By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia The D.C.-based research and advocacy nonprofit, The Sentencing Project, has debunked a widespread narrative that youth crime has exploded during the pandemic. In a new report released on Tuesday, June 14, the group said it found scarce evidence of a new youth-led crime wave. The […]
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How Allay Earhart is Creating his Own Lane in the Music Industry
“We ain’t from the same cloth, cuz I’m cut different,” stresses hip-hop artist and songwriter Allay Earhart in his single Different. After my chat with 25-year-old Earhart, this was proven to be true. He’s in a class of his own. Growing up in New Orleans, his love for music was influenced by his family. “My […]
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Father’s Day
Father’s Day started in America on June 19, 1910, in the state of Washington. But it wasn’t until 1972 that it was officially recognized as a holiday. Mother’s Day became a holiday in 1914 when President Woodrow Wilson made it official. Since then, the second Sunday in May is known as Mother’s Day. The main […]
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Duran Duran
By Rashad Miller Mo’ SportsTalk @mosportstalk First Pitch: 1:39p Attendance: 27,427 (Arlington, TX) Last weekend, the Seattle Mariners visited Globe Life Field for an AL West matchup with the Texas Rangers. On Sunday, Adolis Garcia got the crowd going with a home run in the second inning. The excitement didn’t end there with Ezequiel Duran’s […]
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She Reps: Sheila Nicole
My journey in music began back in 2017 after I decided to finally put aside my fears and use my God given talents. Though I’ve had a passion for the arts (visual, acting, dancing) I was always drawn to writing. At the early age of 6, I started writing poems which eventually progressed into rapping […]
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Impact Ventures Present: Boss: The Black Experience in Business
DALLAS – On Saturday, June 18th from 2-5pm, join Impact Ventures, COSIGN Magazine, & Community Partners for a Juneteenth celebration and FREE community screening of Boss: The Black Experience in Business. Hosted at the Cedars Alamo Drafthouse, attendees will have access to theatre food menu, the exclusive film screening, and panel discussion featuring local business leaders […]
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A 20 Minute Chat with Musical Great Erykah Badu
By Catrina Carson When we think about music and Dallas respectively, preferably South Dallas, how can we not think of the Queen of Neo-Soul, Songwriter, Mother, Midwife, and Doula, and she wears other hats as well, Ms. Erykah Badu? If you’re a fan like I am, then you already knew who I was talking about. […]
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Impact Ventures Present: Boss: The Black Experience in Business
On Saturday, June 18th from 2-5pm, join Impact Ventures, COSIGN Magazine, & Community Partners for a Juneteenth celebration and FREE community screening of Boss: The Black Experience in Business. Hosted at the Cedars Alamo Drafthouse, attendees will have access to theatre food menu, the exclusive film screening, and panel discussion featuring local business leaders forging […]
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Generation Z Sparking the ‘Great Resignation’ as Employers Realize Shortages
By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia The pandemic has spurred the Great Resignation phenomenon, and it is still on. Many workers have continued to resign and switch jobs, and the pandemic reportedly has changed what matters to employees and what they want from their jobs – leading to a disconnect between […]
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DISD’s Moldy Food Conditions
Hundreds of students walked out of Dallas’ Justin F. Kimball High School in late March, in protest of being served what they described as “undercooked or moldy” food. The walk-out was announced on an Instagram page created by two students, which documents nine weeks of questionable food — mold found on bologna sandwiches and what […]