By Alexa Spencer Just one week after the family of Henrietta Lacks reached a historic settlement with a biotech company over its use of Lacks’ cells in their products, the […]
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Six Decades after King’s Historic Speech, Report Shows Black Economic Equality is ‘Still a Dream’
By Stacy M. Brown Originally appeared in NNPA The report exposes that in 2021, African Americans earn 62 cents to every dollar earned by white families. Sixty years after Dr. […]
Activist Ernest McMillan retraces Dallas’ Civil Rights movement in his memoir, ‘Standing’
By Keri Mitchell McMillan’s book, “Standing: One Man’s Odyssey through the Turbulent ’60s,” introduces readers to what it was like to grow up in the ’40s and ’50s in Freedman’s Town, […]
Action Behavior Centers and YMCA of Metropolitan Dallas Branches Partner to Donate 100 Bikes to Underserved
Action Behavior Centers, a leading provider of applied behavior analysis (ABA) therapy services for children with autism, recently concluded their highly anticipated annual leadership summit from July 14-16 in Dallas,TX. […]
Media’s Strange Treatment of Missing Black Women
By Hiram Jackson Originally appeared in Word in Black Despite the Carlee Russell hoax, Black women go missing disproportionately. Where are the news stories about them? According to the National Crime […]
Transforming An Industry
A former NBA Player, who owns a major construction company in Dallas, has launched a program designed to equip black and brown teenagers with the skills they need to become […]
She Reps: Dr. Froswa’ Booker-Drew
Dr. Froswa’ Booker-Drew is the President and CEO of Soulstice Consultancy which provides philanthropic guidance, community engagement strategies, and leadership development for institutions and corporations. Drew is also the founder […]
Highest level of hopelessness in a decade: CDC data underscores struggles of American teenage girls
By Dom DiFurio Highest level of hopelessness in a decade: CDC data underscores struggles of American teenage girls America’s young women are not OK: 3 in 5 teenage girls report […]
Having Our Say Against Carbon Pollution
By Ben Jealous More than one million Americans told the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) last week that they aren’t willing to wait any longer. Their comments insisting that EPA move […]
Democratic Lawmakers Introduce Legislation to Raise Minimum Wage
The legislation would gradually increase the minimum wage to $17 an hour by 2028. By Stacy M. Brown Originally appeared in NNPA U.S. Rep. Bobby Scott (D-VA), the ranking member […]