More

As the 2025 NFL season kicks off, a new report from Americans for Tax Fairness (ATF) shows the massive divide between billionaire team owners and the fans who pack stadiums and stream games from home. The study estimates that the average NFL franchise owner pulls in about $600 million annually, or 7,000 times the average fan’s income of $85,000.

Stefi Mar September 9, 2025