New York Amsterdam News
HBCU's Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference holds its third flag football clinic
On Sunday, July 20, the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC), a Division I conference of Historically Black Colleges and Universities, will host MEAC Girls on the Gridiron Football Clinic for the third consecutive year. After two years at Norfolk State University in Virginia, this year’s event will be held on the campus of Morgan State University in Baltimore, Maryland.
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July 17, 2025
New York Amsterdam News
Some of the world's best in beach volleyball will compete at Central Park
This weekend, some of the top beach volleyball players in the world will compete at Wollman Rink, thanks to its transformation with 300 tons of sand trucked into Central Park.
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July 17, 2025
New York Amsterdam News
Brooklyn's Edgar Berlanga and Amanda Serrano have tough losses in NYC
Two high-profile fights took place last weekend in New York City at separate locations, with two popular hometown boxers taking losses.
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July 17, 2025
New York Amsterdam News
HBCU Swingman Classic provides showcase for Black MLB hopefuls
Rain couldn't stop Major League Baseball's historically Black party on Friday night.
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July 17, 2025
Scoop USA Newspaper
"Good Trouble Lives On” National Day of Action builds on momentum against authoritarianism, Fight for Civil Rights
— On July 17, five years since the passing of civil rights hero Congressman John Lewis, communities nationwide are mobilizing for Good Trouble Lives On, a national day of action to speak out against the Trump administration's brazen rollback of our civil rights.
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ScoopUSA Media, Volume 65 - Number 30
Scoop USA Newspaper
Chester Safe Summers a rousing success with our community's children
Chester City decided to be proactive when it comes to curbing the nuisance behaviors and violence that’s plagued our society's youth in recent years, especially following the global pandemic.
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ScoopUSA Media, Volume 65 - Number 29
Scoop USA Newspaper
Millie and Christine McKoy
Millie and Christine (the \"Carolina Twins\") were born on July 11, 1851, in Whiteville, North Carolina, to Jacob and Monemia McKoy, who Jabez McKay enslaved.
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ScoopDigital, Vol. 6, No. 23
Scoop USA Newspaper
Negotiations continue in Philadelphia as thousands of city workers strike over wages, work conditions
Negotiations continued Wednesday on the second day of a strike by nearly 10,000 city workers in Philadelphia--while a judge ordered some emergency service dispatchers and essential water department employees back to work.
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ScoopDigital, Vol. 6, No. 21
Scoop USA Newspaper
Comedy and crime fighting join forces for police learning leadership skills
Three dozen police captains pair off in a Chicago conference room to play a game: They must start a sentence with the last word their partner used.
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ScoopDigital, Vol. 6, No. 21
Scoop USA Newspaper
House passes disastrous bill that will skyrocket pollution and the cost of living
The U.S. House of Representatives passed their so-called “One Big Beautiful Bill,” the most disastrous environmental legislation the country has seen in modern history. The regressive policies it has made law will reverse years of progress in fighting the climate crisis and make the planet less livable by dealing a devastating blow to clean energy.
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ScoopUSA Media, Volume 65 - Number 29
Scoop USA Newspaper
Better days are ahead: Choosing hope in a complicated world
Life. It's a word that carries the weight of our experiences—our triumphs and failures, our moments of clarity and confusion, our joy and pain. For many of us, life feels like a winding road with unpredictable twists, turns, and hills we never expected to climb.
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ScoopUSA Media, Volume 65 - Number 30
Scoop USA Newspaper
The Teenage Commandments
Our children are so lost and have been lost for a very long time. It breaks my heart to think about it and even more to talk about it. Some years ago, God inspired a teenager to write what is called: \"The Teenage Commandments.\" I'm sharing them with you in hopes that you will share them with your children by way of a family discussion. Communication with our children is one of the keys that will help them make the right life decisions. So here we go:
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ScoopUSA Media, Volume 65 - Number 30
Scoop USA Newspaper
American Voices
Trump's giant budget-busting, Medicaid-shattering, shafting-the-poor- and-working-class, making-the-rich-even richer bill is a travesty
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ScoopDigital, Vol. 6, No. 21
Scoop USA Newspaper
Senate Democratic Chair Maria Collett Slams Megabill Healthcare Cuts
Senator Maria Collett (D-12 Montgomery) released a video sharing her thoughts and frustrations after Republicans in the United States House of Representatives voted to send President Trump’s so-called “Big, Beautiful Bill” to his desk.
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ScoopDigital, Vol. 6, No. 23
Scoop USA Newspaper
Philadelphia student awarded prestigious Duke of Edinburgh's Gold Award
Malcolm Bullock, a junior at George Washington Carver High School of Engineering and Science and resident of Strawberry Mansion, was recently honored with the Duke of Edinburgh's Gold Award, one of the world's most prestigious achievements for young people.
