By Stacy M. Brown Originally appeared in NNPA NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent In Klobuchar and her colleagues’ attempt to save local news from tech behemoths like Google, Facebook, and Twitter, critics contend that the legislation would be the final nail in the coffin of small and minority-owned newspapers and media companies. On the surface, […]
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Tips on Choosing the Right University from HBCU Alumni + Ford Executive Ivan Boykin
Sponsored by Ford Motor Company Ford’s dedication goes beyond supporting HBCUs, opening the scope for those to join them in their mission to build a better world. “Our success isn’t because we’re without weakness or because we are perfect in any way. But it’s really about the way we find our own unique strengths and […]
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Dallas Mavericks Luka Dončić And His Foundation Plan Special Holiday Surprise And Party For More Than 350 Pediatric Patients At Dallas’ Scottish Rite For Children And Two Slovenian Children’s Hospitals
While never forgetting his Slovenian roots, Luka expands his holiday celebration and giveback this year to include pediatric patients in both his home country and Dallas DALLAS (Dec. 14, 2022) – The holidays are typically a joyous time for children, but that’s not always the case for those spending the season in a hospital bed or […]
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She Reps: London Burton
London Burton is an Army Veteran and former nurse, who acts as the Creative Director & Operations manager for Kauwuane Burton Studios, a highly acclaimed luxury visual media and production company that she owns alongside her husband, photographer Kauwuane Burton. The studios – which recently relocated to Irving, Texas is a black-owned, family-owned, and veteran-owned […]
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Jacksonians are not mad at Deion Sanders for leaving JSU, it’s HOW he left
By Tyler Carter By now, the world knows of Deion “Primetime” Sanders exodus from Jackson State University [JSU] is imminent. Once he coaches his 12-0 JSU football team against the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference’s North Carolina Central University Eagles, he will move to the next phase of his coaching career as the Head Coach of the […]
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Recap: First public South Dallas/ Fair Park Area Plan meeting
By Raven Jordan Forward Dallas hosted its first public community meeting of the year regarding the South Dallas and Fair Park Area Plan at South Dallas Cultural Center Thursday night. Members from the City of Dallas Planning and Urban Development Department addressed land use, housing and zoning, primarily along Elsie Faye Heggins and 2nd Avenue, […]
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Dallas Arboretum Hosts Kwanzaa Dinner for Community Leaders
DALLAS, Texas, December 13, 2022 – The Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Garden held a Kwanzaa dinner on December 1st where attendees heard about the holiday and toured the historic DeGolyer House. New this year at Holiday at the Arboretum, presented by Reliant, is a brand-new exhibit in the DeGolyer House called The Artistry of Faith & Culture that features the three […]
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This Device to Diagnose COVID-19 Doesn’t Always Work on Black People
By Alexa Spencer Originally appeared in Word in Black As the Black community grapples with the ongoing impact of COVID-19, research shows that the faultiness of pulse oximeters on dark-skinned people contributed to poor outcomes during the pandemic. When clipped onto a patient’s finger, pulse oximeters send a beam of light through the skin to […]
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Texas Amended its Constitution Hundreds of Times. It Likely Won’t Do So for Abortion Anytime Soon
By Emma Williams Originally appeared in the Texas Tribune A Texas Democrat is proposing a constitutional amendment stopping future abortion restrictions. Voters would have to approve it — but Republican lawmakers aren’t likely to put it in front of them. Despite the state’s near-total ban on abortion, just 12% of Texans think abortion should be […]
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Preserved by Purpose: Avoiding the Entitlement Trap
By Shewanda Riley It’s the most wonderful time of the year or so the well-known song by crooner Johnny Mathis would have you think. For some people, the holidays are not the most wonderful time of the year. They are actually the worst. Statistics prove that there is a disturbing increase in cases of domestic […]
