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The chemistry of death: Staple foods used by various cultures are targets of wicked scientists 

Do you like Pop Tarts? Do you like Frosted Flakes? A chemist who works for Kellogg came in the barber shop one day, and...

3D-printed cookies made from plastic bottles—is this the future of food?

University of Illinois researchers are 3D-printing ‘edible’ vanilla cookies made from plastic bottles and corn waste broken down by genetically engineered yeast—though they haven’t...

N.O.I. Prison Reform Ministry visit Danville Correctional Center

Danville Correctional Center opened in October 1985. It is a medium-security adult male state prison operated by the Illinois Department of Corrections. Spanning an...

Inside Tacoma’s ICE detention center: worm-infested food, suicide, and neglect

The inhumanity concealed behind the walls of the Northwest ICE Processing Center (NWIPC) exposes an ICE detention system in which private companies profit from...

Prostate Cancer is twice as likely to kill Black men Talking to your doctor could help save your life

by Dr. Robert Winn - BlackPressUSA @NNPA_BlackPress September is Prostate Cancer Awareness Month, and as both a Black man and a cancer center director, I...

A Beautiful Man: The Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad speaks about His National Representative, the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan

I want you to pay great attention to his preaching.  His preaching is a bearing of witness to me and what God have given...

Minister Farrakhan: A consistent warner to U.S. presidents bent on making war

“He (Allah) made the people rejoice for a short time, with a show of great prosperity and at the height of their great prosperity...

American soldiers refusing to fight? Conscientious objections on the rise in U.S. military

On May 8, 1942, the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad, Eternal Leader of the Nation of Islam, was arrested in Washington, D.C., on a claim...

‘Our stories will not be erased!’ Black museum curators, supporters vow to endure as our history faces new threats

PHILADELPHIA—Black history will not be erased. The Association of African American Museums (AAAM) held its annual conference in Philadelphia, August 19–21, drawing curators, archivists,...

Hanging deaths raise both suspicions and more questions than answers

According to various civil rights and justice advocacy groups and media reports, an alarming number of Black people found hanged has been reported throughout...