New York Amsterdam News
Understanding the narrative 80 years later: African Americans and the A-bomb
August 2025 marks 80 years since U.S. warplanes dropped atomic weapons on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, ushering in a surrender by Japan and effectively bringing World War II to a close.
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July 24, 2025
New York Amsterdam News
Jets and Giants hand Wilson and Fields the keys to evolving offenses
Ten months ago, Justin Fields began the 2024 season as the Pittsburgh Steelers starting quarterback.
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July 24, 2025
New York Amsterdam News
Pop Smoke's spirit keeps annual Brooklyn festival alive
It was a \"Welcome to the Party\" day as fans of the late hip-hop icon Pop Smoke, as well as residents of Brooklyn's Canarsie neighborhood, celebrated his life at the annual Pop Smoke Day Festival in Canarsie Park on July 20.
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July 24, 2025
Scoop USA Newspaper
Real Opportunities, Real Impact: PA Dept of Labor & Industry (L&I) Secretary Nancy A. Walker visits the Philabundance Community Kitchen
Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry (L&I) Secretary Nancy A. Walker tours the Philabundance Community Kitchen to spend time with more than a dozen young adults who are gaining real-world work experience while also making a difference in their community.
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Scoop USA Newspaper
General Roscoe Robinson, Jr.
Roscoe Robinson, who graduated from the U.S. Military Academy in 1951, three years after Executive Order 9981 desegregated the U.S. armed forces, became the Army's first African American four-star general, attaining that rank in 1982. armyhistory.org
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New York Amsterdam News
Lincoln Center's BAAND Together Festival spotlights five dance companies
It's that time of the year again, when the city is abuzz with enough exciting cultural events to make your head spin, such as events like the Lincoln Center BAAND Together Dance Festival, featuring five of the city's iconic dance companies: Ballet Hispánico, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, American Ballet Theatre, New York City Ballet, and Dance Theatre of Harlem. From July 29-August 2, this unique collaboration that was initially created a few years ago when live performances struggled to make a comeback after the COVID pandemic and is now in its fifth year, proves that necessity is indeed the mother of invention.
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July 24, 2025
New York Amsterdam News
Liberty add Emma Meesseman and Stephanie Talbot for championship run
The defending WNBA champion New York Liberty made two moves coming out of last weekend's All-Star break that may prove to be the final pieces to a repeat as they resumed regular-season play Tuesday night.
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July 24, 2025
New York Amsterdam News
Wu-Tang Clan celebrates hip-hop history in historic NYC ‘takeover'
Masta Killa, Method Man, U-God, the GZA, RZA, Raekwon, Inspectah Deck and Ghostface Killah — no one could get iller — The Wu-Tang Clan, from the affectionately known “Shaolin Land” of Staten Island returned to their homebase New York for a citywide celebration on their farewell tour called \"Wu-Tang Forever: The Final Chamber with openers, “Run the Jewels.”
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July 24, 2025
New York Amsterdam News
Actor Malcolm-Jamal Warner dies in tragic drowning
While his acting credits are very current, Malcolm-Jamal Warner is best known for his role as Theo Huxtable in \"The Cosby Show,\" whom he portrayed from ages 14 to 22 during the show's long run. Warner, 54, died on Sunday while on a family vacation in Costa Rica. The cause of death was accidental drowning, and the Costa Rican National Police said he died from asphyxia.
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July 24, 2025
Scoop USA Newspaper
North Philadelphia History Festival set to celebrate Arts, Culture, Music, and History
Scribe Video Center proudly announces the North Philadelphia History Festival, a vibrant, multi-site celebration of the African American and Puerto Rican cultural legacy of North Philadelphia.
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Scoop USA Newspaper
Wake Up Rise Up in Philly
The taping of the Philadelphia event “Wake Up Rise Up Live 4 Peace” will occur on Monday, July 28, 2025, at the Wilson Park Pavilion, located at 2508 Jackson Street, Philadelphia, PA 19145.
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Scoop USA Newspaper
Community College of Philadelphia and Prime Healthcare Pennsylvania Region announce new health care education partnership
Community College of Philadelphia (CCP) and Prime Healthcare Pennsylvania Region announced a first-of-its-kind partnership that will enhance education and career opportunities for healthcare students at the College.
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ScoopUSA, Volume 65 - Number 31
Scoop USA Newspaper
Egypt Sherrod, 'Married to Real Estate' host is from Philly
Egypt Sherrod has made a name for herself as a radio/television personality, and along with her husband, Mike Jackson, the duo rose to stardom with their show, “Married to Real Estate.” They grabbed the audience's attention renovating fixer-uppers into their clients' dream homes.
