A coalition of consumer, civil rights, and education organizations is appealing to the federal Education Department to halt its plans to begin garnishing borrowers’ wages this month, citing research that shows that a new student loan default occurred every nine seconds in 2025 and that the Trump administration’s policies are disproportionately harming Black and older borrowers.
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Housing Affordability Gap Spurs Rise in Co-Buying Among Young Americans
Co-buying is becoming increasingly popular among Millennials and Gen Z as a way to combat high interest rates and low affordability, allowing them to pool money with friends, siblings, and trusted partners to purchase property together.
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Autonomous Vehicle Incident Raises Safety Concerns as Driverless Cars Expand in Texas
An autonomous vehicle blocked an ambulance from reaching the scene of a shooting in downtown Austin, sparking concerns about the safety of self-driving cars and prompting cities to develop protocols for dealing with them.
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Haitians and Black Americans Face Increased Deportation Risk Under ICE
Black Americans are being targeted by ICE raids, with Haitians being particularly vulnerable due to their revocation of temporary protected status, and the for-profit prison industry profiting from the increased detentions.
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Target Boycott Ends After Yearlong Campaign on Diversity and Economic Equity
Black faith leaders ended a yearlong boycott of Target, which succeeded in forcing a national conversation about corporate commitments to diversity and economic equity, and achieved three of the four original demands directed at Target.
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Women & Wealth: Tips For Navigating Your Lifelong Financial Journey
Women are set to inherit most of the estimated $105 trillion Great Wealth Transfer by 2048, and J.P. Morgan’s 2025 Investor Study found that 93% of women surveyed who are expecting an inheritance are actively working to build their own wealth, with 75% making financial decisions with their partner or taking the lead themselves.
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Report Highlights Alarming Safety Concerns for Black Students in US Schools
Black students are far more likely to worry about their safety in schools compared to their white peers, due to different experiences on campus, such as implicit bias from administrators and more frequent reprimands from teachers.
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Verbal Jousting in Oak Cliff: The Black Literary Tradition of Battle Rap
Battle rap is a modern and antique Black American tradition that is a positive creative outlet for the community, and is being carried forward by the Cartel Order and other battle rap communities in Dallas and beyond.
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The Power of Narrative: Black Women’s Influence at the Oscars
Black women are paying close attention to the Oscars this year, as the portrayals of Black women in two leading Best Picture contenders, “One Battle After Another” and “Sinners,” have sparked a firestorm of conversations about the cultural influence of how Black women are depicted on screen and how it shapes policy debates and funding decisions.
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Stronger Together: Mavericks Women’s Symposium Amplifies the Power of Voice and Leadership
The Dallas Mavericks Women of the Mavs Empowering Network (W.O.M.E.N.) Employee Resource Group hosted its fifth annual Women’s Symposium, bringing together leaders, innovators, and changemakers from across North Texas to celebrate Women’s History Month and discuss the power of community, visibility, and intentional leadership.