LANSING, Mich. (AP) – A former prosecutor and a retired head of the Detroit FBI will play key roles in an investigation into Flint’s lead-tainted water as part of the effort to seek answers while […]
Special to The Dallas Examiner DALLAS The American Red Cross has an emergency need for blood donors. Severe winter weather since Jan. 1 has forced the cancellation of more than 300 blood drives across 20 […]
The Dallas Examiner “That’s why I’m such a believer,” said District Attorney Susan Hawk as she described the Reformative Justice Unit programs her office developed in 2015 as a remedy to reduce nonviolent crime and […]
NEW YORK (AP) – A gruesome highway accident followed by months of pain and rehab. That’s no laughing matter. Not unless you’re comedian Tracy Morgan, who’s mining this ordeal for laughs with his “Picking Up […]
Special to The Dallas Examiner DALLAS Dr. Frederick D. Haynes III, senior pastor of Friendship-West Baptist Church, will be inducted into the International Civil Rights Walk of Fame by the Trumpet Foundation at the historic […]
NEW ORLEANS (AP) – Leah Chase has spent her culinary life on the cutting edge of history, mixing fine dining with her southern Louisiana roots at her classic New Orleans restaurant, Dooky Chase’s. She broke […]
Brandon, a 6-year-old in the Houston Independent School District, had two working parents until his father was laid off. Brandon lost his health insurance when his father lost his job. Brandon’s mother quickly scrambled to […]
(George Curry Media) – Evidently, neither you nor I had the Jan. 13 winning Powerball combination: 4, 8, 19, 27, 34, (10). After allowing ourselves to dream of winning it all, fantasizing about how we […]
“Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, ‘What are you doing for others?’” – Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (George Curry Media) –There is no shortage of words in the English language to describe Dr. […]
(George Curry Media) – Does it really matter who wins the presidency? How can it matter to Black folks, considering the way we “play” politics? We have no power, no leverage, and little or no […]
(George Curry Media) – Have you heard? Apparently large numbers of American adults are “angry” about their own circumstances and about where they think the country is headed. For months, numerous politicians, pollsters and pundits […]
(George Curry Media) – Flint, Michigan, is impoverished. The auto plants have closed. Forty percent of the city’s 100,000 residents live below the poverty level. It is majority minority. It’s been in fiscal crisis since […]
(George Curry Media) – Almost everyone gets chickenpox by adulthood. In the United States, chickenpox affects about 4 million persons per year, mostly children. In temperate climates, most cases occur in the late winter and […]
Special to The Dallas Examiner Today, nearly 3 million people ages 40 and older have glaucoma, according to the Prevent Blindness “Future of Vision: Forecasting the Prevalence and Costs of Vision Problems” report. As the […]
(AP) – A year after host Neil Patrick Harris quipped that the Oscars were honoring Hollywood’s “best and Whitest,” the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences unveiled yet another all-White slate of acting nominees […]
HOUSTON (AP) – Texas’ largest school district has joined the national debate over whether communities should cut their ties to the Confederacy by renaming buildings or removing monuments. The Houston Independent School District board voted […]
The Dallas Examiner Longtime legendary television journalist Merri Dee of Chicago knows what it’s like to overcome adversity. Having survived child abuse and homelessness as a teenager, she had no idea that the battle of […]
WASHINGTON (AP) – “Every single year, more than 30,000 Americans have their lives cut short by guns – 30,000. Suicides. Domestic violence. Gang shootouts. Accidents. Hundreds of thousands of Americans have lost brothers and sisters, […]
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) – Advocates are praising Congress’ recent softening of a longtime ban on federal dollars going to needle exchanges amid growing intravenous drug abuse that’s spreading hepatitis and HIV in many states. The new […]
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) – Sunday marked the anniversary of the attack on Vernon Dahmer (DAY’-mur) Sr., who defied the White segregationist power structure by registering Black voters in the 1960s. Mississippi lawmakers honored him on […]
WASHINGTON (AP) – Protecting his signature domestic achievement, President Barack Obama on Friday vetoed Republican-inspired legislation to repeal his health care law, saying to do so “would reverse the significant progress we have made in […]
(NNPA) – “Every single year, more than 30,000 Americans have their lives cut short by guns – 30,000. Suicides. Domestic violence. Gang shootouts. Accidents. Hundreds of thousands of Americans have lost brothers and sisters, or […]
(George Curry Media) – This season’s national college football championship has been decided, but no one knows how much longer we must continue to wait until the head coaching ranks are no longer largely reserved […]
“Natalie fought a fierce, courageous battle, dying how she lived … with dignity, strength and honor. Our beloved Mother and sister will be greatly missed and remain UNFORGETTABLE in our hearts forever.” – Robert Yancy, […]
(George Curry Media) – Those who’ve wondered how, after the Civil War abolished slavery, America became – while a democracy in rhetorical terms – in reality an apartheid state should be paying close attention to […]
(George Curry Media) – America may now have more guns than people. As President Barack Obama announces a new executive action on gun control, U.S. gun manufacturing is a growth industry, almost doubling since the […]
(George Curry Media) – Again, this is not an attempt to proselytize or to shape your thinking regarding religion or spirituality. Rather, this is an attempt to delve into a subject that is often brought […]
WASHINGTON – As 2015 comes to a close, AARP celebrates the first of America’s 62 million Generation Xers who hit a milestone and recently turned 50 by exploring what is important to them as they […]
(George Curry Media) – The United States has one of the highest rates of child poverty in the developed world, according to the Office of Research at the United Nations Children’s Fund. Of the 35 […]
We have known for many years – and learn anew every day – that dignity and freedom come only to those who not only dream of it and yearn for it, but who will act […]
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