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A Week After Shedeur Sanders is Drafted in the 5th Round, He and His Fans Move Forward

“I have never seen anything in my almost 50 years of covering the National Football League like what the National Football League just did to Shedeur Sanders,” said Skip Bayless emphatically on the Skip Bayless Show on April 29. Bayless had predicted that Sanders would be selected early in the first round. Another top draft expert, Mel Kiper, called the late drafting of Sanders “disgusting” and said “I don’t know what is going on with this” on the night of the draft.

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Trump’s FAA Under Fire again After Three near Misses at Reagan Airport

A helicopter operated by the U.S. Park Police forced three commercial aircraft to abort landings at Reagan National Airport on Sunday, again raising concerns about airspace safety in the Washington, D.C. region under the Trump administration. According to the Federal Aviation Administration, Southwest Flight 3716, American Eagle 5219, and United 2166 were all instructed to perform go-around maneuvers when a Park Police helicopter entered restricted airspace.

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A Week After Shedeur Sanders is Drafted in the 5th Round, He and His Fans Move Forward

“I have never seen anything in my almost 50 years of covering the National Football League like what the National Football League just did to Shedeur Sanders,” said Skip Bayless emphatically on the Skip Bayless Show on April 29. Bayless had predicted that Sanders would be selected early in the first round. Another top draft expert, Mel Kiper, called the late drafting of Sanders “disgusting” and said “I don’t know what is going on with this” on the night of the draft.

Rev. Dr. Melva Sampson: ‘Healing Must Happen Beyond the Struggle’

Rev. Dr. Melva L. Sampson didn’t inherit a pulpit—she created one. The ordained minister and professor of preaching and practical theology at Wake Forest University has emerged as a leading voice for Black spiritual innovation, communal healing, and radical reimagining of faith—outside of the systems that have long tried to silence people like her.

Let It Be Known: “They Voted to Deport Us”

The May 1 edition of Let It Be Known began with a pair of videos featuring journalist Charles Blow and U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett, who delivered searing critiques of a House Judiciary Committee vote that, as Crockett described it, gives former President Donald Trump the power to deport U.S. citizens. Crockett, visibly outraged, revealed the shocking development during a live markup session, warning that constitutional protections are being gutted in real time.

Beyoncé, Tariffs, and the Battle for Black America

On the April 30 edition of the Black Press of America’s daily program Let It Be Known, hosts Stacy M. Brown and Niele Anderson discussed the economic threats posed by tariffs, the weaponization of federal institutions, and a troubling smear campaign against veteran White House correspondent April D. Ryan. The show opened with a pre-recorded video dissecting the real-world effects of Trump’s tariff policies, which have yet to fully hit consumer prices because companies previously stockpiled goods ahead of implementation.

A Concern for Shortages of Essential Goods

“Anything that raises consumer prices on necessities will hit Black Americans hard, says Marc Morial, President and CEO of the National Urban League. This week, a Senate resolution to reverse President Trump’s tariffs on imports failed in a vote of 49-49. Rhode Island Democratic Senator Sheldon Whitehouse missed the vote as he returned from South Korea, and Republican Mitch McConnell did not vote.

Trump’s FAA Under Fire again After Three near Misses at Reagan Airport

A helicopter operated by the U.S. Park Police forced three commercial aircraft to abort landings at Reagan National Airport on Sunday, again raising concerns about airspace safety in the Washington, D.C. region under the Trump administration. According to the Federal Aviation Administration, Southwest Flight 3716, American Eagle 5219, and United 2166 were all instructed to perform go-around maneuvers when a Park Police helicopter entered restricted airspace.

Trump Admin Erases Decades of School Integration

The Trump administration has ended a decades-old federal school desegregation order in Louisiana, the latest move in what legal experts and historians describe as a methodical dismantling of civil rights protections under the Project 2025 blueprint. Announced Tuesday, the Department of Justice declared the 1966 court-enforced desegregation decree involving Plaquemines Parish schools no longer necessary.

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