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Sabin Supporters Sign Petitions In The Park

by Dereen Shirnekhi Sabin: “This campaign is about rejecting” the belief that nothing changes with politics. David Foreman and David Forman meet after both signed their names. David Forman signed a petition on Wednesday to help state rep challenger Eli Sabin make it onto the Democratic primary ballot in August. So did David Foreman. That’s not a slight misspelling of the same man’s...

Pride Center Celebrates Its Own Survival At Pride Month’s Start

by Thomas Breen Alder Caroline Tanbee Smith: “I deeply believe that cities are not defined by the challenges that we face. We’re defined by what values we refuse to abandon and how we as a community choose to respond.” State Treasurer Erick Russell: “I think about myself coming up in New...

Math + Soccer = Goal!

by Laura Glesby The ball nearly goes out of bounds at a Martinez vs. Hill Central match. To Anahy Nophal, an internship at New Haven Counts didn’t just mean coaching kids through math problems and soccer games. It meant helping them grow as whole people — in and out of the...

Looney: Make Each Campaign Count

by Paul Bass New Haven’s Martin Looney has parting advice for the next generation of political candidates as well as for his fellow Baby Boomers holding on to elected office. The quick version: Think hard about whether you can make a difference (or still make a difference). Looney, who is 77, knows...

Lamont Gets A Taste Of Local Food Nonprofit’s Success

by Dereen Shirnekhi Kosarachi Okwunna describes to Lamont how important CitySeed has been to her business, Kosy’s African Kitchen. Lamont said he wants to expand farm-to-table programs for fresh food access. Five years after moving to the U.S. from Nigeria, Kosarachi Okwunna now runs her own West African restaurant out of the...

Pope Leo XIV makes historic apology for Vatican’s role in legitimizing slavery

by NICOLE WINFIELD and PAOLO SANTALUCIA, Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV made a historic apology on Monday for the Holy See’s...

OP-ED: Ensuring The Freedom-Fighting Legacy of Dr. Clarence B. Jones

By BlackPressUSA Newswire By Reverend Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. The life and legacy of Attorney Dr. Clarence Benjamin Jones (January 9, 1931- May 22, 2026)...

Foster Care Awareness Month: Why we must talk about what actually works for Black youth

by ANTHONY ROBINSON Every May during Foster Care Awareness Month, we hear stories about the failures of the foster care system. We hear about abuse,...

COMMENTARY: Professors Reflect on Black Progress, and What the Next Decade Demands

MINNESOTA SPOKESMAN RECORDER — Contributing writer Noah Riccardi speaks with Macalester College history professor Dr. Walter Greason and author and educator Dr. Artika Tyner...

Juneteenth and Children

BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — The education system in the U.S. literally opened the door for this discussion.  Not so much for how it is being...

Christian Menefee Defeats Al Green In GOP-Engineered Showdown

By Black Information Network Rep. Christian Menefee defeated Rep. Al Green in Tuesday’s (May 26) Democratic primary runoff for Texas’ 18th Congressional District, ending the...

Black Student Loan Default Rate Five Times Higher than Whites

By BlackPressUSA Newswire Charlene Crowell On behalf of the nearly 9 million people now in default on their student loans, a coalition of advocates from...

Black communities could pay for FEMA chaos

by Willy Blackmore Word in Black When President Donald Trump returned to power last year, he put the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) on the...
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Unilever To Open R&D Hub At Future Lab-Office Building

by Thomas Breen Build-build-builder Carter Winstanley (center) with Mayor Elicker on Thursday. Credit: Thomas Breen photos Unilever USA President Herrish Patel: “When something works here and it resonates with American consumers,”...

Sabin Supporters Sign Petitions In The Park

by Dereen Shirnekhi Sabin: “This campaign is about rejecting” the belief that nothing changes with politics. David Foreman and David Forman meet after both signed their names. David Forman signed a petition...

Pride Center Celebrates Its Own Survival At Pride Month’s Start

by Thomas Breen Alder Caroline Tanbee Smith: “I deeply believe that cities are not defined by the challenges that we face. We’re defined by what values we refuse to abandon...

