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1. Court Rejects Trump Bid To End Young Immigrants’ Protections What You Need To Know: The Trump administration was handed a setback by a Supreme Court decision on the issue of immigration. 2. Half-Brother of Man Found Hanging in California is Fatally Shot By Deputies What You Need To Know: Terron Boone, the half-brother of […]

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Radio pioneer Tom Joyner is feeling “good” after suffering a mini-stroke in late April, he exclusively tells BlackAmericaWeb.com. Reports emerged of the medical event after the information was leaked on social media on Saturday, June 13. However, Joyner experienced the stroke over 6 weeks ago while boxing with his longtime trainer during quarantine at home. “I […]

DENVER (AP) — A Denver neighborhood voted Wednesday to recommend changing its name after a yearslong debate over its association with a former mayor with ties to the Ku Klux Klan. The 11 elected neighborhood delegates of the Stapleton Master Community Association voted unanimously in favor of the change and to work with the registered […]

Raven-Symone´ is a married woman. The actress, activist and TV personality shared the news on her Instagram with a joyous snap of her and her bride, Miranda Maday. LIKE US ON FACEBOOK. FOLLOW US ON INSTAGRAM & TWITTER. Along with the photo, she wrote a sweet message expressing her happiness over finding her partner:  I got married to a […]

Facebook has removed another 900 social media accounts linked to white supremacy groups after members discussed plans to bring weapons to protests over police killings of Black people. The accounts on Facebook and Instagram were tied to the Proud Boys and the American Guard, two hate groups already banned on those platforms. The company announced […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected President Donald Trump’s effort to end legal protections for 650,000 young immigrants, a stunning rebuke to the president in the midst of his reelection campaign. For now, those immigrants retain their protection from deportation and their authorization to work in the United States. The outcome seems […]

O’FALLON, Mo. (AP) — A white suburban St. Louis police detective who was captured on video apparently hitting a black suspect with a police SUV then kicking and punching the man was charged Wednesday with two counts of assault and armed criminal action. Special Prosecutor Tim Lohmar announced the charges against Florissant Detective Joshua Smith, […]

NEW YORK (AP) — A picture book edition of Ibram X. Kendi‘s “Antiracist Baby,” one of the country’s top-selling books since the death last month of George Floyd, is coming out July 14. “Antiracist Baby” went on sale this week as a board book and has been part of a wave of works about race […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Tyler Perry wrote “we must never give up” in a heartfelt first-person essay in People magazine detailing his thoughts on racial injustice and police brutality against unarmed black people in America. Perry said he almost passed on publishing his essay in the upcoming issue, which will be released Friday, but the filmmaker felt […]

NEW YORK (AP) — The Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation has established a fund worth more than $12 million to aid organizations fighting institutional racism, in the wake of the George Floyd protests. On Wednesday, the foundation, which has been influential in the emergence of the broader Black Lives Matter movement, said it was […]