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US Education Department delays plan to garnish wages of student borrowers in default

By Shauneen Miranda Contributing Writer (States Newsroom) — The U.S. Department of Education, for now, is backtracking on plans to garnish wages and seize tax

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New Trump Tax law locks in gains for the rich, leaves Black households behind

By Stacy M. Brown Contributing Writer (NNPA Newswire) — President Donald Trump’s new tax law is now in force, and as the 2026 filing season

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Hegeseth announced Pentagon to take ‘sledgehammer’ to ‘oldest DEI program’ for federal contracts
By Mitti Hicks Contributing Writer (blackenterprise.com) – U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has announced plans for the Pentagon to “sledgehammer” the 8(a) Program, a federal contracting program that has aimed to ...
African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund awards $5M to five Historically Black Churches
By Mitti Hicks Contributing Writer (blackenterprise.com) — The African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund has awarded $5 million in grants to five historically Black churches. The fund, a program of the National ...
The Exit signs are flashing at the place that wrote the Authoritarian playbook
By Stacy M. Brown Contributing Writer (NNPA Newswire) – The Heritage Foundation is beginning to come apart in public, and what is unraveling is not simply a think tank but a long-maintained ...
Dr. King’s Poor People’s Campaign foretold America’s affordability
By Charlene CrowellContributing Writer (TriceEdneyWire.com) — As 2026 unfolds, affordability, which emerged as a critical issue last year, will become a more pressing concern for most people in America. A comment ...
From Civil Rights to ICE raids, Pres. Trump’s unchecked power puts every community at risk
By Stacy M. BrownContributing Writer (NNPA Newswire) — Donald Trump’s presidency has long carried a familiar weight for Black America. What feels different now is that the force once aimed primarily ...
Urban Civil Rights Museum to tell the tale of Northern Black activism
By Kandiss EdwardsContributing Writer (Black Enterprise) — A museum dedicated to the history of civil rights movements and its impact on Northern cities is set to open in Harlem this year.
Claudette Colvin, who refused to move before the nation was ready, dies
By Stacy M. BrownContributing Writer (NNPA Newswire) — History often remembers movements by their most recognizable moments. It less often remembers the teenagers who moved first.
A father’s quest for justice finds resolution after 13 years
By Megan O’MatzProPublica Craig Stingley had no legal training, no big-name lawyer or civil rights advocate by his side. Yet for 13 years, he refused to accept that the judicial system ...

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