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This week, President Donald Trump signed an executive order to promote excellence and innovation at America’s historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs). President Donald J. Trump on Tuesday signed a sweeping executive order intended to reaffirm and expand federal support for the nation’s Historically . . .
Co-Directed and Co-Produced by Two-Time Emmy Award-Winning Filmmaker Oscar Corral MIAMI, March 31, 2025 /PRNewswire/ —Â Interstate, a powerful new documentary by two-time Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Oscar Corral, exposes the overlooked consequences of the U.S. Interstate Highway System and its devastating impact on Black communities. The film reveals how the 1950s push for a nationwide highway […]
When most people think of cowboys, they envision rugged, gun-toting figures depicted in Hollywood Westerns. But the truth is far more complex—and much richer in history. Many of the men responsible for settling the Old West in the late 1800s were people of color, with historians estimating that one in four cowboys was Black. CBN […]
If the old saying is true, that you are known by who your friends are, then President Trump may be telling the world something about who he plans to be in this second term. In a move that redrew the international order, Mr. Trump this week had the United States vote against a U.N. General […]
Donald Trump has purged top military figures in the Pentagon, including firing America’s most senior commander. He also pushed out five other admirals and generals in an unprecedented shake-up of US military leadership. The Pentagon had been bracing for mass firings of civilian staff as well as a dramatic overhaul of its budget and a […]
You may not have heard about the Buffalo Soldiers, but they were professional Black enlistees serving in the first segregated regiments of the regular peacetime U.S. Army formed after the Civil War. But you have no doubt benefited from the legacy they left in America’s national parks and you may have even traversed . . […]
Sign up for our QNS email newsletter to get news, updates, and local insights delivered straight to your inbox! NYC Health + Hospitals/Queens celebrated Black History Month with an informative and inspiring guest speaking engagement on Thursday, Feb. 13. The event at 82-68 164th St. in Jamaica was led by Lorna Rainey, great-granddaughter of America’s […]
Democracy in America is becoming a lost art. One-third of American adults still doubt President Joe Biden’s legitimate election. Americans are increasingly losing trust in elections,
The below is a republished version of a UC Berkeley News article from 2024. Former President Donald Trump, who is currently charged with over 90 criminal counts for attempting to overturn election results, claimed last year that the discrimination he feels he has received from the legal system is the same thing Black Americans have encountered […]
BlackEconomics.org® Introduction Something of importance (a requirement) is performed persistently; there is limited variation in the effort over time. If expenditure is the metric used to measure persistence, then there is the possibility of persistent expenditures for relatively unimportant items because they are small in value. However, it is expected that persistent expenditures will occur […]