April Ryan Exclusives Featured Politics March 3, 2021 Statehood for DC could come sooner than Puerto Rico — here’s why Statehood for the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico appears to be within reach this year as significant movement on...
April Ryan Exclusives Business Featured Politics March 2, 2021 Vernon Jordan paved the way for Black leaders in business and politics The impact of Vernon Jordan will span beyond his 85 years of life. Jordan, who died Monday evening, was a...
April Ryan Exclusives Featured Health Politics March 1, 2021 Despite efforts for equitable vaccine distribution, Black distrust remains White House officials in a Sunday evening call with reporters emphasized that there are now three highly-effective COVID-19 vaccines available...
April Ryan Exclusives Black History Month Featured Politics February 25, 2021 Biden, Harris to address Black America in virtual Black History Month Celebration President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, singer-songwriter Anthony Hamilton and the St. Augustine Choir are the headliners for this...
April Ryan Exclusives Featured Politics February 25, 2021 Trump to make his return at CPAC amid Republican Party divisions Donald Trump is back and will be making his first public appearance since the impeachment trial and Inauguration Day on...
April Ryan Exclusives Featured Politics February 25, 2021 Biden marks COVID-19 vaccination milestone, zeros in on Black communities President Joe Biden is marking a milestone of 50 million COVID-19 vaccinations during his administration. As he is recognizing this moment,...
April Ryan Exclusives Featured Politics February 24, 2021 Can slavery reparations happen under the Biden administration? 401 years ago, the first enslaved Africans came to this nation as free labor, fattening the pockets of plantation owners....
April Ryan Exclusives Black Business Business Featured Politics February 22, 2021 After Black and minority businesses missed out on PPP, Biden-Harris seek to remedy When COVID-19 hit in early 2020, the outcry was on a grand scale for minority businesses that were trying to...
April Ryan Exclusives Featured Politics February 22, 2021 Proud Boys calling Rep. Bennie Thompson’s phone over Capitol riot lawsuit A member of the Proud Boys has been ringing Rep. Bennie Thompson’s phone wanting a conversation with him since the...
April Ryan Exclusives Featured Politics February 19, 2021 Rep. Bennie Thompson on why Texas disaster is a ‘national security issue’ Texas is in a state of emergency and President Joe Biden is expected to sign a major disaster declaration after a...
April Ryan Exclusives Featured Politics February 18, 2021 Rep. Clyburn explains why broadband is crucial to America’s COVID-19 recovery No date has been set for President Joe Biden to address the joint session of Congress. The address will mark...
April Ryan Exclusives Featured News February 17, 2021 ‘Judas and the Black Messiah’ renews calls to remove Hoover’s name from FBI building Confederate statues and symbols linked to the United States’ history of racism, including the confederacy and the horrific enslavement of...
April Ryan Exclusives Featured Politics February 16, 2021 Push for Biden to cancel student loan debt could close the racial wealth gap The student debt crisis has become a top issue for millions of Americans who are on the edge of their...
April Ryan Exclusives Featured Politics February 12, 2021 Keisha Lance Bottoms praises mayors meeting with Biden-Harris, but shares her concerns Amid a new administration, there’s now a clear difference in politicians’ attitudes when it comes to the potential fixes from...
April Ryan Exclusives Featured Politics February 11, 2021 Trump’s defense to present case in impeachment trial they’ve likely already won Donald Trump‘s defense team will lay out its case on Friday in the second impeachment trial of the former disgraced...
April Ryan Exclusives Featured Politics February 10, 2021 DNC Chair Jaime Harrison says he cried after watching impeachment trial video On Capitol Hill, on the Senate floor, the second impeachment of Donald Trump was underway today following a day of...
April Ryan Exclusives Featured Politics February 9, 2021 Rep. Cori Bush on GOP attacks: ‘None of them can match my energy’ The constant threats from far-right extremists over the last four years was a culmination of sorts and became a grim...
April Ryan Exclusives Featured Politics February 8, 2021 Senator Schumer says if Republicans weren’t so scared, they would convict Trump On the eve of Donald J. Trump‘s historic second impeachment trial, the American public awaits to see the evidence that...
April Ryan Exclusives Featured Politics February 5, 2021 Vice President Harris hosts roundtable with Black Chambers of Commerce The unemployment rate for the month of January 2021 is 6.3 percent with 49,000 jobs added to the economy. The...
April Ryan Exclusives Featured Politics February 4, 2021 President Biden’s pledge for global LGBTQ rights puts other nations on notice President Joe Biden continues to fulfill his promise for equity. His latest memo supports global LGBTQ rights. The president also pledges...
