Dallas Weekly’s COO, Jess Washington talks with Cynthia “Cynt” Marshall, CEO of the Dallas Mavericks basketball team. DW celebrates Women’s History Month by talking with Cynt about leadership, giving back and her excitement for the future.
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Judge Jackson’s Supreme Court Hearings Set as Support Grows for Confirmation
By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia The Senate Judiciary Committee will begin its confirmation hearings to determine whether President Joe Biden’s Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown […]
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House Passes CROWN Act to End Discrimination Against Natural Black Hairstyles
By Stacy M Brown NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia Connecticut Democratic Rep. Jahana Hayes sounded off to critics of legislation that would allow individuals freedom to express themselves by […]
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New Report Reveals that Black and Latinx Youth are 50 Percent More Likely to Face Juvenile Incarceration than their White Peers
By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia Two kindergarteners in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, tried their best to pick a fight, throwing feeble punches at an older and much […]
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The Black Press of America Celebrates 195 Years of Pleading the Cause of African Descendants Everywhere
By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia On March 16, 1827, Samuel E. Cornish and John B. Russwurm founded the first Black-owned newspaper in the U.S. They […]
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“I popped one off.” : Rethinking Police Use of Deadly Force
As a nation, as a city, can we end these unnecessary and preventable deaths at the hands of police? Congress failed to pass the George Floyd Act or any police reform measure, even after the largest protests against police brutality in history.
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She Represents: LeTitia Owens
Author, philanthropist, national recording artist, LeTitia (aka Titia) Owens is a collective of funny, talented, inspiring, and a force of strength and energy. In a world that can easily differentiate […]
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Abide Women’s Health Services: Helping The Pregnant Women of the Hood
Abide’s Health Services have also been able to have a much lower mortality rate in comparison to other clinics. They have yet to lose a mother, and have only lost one child with birth success rates higher than clinics on the local and national level.
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Biden’s Focus: Russia, Inflation and Congressional Action on Voting Rights
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia When President Joe Biden took the podium for the annual State of the Union Address, it marked the first time […]
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The Impact of COVID-19 on HBCUs and Black Students
Groups of students were stuck on campus without the funds to pay for transportation back to their home cities. This challenge was a byproduct of several students losing the jobs they used to help fund their education, along with loss of family income. Many students became both food and housing insecure without the critical resources that HBCUs often provide.