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History & Culture

Power Broker Media welcomes Alexia McKay as new senior multimedia producer and...

All photos courtesy of Alexia McKay The Power Broker Media Group - publisher of The Power Broker Magazine and...

Art

Byron Allen buys BuzzFeed and shares in Starz, challenges Black America to...

Allen told Breakfast Club co-host Charlamagne tha God in a May 20 interview, the battle has never been about “black or...

Politics

Despite backlash, Wasserman Schultz will run for a ‘Black seat’ representing...

First elected to Congress in 2004, Wasserman Schultz's switch to run in Congressional District 20 gives her a stronger...

News

Warning: Pinellas County’s Black voter registration reaches generational low

The decline is Black voter registrations is worst in St. Petersburg, but affects all of Pinellas County Most readers...

News

Black-owned media firm in Tampa Bay triples team, launches ambitious growth plan

The new and expanded team of the Power Broker Media Group, l-to-r, Gypsy Gallardo, Deborah Figgs-Sanders, Robert...

News

5 Big changes in Black employment since Trump’s re-election

While economists speculate about whether the U.S. will soon enter a recession, Black America may already be in the...

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Foundation Deploys $100K in Emergency Aid to Nonprofits as Shutdown Freezes...

Dr. Kanika Tomalin speaking at a Foundation-hosted forum titled How AI Can Strengthen Our Communities in September 2025...

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New leadership appointments for Flowers, James and Johnson

New leadership appointments were announced this week for Dr. René Flowers, Dr. Jeffery Johnson, and Roy James, Jr. by...

News

Trump policies reignite ‘Blaxit’ trend; data on Black Americans exiting the U.S.

He isn’t the only reason more Black Americans are choosing to live overseas, but there can be little doubt that the...

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St. Pete’s Black population shrank for a fifth year in a row; top reasons for...

For over a century, St. Petersburg was home to one of Florida’s largest Black communities. No more. The city’s Black...

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How much Black Americans lost in the stock market after Trump’s Liberation Day...

Last Friday, financial analysts lost it on live TV over the stock market meltdown in the wake of President Donald...

News

Tampa Bay Area Poll Shows Stark Black Gender Gap in Presidential Candidate...

A recent survey of Black voters in Florida’s Tampa Bay region shows significant differences in the opinions of men...

News

If Haitian Americans Clap Back at the Ballot Box, Here’s How It Could Cost...

By now much of the nation has heard about the vicious and utterly unfounded lies being told by former president Donald...

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6 Facts On How Black Men Vote In Pinellas County, Florida

How Black men will vote in the razor-close presidential race is one of the hottest topics of the 2024 election cycle....

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Finally, a true count of Black voters in Pinellas & what to do about the 17,000...

Three weeks ago, I wrongly reported in a memo to local community leaders that Black voter registration in Pinellas...

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New Poll: Black Floridians on Kamala Harris and Whether Nation is Ready to...

Then US Senator Kamala Harris speaking at the 2019 Iowa Democratic Wing Ding at Surf Ballroom (by Gage Skidmore) The...

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4 Reasons Black Leaders Are Ridin’ with Biden, as Many White Dems Call for Him...

Black journalists, leaders and luminaries (clockwise) Ashley Allison, D.L. Hughley, Joy Reid, Charlamagne Tha God,Rev....

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Pinellas County’s Black Foreign-Born & Diaspora Populations Doubled in Past...

For much of its history, the Black population of Pinellas County was a fairlyhomogenous mix of mostly native-born and...

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Quick Brief: The Economic Status of African Americans in St. Pete and Pinellas

Later this week, community leaders will gather for a summit on the economic future of African Americans in St....

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Recent Black History: 20 Black Firsts in Tampa Bay Since 2010

Hillsborough County Judge Jessica Costello, as featured in Tampa Magazine’s Top 10 Under 40 (Photo: Tampa Magazine)...

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New Data Show Black Residents Leaving St. Pete in Record Numbers; Survey...

St. Petersburg’s Black population is shrinking at a rapid pace, according to U.S. Census data released on December 7th....

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It’s Bigger Than the Fire Department; Black City Employees Are Less Happy &...

St. Pete has a workforce challenge much bigger than beleaguered Fire Chief Jim Large, who was placed on paid leave last...

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