By William Melhado Originally appeared in the Texas Tribune The state attorney general’s office appealed a state district court injunction that said the new prohibitions deprive trans kids of “necessary, […]
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Lil Rel Howery & Dallas Reunite In Sold-Out Weekend At Addison Improv
By Bryson “Boom” Paul As part of his three-night stand-up residency at the Addison Improv last weekend, famouscomedian Lil Rel Howery escaped the current Hollywood strike. “Hollywood is going crazy […]
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Women’s suffrage, but for whom? These 10 Black suffragists fought for the vote before—and long after—the 19th Amendment
By Eliza Siegel Open an American history textbook from the last 50 years to the women’s suffrage chapter, and you will likely find a summary that places Susan B. Anthony […]
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She Reps: Jessica Glaspie
Jessica Glaspie is the author of “Life, Love, and HIV: A Memoir” which speaks to her contracting HIV in 2009. Glaspie was born in Zion, IL and is the mother […]
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Sha’Carri Richardson Returns with 100 meter Victory
American sprinter and Dallas native Sha’Carri Richardson continues to prove the doubters wrong U.S. sprinter Sha’carri Richardson declared to the world that “I’m here, I told y’all” and the mantra […]
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Merge Media Academy welcomes its first student as early enrollment begins for its inaugural 10-month digital media program
Merge Media Academy, the leading institution for digital arts and new media education, is thrilled to announce that the first student has enrolled in their trailblazing 10-month Online Digital Media […]
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The Good Common Sense to Believe What My “Uncle M. L.” Taught Me
This month marks the August 28, 60th anniversary of the March on Washington, where over a quarter million people gathered and heard my Uncle Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. […]
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“Concrete Coffins”: Surviving extreme heat behind bars
By Jamiles Lartey Sweltering doesn’t even describe it. Giles Clarke / Getty Images In July of this year, more than a third of the U.S. population was under excessive heat […]
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Dangers and Deaths Around Black Pregnancies Seen as a ‘Completely Preventable’ Health Crisis
By Kaiser Health News Service Studies show that high rates of Black fetal and infant deaths are largely preventable — and part of systemic failures that contribute to disproportionately high […]
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City of Dallas fails to protect character of La Bajada neighborhood
By Michaela Rush, Report for America Corps Member Dallas Free Press “Progress through pain” is how activist Maria Lozada Garcia describes the process of protecting her native West Dallas neighborhood, […]