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ScoopUSA Media, Volume 65 - Number 30
Scoop USA Newspaper
Carolyn Branch Brooks
Carolyn Brooks was born July 8, 1946, in Richmond, Virginia, to Shirley Booker Branch and Charles Walker Branch, grocery store owners.
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ScoopUSA Media, Volume 65 - Number 29
Scoop USA Newspaper
Bad behavior, even during a Strike, is not acceptable
I am so joyful the District Council 33 strike is over, I don't know what to do.
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ScoopUSA Media, Volume 65 - Number 30
Scoop USA Newspaper
State of the City for the Business Community
Mayor Stefan Roots hosted the \"City of Chester State of the City Address\" for the business community in Latham Hall on the Widener University campus.
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ScoopUSA Media, Volume 65 - Number 29
Scoop USA Newspaper
Amazing Grace
Everyone I know, Christian and non-Christian, has a special place in their heart for the reverend hymn, “Amazing Grace.” It was written by minister and hymn writer John Newton. It is the one hymn you always hear being played by bagpipes at a Police and Firefighters Memorial Service.
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ScoopDigital, Vol. 6, No. 23
Scoop USA Newspaper
Confederacy group sues Georgia park for planning an exhibit on slavery and segregation
The Georgia chapter of a Confederacy group filed a lawsuit Tuesday against a state park with the largest Confederate monument in the country, arguing officials broke state law by planning an exhibit on ties to slavery, segregation, and white supremacy.
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ScoopDigital, Vol. 6, No. 23
Scoop USA Newspaper
Daughter of assassinated civil rights leader sees painful echoes of political violence in America
More than 60 years after a white supremacist assassinated civil rights leader Medgar Evers, his daughter still sees the same strain of political violence at work in American society.
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ScoopDigital, Vol. 6, No. 21
Scoop USA Newspaper
Baltimore Success Story: Mayor Scott's community-based approach achieves historic drop in violent crime
\"After years of investing in violence interrupters, community outreach workers, and neighborhood-based prevention initiatives, Baltimore is witnessing the fruits of this focused approach. These programs work because they address violence at its roots, engaging directly with the individuals and communities most affected by crime.\" -- Maryland Public Defender Natasha Dartigue
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ScoopUSA Media, Volume 65 - Number 30
Scoop USA Newspaper
Trump's disastrous Big Ugly Bill is an assault on the working poor
I invite you to take a moment and reflect on the last time you received a medical bill in the mail. Think about the times an invoice from routine bloodwork from an annual physical or charges from a past hospital visit that wasn't fully covered by your insurance found its way into your monthly budget and disrupted your latest travel plans or opportunities to save for your future.
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ScoopUSA Media, Volume 65 - Number 29
Scoop USA Newspaper
Americans need a history lesson on poverty
Let's talk about the poor. Because in North America, chatting it up about those we perceive to be beneath our own station in life is a national pastime.
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ScoopDigital, Vol. 6, No. 23
New York Amsterdam News
The HBCU Swingman Classic puts Black baseball players in the spotlight
The HBCU Swingman Classic, taking place in Atlanta tomorrow at Truist Park, home of Major League Baseball's Braves, will no doubt be a hit.
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July 10, 2025
New York Amsterdam News
Brooklyn's Edgar Berlanga looks to take another step toward a title
Brooklyn-born Edgar Berlanga is a highly confident fighter.
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July 10, 2025
New York Amsterdam News
10 Contemporary Black male authors you need to be reading now
Whether exposing injustice, exploring identity, or telling unforgettable stories, these authors write with urgency and beauty.
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July 10, 2025
New York Amsterdam News
Khadijah VanBrakle returns with second YA novel ‘My Perfect Family’
You have to admit, a good story is a good story — although Khadijah VanBrakle never set out to become a writer.
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July 10, 2025
New York Amsterdam News
Jazzmobile, The Coltrane Legacy, Jazz Boxx
Break out those summer chairs, prepare some potato salad with all the trimmings, it's summertime in the village of Harlem as it welcomes the sweet roaring sounds of Jazzmobile Summerfest 60, the longest running jazz series in the hustle bustle town of New York City.
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July 10, 2025
New York Amsterdam News
NYC cooling centers offer a refuge from the heat
New Yorkers endured record-breaking heat this June and found themselves scrambling for relief. While many New Yorkers escaped oppressive temperatures by using their air conditioners, not all could. According to Dr. Michelle E. Morse, Acting Commissioner of the New York City Department of Health, in an interview with AmNews: “It is very common for New Yorkers actually to not have air conditioning in their homes or apartments. What is a New Yorker to do in the sweltering heat?” According to Dr. Morse, there's a very good option: “We really encourage people to use the cooling centers.”
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