Byline: Chase Bank Chase has helped more than two million customers save on overdraft service fees through new enhancements to checking accounts that give them more flexibility when they are just a little short on any given day, the bank announced today. Earlier this year, Chase made several new enhancements to checking accounts: Expanding the […]
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O’Rourke and Abbott: What It Takes to Win and Viability
Texas has been a red state for the past twenty years, but with the recent announcement of Beto O’Rourke’s campaign, is there a chance the state will finally turn blue? The last time Texas saw a democratic Governor was Ann Richards, who took office in 1991 after defeating Republican Clayton Williams. A Baylor graduate, Richards […]
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Hair Spotlight: Cosmetologist and Tech Mogul Totteanna Shanklin
Byline: Alicia Wilson Favorite throwback hairstyle: a swoop with a crinkle ponytail Hair crush: Ciara Hey, Hair Creeps! I have a great hair entanglement story for us this week! Our story starts with Totteanna Shanklin. A former 15-year cosmetologist turned tech entrepreneur and founder of the SWME app, Mrs. Shanklin went back and forth with […]
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Roland Parrish Student Athlete of the Week: Taylor Marie Clarke
Byline: Ebony Carrington Position: Right Side Hitter School: Trinity Christian Academy Team: Frisco Flyers 14 APX Bill Jersey #: 6 Grade: Freshman At a towering 5’10”, 14-year-old Taylor Clarke is at the start of what is expected to be a promising club volleyball season. Clarke, a Trinity Christian Academy freshman playing varsity-level volleyball, is the […]
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Chey James, CEO of iBow Rehab
iBrow Rehab is a destination for all your eyebrow needs. iBrowrehab has mastered the art of high-end brow sculpting and designing services according to client specifications, which makes them preeminent in the beauty industry. They believe the fact that one size doesn’t fit all. They utilize the natural brow line through multiple advanced tactics and […]
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Quit Playin: American Court Injustice – A Long Dirty History!
Byline: Vincent L. Hall, Texas Metro News Being shocked has become a daily ritual ever since Donald Trump announced his presidency. Trump didn’t invent racism; he just created a safe place for public expression. Racial ignorance comes covert, overt, often, and unsolicited. But the quote mentioned above entered into the eternal transcripts of the Ahmaud Arbery trial […]
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Republican bill that limits how race, slavery and history are taught in Texas schools becomes law
The so-called “critical race theory” law prohibits teachers from discussing “a widely debated and currently controversial issue of public policy or social affairs.” Byline: Brian Lopez, The Texas Tribune A more restrictive law designed to keep “critical race theory” out of Texas public schools became law on Thursday. Under the new law, a “teacher may […]
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Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson Announces Retirement Plans, Endorses Primary Hopeful
Byline: Steven Monacelli After nearly three decades of serving as the House Representative for Texas’s 30th congressional district, which includes large swaths of South Dallas, Eddie Bernice Johnson announced her plans to retire on November 20. “As of January [2022], I will step down,” Johnson said during an event in Dallas. “I will retire, and […]
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Dallas B.U.I.L.D.s a Better Ecosystem for Entrepreneurs and Business Owners
Support for small business and entrepreneurs is a hurdle many, if not, all cities have overcome. Dallas is no exception, and as a town, which touts its business community, some effort to actualize a solution would be paramount. Recently several organizations came together to attack that very issue. The solution they came up with is […]
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Hamilton Still Thrills Audiences of all Ages and Colors at Music Hall
Byline: Martha Heimberg Families, couples and groups of teenagers and seniors of all colors and mask-styles rose to their feet and cheered for the sexy, athletic, super-charged actors and dancers on the opening night of Hamilton at the Music Hall at Fair Park. No surprise? Well, Lin Manuel-Miranda’s 11-time tony Award-winning musical has been this […]
