By MARIAN WRIGHT EDELMAN Children’s Defense Fund Wouldn’t it be wonderful if we human beings had as much sense of community as geese? During an Outward Bound experience in Maine, participants read these […]
By MARC H. MORIAL National Urban League “Although the court did not deny that voter discrimination still exists, it gutted the most powerful tool this nation has ever had to stop discriminatory voting […]
By HOLLY SKLAR American Forum Every day in these hard times, grocery workers and delivery drivers, health care aides and cleaning staff, childcare workers and fast food cooks, go to work for $7.25 […]
Special to The Dallas Examiner ATLANTA – “Our country has lost a giant tonight. Congressman John Lewis was America’s greatest champion in the fight for justice and equality, and showed us all how […]
Special to The Dallas Examiner “If there is one thing that COVID-19 allowed all of us to see is that there is a difference between those who are able to work from home […]
Special to The Dallas Examiner Since schools began learning from home in March, there have been questions as to when and how school will reopen. With school originally scheduled to being next month, […]
By MIKE McGEE and ROBYN H. JIMENEZ The Dallas Examiner “Leadership is found in the action to defeat that, which would defeat you… You are made by the struggles you choose.” – C.T. […]
By MEENA VENKATARAMANAN The Texas Tribune The Austin Police Department released video footage Monday of the fatal police shooting of Mike Ramos, an unarmed Black and Latino man who was killed as he […]
Special to The Dallas Examiner Since the first case of 2019 novel coronavirus in Dallas County, the Dallas County Health and Human Services reported has reported 46,813 cases of COVID-19 – of which […]
NNPA WASHINGTON, D.C. – Earvin “Magic” Johnson, majority owner of EquiTrust, the nation’s largest minority-owned insurance company, and MBE Capital Partners, the largest certified minority-owned asset-based lender, will partner with the National Newspaper […]
By ROYCE WEST Texas Senate For how many of us did it take more than one experience to learn the simple lesson of ‘don’t stick your hand in the fire?’ Maybe you took […]
Congresswoman Val Demings represents Florida’s 10th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives. Born in a two-room, wooden framed home in Jacksonville, Val Demings was the youngest of seven children. Her parents, Elouise, a […]
Head Start Projects to receive $2 million in federal grants Special to The Dallas Examiner Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson announced Monday that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has awarded $2,185,595 to Head […]
Special to The Dallas Examiner AUSTIN – Members of the House Committee on Administration and the Senate Committee on Administration issued a joint letter Monday calling for the immediate removal of several confederate […]
By DIANE XAVIER The Dallas Examiner Hard work and dedication are the principles Kathryn L. McCartney lives by daily. McCartney, who has spent her entire career working around the early childhood community, has […]
By ALEX SAMUELS The Texas Tribune Eighty-five infants under the age of 1 have tested positive for the coronavirus in Nueces County, since testing began there in March, county officials confirmed this weekend. […]
By ROBYN H. JIMENEZ The Dallas Examiner “I want to see young people in America feel the spirit of the 1960s and find a way to get in the way. To find a […]
PRNewswire Black Girls Rock! has partnered with emerge, a natural hair care brand, to host its annual Black Girls Lead 2020 conference online July 31-Aug. 1. The conference has been re-imagined as a […]
Special to The Dallas Examiner “Since our inceptions, BIPOC arts organizations and artists have provided grassroots support to our communities, distinguishing ourselves from the arts groups simply asking for relief funds to keep […]
By SUSAN K. SMITH Crazy Faith Ministries It was shattering to the spirits of many people that two beloved and powerful figures of the Civil Rights Movement died on the same day. I […]
By MORRIS PEARL Patriotic Millionaires This year, July 15th marked the new deadline for Americans to file their taxes. While many of our previous Tax Days have come and gone with little to […]
By MARC H. MORIAL National Urban League “Common sense and intelligence can still determine what we do, even in this crazy environment. We’re not going to use our children as guinea pigs.” – […]
By JESSE L. JACKSON SR. Rainbow PUSH Coalition The inspiring rise of a new generation protesting against racial injustice is driving a new era of change in America, like the generation that emerged […]
– Part II: Know the author – By JEROME LOVE Special to the Houston Forward Times (NNPA) – Once we come to the realization that the system is not broken and is working […]
Texas Democrats on the passing of Civil Rights icon John Lewis By GILBERTO HINOJOSA, CARLA BRAILEY, CHRIS HOLLINS, MIKE FLOYD and LEE FORBES Texas Democratic Party On Friday, the world lost two of its […]
By ABBY LIVINGSTON The Texas Tribune Nearly 6,300 Texas-based companies received loans from the federal government valued at more than $1 million this spring, representing a major injection of government money into the […]
Special to The Dallas Examiner SARS-CoV-2 is the virus that causes COVID-19. It has infected more than 3 million people in the U.S. and more than 13.8 million worldwide, resulting in more than […]
Town hall on police relations and law enforcement reformBy MIKE McGEE The Dallas Examiner Despite the summer heat and the threat of COVID-19 pandemic, local individuals dedicated to law enforcement reform have continued to […]
By REESE OXNER The Texas Tribune The University of Texas at Austin is making several changes to address racial issues on campus but will keep its statue of prominent segregationist James Hogg and […]
Special to The Dallas Examiner TARRANT COUNTY – On Saturday at noon, New Sheriff Now Tarrant County and community advocates held a caravan car rally to demand a full independent investigation from the Tarrant […]
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