Trice Edney Wire The economic condition of America’s Black community is in dire straits, according to a recent study by Harvard University that found that homeownership in the Black community stands at only 42.2 percent […]
The Dallas Examiner During the 85th legislative session, which ended May 29, a total of 10,672 bills were filed on behalf of the people of Texas with 4,960 passed and 51 vetoed. Most of the […]
The Dallas Examiner Strong Schools Strong Dallas, a coalition of educational, youth-oriented and advocacy groups, is set to present a new Tax Ratification Election program to the Dallas ISD Board of Trustees on Aug. 5. […]
The Dallas Examiner Last year, tragedy stuck the city when a lone shooter ambushed Dallas police officers after a peaceful march protesting a national epidemic of African Americans killed by police. The shooting led to […]
Children’s Defense Fund What a week it’s been. It’s hard to conceive that despite opposition from hundreds of organizations, including the American Medical Association, the American Academy of Pediatrics, the AARP and dozens of disease […]
Rainbow PUSH Organization There’s a branch in philosophy called epistemology that deals with the theory of knowledge. How do we know what we know? How do we know what is true? What is believable? And […]
U.S. House of Representatives Voter suppression is a serious issue that threatens the integrity of our elections. As a community, we should be deeply involved in combating voter suppression and expanding access to the polls […]
Blackonomics We hear a great deal of discussion about the percentage of money Blacks spend with Black businesses versus how much we spend with White businesses – and others as well. It is said that […]
Center for Responsible Lending When Barack Obama completed his two terms as America’s president, his legacy was punctuated by two key policy reforms: health care and consumer protection. Although broad news headlines chronicle multiple developments […]
Crazy Faith Ministries A common complaint these days is that young people will not go to church. Many former church-goers have left, saying they grew disenchanted with the hypocrisy and judgement they experienced while being […]
Strategies for Well-Being There are two things that movies consistently get wrong: sex and death. Unfortunately, as a society, we spend far too much time thinking of sex and too little time devoted to death […]
Special to The Dallas Examiner Every two seconds in the United States, blood is needed to respond to patient emergencies, including accident and burn victims, heart surgery and organ transplant procedures, and patients receiving treatment […]
The Baltimore Sun BALTIMORE (AP) – Mabel O. Smith has spent decades preserving the memory of a man whose name most people in Baltimore wouldn’t recognize, but who played a significant role in its African […]
(AP) – A White former police officer has been indicted on a murder charge in the April shooting death of Jordan Edwards, a Black teenager who was a passenger in a car that was leaving […]
The Dallas Examiner In the midst of multiple community and governmental issues plaguing the city of Dallas, city officials are looking for strong leadership to head the Dallas Police Department. Since the retirement of Chief […]
The Dallas Examiner “We understand that as a city, that Dallas – as diverse as we are – there are several, several, several, ideas of what truth, racial healing and transformation should and needs to […]
The Dallas Examiner LANCASTER Lancaster City Council approved a citywide smoke-free ordinance making all workplaces in the city smoke-free, including all bars and restaurants. The new ordinance went into effect June 26. DALLAS Dallas County […]
The Dallas Examiner and Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. – There was something a little unusual about a June 19 traffic stop in Orlando – other than the driver being Florida’s first African American state attorney […]
Children’s Defense Fund I learned my first lessons about injustice and health as a little Black girl growing up in segregated Bennettsville, South Carolina. I remember my parents’ and my sadness over the senseless death […]
National Urban League “This is America’s opportunity to help bridge the gulf between the haves and the have-nots. The question is whether America will do it. There is nothing new about poverty. What is new […]
Rainbow PUSH Organization The Trump administration has launched an unprecedented rollback of civil rights and voting rights. Those who care about building a more perfect union face harsh headwinds. We’ve gone from an administration seeking […]
Center for Responsible Lending For the 12th consecutive year, America’s national homeownership rate has declined, according to Harvard University’s Joint Center for Housing Studies’ annual report, State of the Nation’s Housing 2017. It also found […]
Crazy Faith Ministries We are a traumatized nation, under God. Ever since the election of the new president, this country has been reeling from this man and his antics. His choice of cabinet members, including […]
Blackonomics The Nielsen African American Consumer Report, released in October 2016 titled, Young, Connected, and Black – African American millennials are driving social change and leading digital advancement, points out various issues related to how […]
American Counseling Assoc. Dating isn’t something just for young people. While dating is a chance for the parents of teens to worry, and a chance for twenty-somethings to find a serious relationship, today there’s a […]
Strategies for Well-Being Predicting a heart attack before it happens can be difficult. Almost two-thirds of women who die suddenly of coronary heart disease have no previous symptoms, according to the CDC. A substantial number […]
Special to The Dallas Examiner Dallas County Community College District will offer students an opportunity to choose new or gently worn clothing they need for job interviews or to spruce up their workplace wardrobes during […]
The Dallas Examiner DALLAS Dallas County Health and Human Services will hold school vaccinations before the back-to-school rush at six clinics Monday-Friday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. “Planning for the next school year may […]
The Dallas Examiner “Pretty much you name it, I have been through it. Luckily I don’t look like what I have been through. I come from a broken home, I was bullied…” Kayla Reed, reigning […]
The Dallas Examiner Each year, the 150-member Texas House of Representatives and 31-member Texas Senate gather in Austin during the Texas Legislative Session to discuss and vote on bills that govern Texas. During the 85th […]
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