President Ronald Rochon Leads Delegation to DC for Hill Week By Lynn Juliano Cal State Fullerton President Ronald Rochon and a university delegation traveled to Washington, D.C., April 8-11 to advocate for CSUF’s top federal priorities. This effort was part of an annual California State University advocacy week in the nation’s capital. Their conversations centered ...

By Stacy M. Brown BlackPressUSA Sr Natl Correspondent   The new budget framework approved by Congress may result in sweeping changes to the federal safety net and tax code. The most significant benefits would flow to the highest earners while millions of low-income families face cuts. A new analysis from Yale University’s Budget Lab shows the ...

By Lauren Burke BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — Former Congresswoman Mia Love was the first Haitian American elected to Congress. After her time in office, she became a political commentator. Love served in the U.S. Congress for Utah’s 4th congressional district from 2015 to 2019. Love made history when as the first Black Republican woman elected to ...

By Joe W. Bowers Jr. California Black Media With ballots still being counted, Black candidates across California are turning in a strong showing in the Nov. 5 General Election. While the results remain unofficial, the leads held by many Black candidates indicate they are likely to secure their positions in Congress, the State Senate, and ...

By Charlene Crowell For the second time this year, Congress’ inability to reach consensus on essential fiscal legislation has devolved into largely partisan bickering and literal, last-minute temporary financial band-aids. On September 30, the last day of the 2022-2023 federal fiscal year, a continuing resolution (CR) provided a 45-day reprieve, just in time to meet ...

By Charlene Crowell For much of Black America, having adequate cash to cover monthly bills or small business overhead has historically been an ongoing challenge. But over the coming days, the nation’s coffers could also lack adequate cash and credit to cover its bills. The debt limit is the total amount of money that the United ...

By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Sr Natl Correspondent During his campaign, he often wore tracksuits. When he presented arguments for former President Donald Trump’s impeachment, Jefferies punctuated his remarks by quoting none other than the late hip-hop icon the Notorious B.I.G. New York Rep. Hakeem Jeffries is probably precisely what Democrats need in America’s ...

By Dianne Anderson With the Primary races in full charge toward the November runoffs in Long Beach, leaders and elected officials are talking about out-of-control inflation, lack of access to affordable housing and criminal justice reform. But not many are making the connection between crime and poverty. Rev. William Moses Summerville said some candidates are ...

By Charlene Crowell As of mid-September, at least 197,000 people died from COVID-19 according to Johns Hopkins University. Beyond these fatalities, the number of COVID-related cases diagnoses reached 6.5 million people and continues to rise. Beyond the health effects, according to the the U.S. Census Bureau, as of August 31, over 80% of adults with post-high school ...

By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas), an influential and forceful voice in Washington, D.C., and serving her thirteenth term as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, will receive the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) 2020 National Leadership Award. Each year, the NNPA Board recognizes courageous ...