AMSTERDAM (AP) – Amnesty International gave former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick its Ambassador of Conscience Award on Saturday for his kneeling protest of racial injustice that launched a sports movement and might have cost him […]
The Dallas Examiner Over the last several years, the desire for parents to have more education opportunities for their children has steadily grown within the Dallas Independent School District, even considering the accumulation of traditional […]
The Dallas Examiner As of recent, women have been magnified through an international lens with current media topics such as the #MeToo Movement and Hollywood sexual assault trials. The increased attention brings necessary awareness but […]
NEW YORK (AP) – One after another, the speakers attacked President Trump’s policies as discriminatory, his rhetoric as hateful and his motivations as bigoted. The fiery rhetoric, from nearly a half dozen Democrats who may […]
Special to The Dallas Examiner DALLAS Judge Eric Moyé of the 14th Civil District Court has dismissed the Dallas County Republican Party’s frivolous lawsuit to remove over eighty Democratic candidates, most of whom are minorities, […]
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri has the highest rate of Black homicide victims in the country, with neighboring Kansas coming in the top 10. The Violence Policy Center released a study April 18 that […]
Children’s Defense Fund A new Government Accountability Office report released last month, K-12 Education: Discipline Disparities for Black Students, Boys, and Students with Disabilities, reminds us once again that suspensions and expulsions continue at high […]
National Urban League “Those of us who bear the brunt of racial bias and oppression every day end up having to not only battle that bias and oppression, but also convince everyone else that it […]
Crazy Faith Ministries The state of Michigan will no longer provide free bottled water to residents of Flint, in spite of the fact that the city’s water supply is still seriously contaminated with lead. Flint […]
Center for Responsible Lending America is often touted as a nation of laws, and not of men. But it seems that today some lawmakers have no interest in upholding laws that mandate fairness in financial […]
Trice Edney Communications Starbucks has proven to be one of America’s most responsible corporate citizens. In 2014, following the shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, by Officer Darren Wilson, then Starbucks CEO Howard […]
On April 14, I joined thousands of people who took to the streets to join the March for Science. We united to reaffirm that science for the common good only happens when science is accessible […]
Strategies for Well-Being Since 1949, May has been recognized as Mental Health Month. With African Americans leading the country with troubling statistics in areas like unemployment, child abuse and neglect, and domestic violence – all […]
American Counseling Assoc. While the groundhog’s prediction this year of six more weeks of winter was right on target for many parts of the country, now that we’re firmly into spring it’s a great time […]
SAN ANTONIO (AP) – A San Antonio charter school has apologized after a teacher asked students in an eighth grade American history class to list the positive and negative aspects of slavery. The Great Hearts […]
Special to The Dallas Examiner L. G. Pinkston, Seagoville, South Oak Cliff and Wilmer-Hutchins high schools have been preliminarily selected to receive a grant for the 2018–2020 P-TECH – or Pathways in Technology Early College […]
Family Features From every skinned-up knee when you were small to nearly every celebration throughout life, she is always there. Mothers are consistently there cheering you on and supporting you. Mothers are strong, fearless and […]
NEW YORK (AP) – They were honoring stars of Hollywood, the media and literature, but it was longtime activist and MeToo founder Tarana Burke – a name unknown to most people until six months ago […]
The Dallas Examiner “Every woman is a queen,” according to a quote from actress Queen Latifah, although some may still be in a search to find their inner royalty. To aid in this quest, Quinnie […]
Special to The Dallas Examiner WASHINGTON – The American Civil Liberties Union, The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights and the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund Inc. called on Congress April 10 to […]
DETROIT (AP) – A Black 14-year-old male who was lost in a Detroit suburban neighborhood trying to get to school was shot at by a White man after knocking on his door to ask directions, […]
HOUSTON (AP) – The political tide has turned against toll roads in Texas, imperiling a Tomball interchange project and hamstringing frustrated local officials, while setting an ominous tone for projects to come. For years, state […]
The Dallas Examiner DALLAS Themed “Honoring Our Legacy—Pursuing Our Destiny.” St. Luke “Community” United Methodist Church, located at 5710 E. R.L. Thornton Freeway will celebrate its 85th anniversary. On Wednesday, the celebration kicked off with […]
Children’s Defense Fund Fifty years ago this week, the Civil Rights Act of 1968, also known as the Fair Housing Act, became law after passing Congress in the wake of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s […]
National Urban League “The housing problem is particularly acute in the minority ghettos. Nearly two-thirds of all non-white families living in the central cities today live in neighborhoods marked with substandard housing and general urban […]
U.S. House of Representatives In addition to the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965, a courageous President Lyndon Baines Johnson signed into law the Fair Housing Act of 1968. […]
Crazy Faith Ministries The antics and behavior that are coming out of the White House are disturbing on many levels, but one of the most troubling is that it feels like this country is moving […]
Center for Responsible Lending Nearly seven years ago, Congress fought for and won enactment of reforms that would help ensure that everyone would play by the same financial rules. The promise to the nation was […]
National Association of Real Estate Brokers A half-century ago, the Fair Housing Act was enacted to prohibit discrimination in housing based on race, color, creed and national origin. The law also supported the National Association […]
American Counseling Assoc. From elementary through high schools, our children are faced with tests meant to measure just how well the school year has gone. Schools need to know how much of the knowledge that […]
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