By Ebony Carrington of Oowee Sports Nation Team: Wranglers Basketball Team Position(s): Shooting Guard Team #: 11 School: West Mesquite High School Age: 15 Grade: Sophomore One of the toughest […]
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What America’s Voting Rights Activists can Learn from Past Movements for Civil Rights
With Congress failing to pass new voting rights legislation, it’s worth remembering that throughout U.S. history, new civil rights laws designed to end racial inequities across American life have been met by stubborn resistance.
Posted inHomepage, National
Tributes Continue to Pour in For Former Miss USA Cheslie Kryst
Kryst, who won the 2019 Miss USA pageant and worked as a correspondent for the entertainment news television show “Extra,” reportedly committed suicide on January 30.
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Judge Sides With Ahmaud Arbery’s Family, Denies Plea Deal for McMichael
US District Judge Lisa G. Wood rejected the plea deal reached by prosecutors and Travis McMichael on federal hate crime charges in the murder of Ahmaud Arbery.
Posted inNational, This Week
FBI Announces Investigation into Bomb Threats against HBCUs
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, joined other groups and individuals in welcoming the FBI’s hate crime investigation into bomb threats targeting historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) and the identification of six persons of interest in connection with the case.
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5 Tips to Help Preschoolers with Special Needs During the Pandemic
For young children in particular, parents report that opportunities for both academic and social emotional growth were lacking during the pandemic.
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Black History Month Opens with More than a Dozen Bomb Threats at HBCUs
More than a dozen historically Black colleges and universities received bomb threats on Tuesday, February 1.
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DALLAS FORGOT pt.2: A town, a cemetery and a school: Dallas’ history of erasure repeats itself
Seeing the historic Black community represented so fully on the pages of Ms. Clark’s children’s book makes it hard to believe that only a few historic structures remain…
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OneTen Network Aims To Close Racial Wealth Gap With Skills-Focused Hiring
As the City of Dallas continues to engage in conversations regarding racial inequity and what can be done from the perspective of local government, a nonprofit organization called OneTen is hoping to tackle the issue of racial wealth inequality from the perspective of the private sector.
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Automotive Technology Program at Dallas College Prepares Graduates to Work in Rapidly Changing Industry
To the benefit of the hundreds of students who pass through Dallas College’s automotive program every year, the program’s instructors have kept ahead of industry trends, churning out highly skilled graduates who’ve become invaluable to car dealerships, service centers, body shops and parts manufacturing facilities across North Texas.