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May 21, 2025

Winston Salem State University basketball coaching legend Clarence "Big House" Gaines (Morgan State '45) was born in 1924.

Today in Black America - May 21

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The Associated Press

Trump’s Homeland Security secretary says habeas corpus lets him ‘remove people from this country’

Racist memes shared by Navy SEALs prompt investigation, disciplinary actions

House GOP grinding ahead with Trump’s big tax cuts bill, but new report says it will add to deficit


The New York Times

Trump to Press South Africa’s President to Pare Back Racial Equity Laws

Trump Squeezes His Party on Domestic Policy Bill as G.O.P. Hunts for Votes

Justice Dept. Opens Inquiry Into Cuomo, Singling Out Another Political Target



USA Today

Walmart responds to Trump's directive to 'eat the tariffs'

GOP tax bill could hurt lowest earners, research shows

Republicans keep clinging to Biden's health to ignore Trump's decline | Opinion


NJ.com

N.J. public workers face huge health care hikes. Ozempic partly to blame, officials say.

N.J. principal, vice principal on leave after teacher is accused of grooming student

N.J. city launches big waterfront development with 80% affordable, workforce housing


The Washington Post

A third-generation farmer was barely getting by. Then Trump’s cuts hit.

FDA to limit covid shot approval to 65+, those with medical conditions


Opinion: Was Black Lives Matter a failure? Not if you look at it this way.


The Los Angeles Times


Signs of human error grow in failure to evacuate Altadena during fire. But who is to blame?


Barabak: It’s not just Biden. There’s a history of presidential health cover-ups

‘We’ve taken the industry for granted’: Mayor Bass pledges to make it easier to film in L.A.


The Chicago Sun-Times

Divided City Council panel OKs snap curfews to counter 'teen takeovers'

With DOJ probing city’s hiring practices, Mayor Johnson now demands that DOJ probe Trump hiring decisions


Cook County top prosecutor pushes for changes in Illinois law after California fertility clinic bombing



The Atlanta Journal Constitution


A trade war's ‘gloom and doom’ for Atlanta wine seller


Brian Kemp asks GOP Senate donors for more time to find a consensus candidate

On 100th anniversary of his birth, Malcolm X’s message still resonates






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