By Scott Blair Colon cancer is a serious issue; some studies and statistics bring alarming news for the Black community. Black people are 20% more likely to get colon cancer […]
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Witherite Law Group To Serve As Primary Sponsor Of The Kier’s Hope 5th Annual 5k Run And Fun Walk During Sickle Cell Awareness Month
Approximately 400 runners expected to participate in the event benefitting the Kier’s Hope Foundation Witherite Law Group and 1-800-TruckWreck announced it is the primary sponsor of this year’s Kier’s Hope […]
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City of Dallas reopens Juanita J. Craft House as civil rights museum
By Raven Jordan The Juanita J. Craft House, a South Dallas historical landmark, was reopened as a Civil Rights Museum on Saturday, May 20. Juanita J. Craft was an activist, […]
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Preserved by Purpose – Google, God, and Prayer
“I can’t find anything!” is usually the response from one of my English Composition students when I ask if anyone has questions about their research projects. Normally, other students nod their […]
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With Debt Ceiling Deal Reached, All Eyes Turn to Congress to Ratify Agreement
By Stacy M. BrownOriginally appeared in NNPA After President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy announced that they’d reached an accord to raise the nation’s debt ceiling and avoid […]
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Three Years After #DefundThePolice, Schools Are Bringing Cops Back to Campus
Originally appeared in Word in Black After schools promised to remove armed police officers, called “school resource officers,” from campus, many are returning to the grounds. This story is part […]
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Texas Legislature passes bill to offer new moms a year of Medicaid coverage
Originally appeared in the Texas Tribune The Texas House and Senate voted for the proposal, capping a yearslong effort to extend coverage for low-income moms. Medicaid covers half of all […]
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Feeling Healthy Isn’t Being Healthy
It may come as no surprise, but just because you feel healthy doesn’t mean you are healthy. Recent studies have shown that women are far more likely to visit the […]
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Lifetime Rates of Depression in Black and Brown Communities Surpass Whites, Others
By Stacy M. Brown Originally appeared in NNPA Gallup found that white people have always had slightly higher rates of both lifetime and current depression, but African Americans and Hispanics […]
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Kathlyn Joy Gilliam Museum reopens, honoring Dallas’ first Black woman elected to school board
By Sujata Dand, Dallas Free PressThe Kathlyn Joy Gilliam Museum recently reopened on Wendelkin Street in South Dallas. Honoring the legacy of Mrs. Kathlyn Joy Gilliam, the museum showcases the civil rights […]