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ScoopUSA, Volume 65 - Number 31
Scoop USA Newspaper
Department of State introduces redesigned, user-friendly provisional ballot envelopes
Continuing the Shapiro Administration's commitment to strengthening our democracy and keeping our elections safe and secure, Secretary of the Commonwealth Al Schmidt announced that the Department of State has redesigned the provisional ballot envelopes that counties use in an effort to improve legibility and make the envelope more user-friendly.
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Scoop USA Newspaper
PA House approves Cephas bill to protect older homeowners
This week, the PA House of Representatives passed legislation sponsored by state Rep. Morgan Cephas, D-Phila., to protect homeowners from unknowingly losing their home and generational wealth. Senior citizens and other homeowners on a fixed income often refinance their homes utilizing a reverse mortgage based on the benefit of an immediate financial gain without fully understanding the long-term outcome of the agreement.
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Scoop USA Newspaper
Trump's magnet of malevolence
The conventional explanation for why Trump's second term is far more extreme than his first (which was extreme enough) is that the guardrails are now gone.
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ScoopDigital, Vol. 6, No. 24
Scoop USA Newspaper
Is the Jeffrey Epstein scandal finally behind us? Don't bet on it
When a reporter asked Attorney General Pam Bondi about the Jeffrey Epstein investigation on Tuesday, President Trump could not contain himself a moment longer.
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Scoop USA Newspaper
Praise and Worship
A father with two sons
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ScoopDigital, Vol. 6, No. 24
New York Amsterdam News
2 dead in New Jersey after floodwaters carry away vehicle during heavy rains that hit Northeast
Two people in New Jersey were killed after their vehicle was swept up in floodwaters during a storm that moved across the U.S. Northeast overnight, authorities said Tuesday.
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July 17, 2025
New York Amsterdam News
America is a survivor of gender-based violence. Congress must act now to stop her abuser.
As a longtime advocate against gender-based violence, it is clear to me that America is a battered woman, and President Donald Trump is her abuser. Congress must do its job to stop him and secure the safety of this country and its people.
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July 17, 2025
New York Amsterdam News
Berkshires-based forum pays homage to civil rights leader and NAACP founder W.E.B. Du Bois
In 1916 and again in 1933, W.E.B. Du Bois and Joel Elias Spingarn gathered thinkers and leaders in Amenia, New York at the Troutbeck estate.
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July 17, 2025
New York Amsterdam News
Caricom heads to British final court for opinion on slavery, reparations
Caribbean Community (Caricom) nations, led by Jamaica, are tweaking their approach to demands for reparations for the Transatlantic Slave Trade by moving to ask Britain's final court whether it thinks slavery was lawful.
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July 17, 2025
New York Amsterdam News
Sister's Uptown, a bookstore worth saving
There was a time when Black-owned bookstores were like a lodestone to the movement, particularly in the halcyon sixties.
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July 17, 2025
New York Amsterdam News
A federal program helps NYC families eat healthy meals. Trump's new legislation cuts it.
On a sweltering afternoon this week, Ana Garcia, 41, and her 3-year-old son, Elliott, arrived at the Goodhue Community Center on Staten Island to pick up their weekly haul of fresh, affordable produce.
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July 17, 2025
New York Amsterdam News
2026 New York Fiscal Budget brings new initiatives
The New York City Council approved their 2026 fiscal budget this past weekend.
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July 17, 2025
New York Amsterdam News
The Big Beautiful Bill and its effects on college students
President Donald Trump's second term in office has been nothing short of tumultuous.
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July 17, 2025
New York Amsterdam News
Grammy nominated percussionist Bobby Sanabria & Ascensión provide danceable pathway to cultural connection
On an unassuming side street in the thick of midtown Manhattan, dog walkers, lucky passersby and workers on their lunch hour gathered at Worldwide Plaza on July 10 to take in the sounds of Grammy nominated percussionist and educator, Bobby Sanabria who brought his latest Latin-jazz outfit, Ascensión, to the square for two energetic midday sets.
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July 17, 2025
New York Amsterdam News
Why James Gunn's ‘Superman' soars: A hopeful reboot for a new era
Everyone knows Superman's story — or at least thinks they do: The baby from Krypton, the Kansas farm, the secret identity, the cape.
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July 17, 2025
New York Amsterdam News
F1: The Movie' has the fuel and formula for success
It's a Tom Cruise kinda movie, but it stars Brad Pitt. He's the protagonist in this tale about an aging, washed-up race car driver who everyone's counted out, except for a dear friend and the driver himself: \"If the last thing I ever do is drive that car, I will take that life, man, 1000 times.
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July 17, 2025
New York Amsterdam News
'Ella' review, Sista's Place, Jazz in July
The whisper of America’s greatest song stylist Ella Fitzgerald’s name strikes a kinetic force — you want to move, dance, swing.
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