Local Commentaries

  By EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON U.S. House of Representatives   The number of people dying in the prime of their lives in our country has been steadily increasing during the past half century, according to […]

  By EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON U.S. House of Representatives   Those who brazenly continue to deny climate change should consider the health and well-being of their children, their grandchildren, and the undeniably horrific futures that […]

By EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON U.S. House of Representatives   Were he alive on Oct. 12, Dorie Miller, the Waco-born naval hero would have celebrated his one 100th birthday.  His selfless heroic deeds for our nation […]

By JEFFERY BONEY NNPA   Every vote counts and elections have consequences! The 2020 presidential elections will definitely have consequences, and it will be important that every vote is counted and accounted for. Everyone and […]

By EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON U.S. House of Representatives   One of the cruelest policies of the current administration is the demonization of homeless people simply because they find themselves on the margins of life. With […]

By EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON U.S. House of Representatives It is not without significance that the majority of members in the United States House of Representatives have taken the extraordinary stop of launching an impeachment inquiry […]

By EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON U.S. House of Representatives   It was an amazing sight witnessed last Friday by the world’s adults when nearly four million children, including many in North Texas, gathered in cities, suburban […]

The income gap between wealthy and poor Americans continues to increase and one of the results is that the life expectancy of those at the top continues to grow, while those at the bottom are […]

By EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON U.S. House of Representatives This country does not need to be fighting another senseless war in the Middle East, such as the one that has kept our military forces in Iraq […]