Math + Soccer = Goal!

by Laura Glesby The ball nearly goes out of bounds at a Martinez vs. Hill Central match. To Anahy Nophal, an internship at New Haven Counts didn’t just mean coaching kids...

Looney: Make Each Campaign Count

by Paul Bass New Haven’s Martin Looney has parting advice for the next generation of political candidates as well as for his fellow Baby Boomers holding on to elected office. The...

Lamont Gets A Taste Of Local Food Nonprofit’s Success

by Dereen Shirnekhi Kosarachi Okwunna describes to Lamont how important CitySeed has been to her business, Kosy’s African Kitchen. Lamont said he wants to expand farm-to-table programs for fresh food access. Five...

King/Robinson’s Garden Grows

by Maya McFadden Mia Edmonds Duff teaches technique for gently squeezing plants from containers. A month after rebuilding their school courtyard’s garden beds, King/Robinson students filled them with dozens of bags...

Jury Awards Morant $38M

by Mona Mahadevan Morant’s wife Kim (right) holds the form that has the verdict. A federal jury on Friday awarded $38 million to Stefon Morant, a man who spent 21 years...

Judge Pauses Trump’s “Anti-Weaponization Fund”

by Thomas Breen A federal judge has sided with New Haven and has ordered the Trump administration to hold off, for now, on creating a $1.776 billion “Anti-Weaponization Fund.” U.S. Judge...

Glitter Boots — & Hope — Found At Pride Center Open House

by Laura Glesby For the first time in months, the New Haven Pride Center was alive again. At least 100 people filled the 50 Orange St. community center on Wednesday evening...

Builder Buys Fire-Damaged House, Eyes Another Restoration

by Thomas Breen 516 Elm St.: Now under new ownership. A Bethany-based builder who has spent the past two decades rehabbing rundown local rental properties has purchased — and begun fixing...

After Gather, 2 Gardners Keep Their Hands In The Dirt

by Allan Appel Farmer D at Big Starr Garden Farmer D and his circle at their own introduced 60 raised beds. Just give us permission to continue to use the land as...
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Pope Leo XIV makes historic apology for Vatican’s role in legitimizing slavery

by NICOLE WINFIELD and PAOLO SANTALUCIA, Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV made a historic apology on Monday for the Holy See’s role in legitimizing slavery and...

OP-ED: Ensuring The Freedom-Fighting Legacy of Dr. Clarence B. Jones

By BlackPressUSA Newswire By Reverend Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. The life and legacy of Attorney Dr. Clarence Benjamin Jones (January 9, 1931- May 22, 2026)...

Foster Care Awareness Month: Why we must talk about what actually works for Black youth

by ANTHONY ROBINSON Every May during Foster Care Awareness Month, we hear stories about the failures of the foster care system. We hear about abuse,...

COMMENTARY: Professors Reflect on Black Progress, and What the Next Decade Demands

MINNESOTA SPOKESMAN RECORDER — Contributing writer Noah Riccardi speaks with Macalester College history professor Dr. Walter Greason and author and educator Dr. Artika Tyner...

Juneteenth and Children

BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — The education system in the U.S. literally opened the door for this discussion.  Not so much for how it is being...

Christian Menefee Defeats Al Green In GOP-Engineered Showdown

By Black Information Network Rep. Christian Menefee defeated Rep. Al Green in Tuesday’s (May 26) Democratic primary runoff for Texas’ 18th Congressional District, ending the...

Black Student Loan Default Rate Five Times Higher than Whites

By BlackPressUSA Newswire Charlene Crowell On behalf of the nearly 9 million people now in default on their student loans, a coalition of advocates from...

Black communities could pay for FEMA chaos

by Willy Blackmore Word in Black When President Donald Trump returned to power last year, he put the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) on the...

Black Athletes Should Pass on the South — and the S.E.C.

by Terrance Harris Supporters of an athlete boycott say schools in states accused of gerrymandering should not benefit from Black athletic talent without protecting Black voting...
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