News / Black Owned Newspapers And Blogs - 10 months ago
(TriceEdneyWire.com) – Growing up, I learned a lot about Black history. Of course, I learned some things about Zora Neale Hurston, but nothing about Eatonville, Florida – her hometown. It was not until I began visiting Bus Boys and Poets Restaurant in Washington, D.C. that I learned about Eatonvill...
News / Black Owned Newspapers And Blogs - 10 months ago
(TriceEdneyWire.com) – It didn’t take long for Pope Francis to get under Donald Trump’s skin. During his flight back to Rome after a visit to Mexico, the pope said during an interview, “A person who thinks only about building walls, wherever they may be, and not bridges, is not Christian.” Trump...
News / Black Owned Newspapers And Blogs - 10 months ago
(Sierra Club) – James Hiatt lives in an area along the Mississippi River in Louisiana that has been dubbed “Cancer Alley.” Teeming with chemical plants and oil and gas refineries, the air the residents of this area breathe contains more carcinogens than anywhere else in the country. One of those...
News / Black Owned Newspapers And Blogs - 10 months ago
(Children’s Defense Fund) – As the first votes are being cast for the 2024 presidential election, many Americans are thinking deeply about their own part in our democracy right now – and many are wondering whether they have any power to make a difference. It’s a question Sam Daley-Harris has...
News / Black Owned Newspapers And Blogs - 10 months ago
“Conventional wisdom may call such intimidating conditions the price of holding elected office. But its fallout harms everyone who relies on a free, fair, and functional democratic process. By deterring officeholders from seeking reelection or running for higher office, taking on important policy p...
News / Black Owned Newspapers And Blogs - 10 months ago
SciCheck Digest A study showed a type of lab mouse is highly susceptible to a coronavirus derived from pangolins, a scaly, cat-sized mammal. This doesn’t mean the virus is dangerous to humans. The virus is related to the one that causes COVID-19 but did not descend from it, contrary to claims that i...
News / Black Owned Newspapers And Blogs - 10 months ago
Justice, 5th Court of Appeals District, Place 11Cory CarlyleKim Cooks District Judge, 162nd Judicial DistrictKim BaileyTracie Michelle Shelby SheriffMarian BrownSam MohamadRodney ThomasLupe ValdezRoy Williams, Jr. The post Monday Night Politics – 1/29/2024 appeared first on Dallas E...
News / Black Owned Newspapers And Blogs - 10 months ago
Despite continuing concerns about inflation and economic uncertainty, Black small business owners are more optimistic about 2024 compared to small business owners overall, according to JPMorgan Chase’s 2024 Business Leaders Outlook survey. Optimism this year starts at home, with Black (77%) small bu...
News / Black Owned Newspapers And Blogs - 10 months ago
SciCheck Digest Measles is a highly contagious disease that can be serious and even fatal. Fortunately, it can safely be prevented by vaccination. But in the wake of outbreaks in the U.S. and elsewhere — likely in large part due to low vaccination coverage — social media posts have downplayed the ri...
News / Black Owned Newspapers And Blogs - 10 months ago
(TriceEdneyWire.com) – Not another King dying far too soon. This was the immediate reaction of many at the news that Dexter Scott King, the youngest son of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King had died from prostate cancer at age 62. In 2007 his sister Yolanda died at age 52. At the...
News / Black Owned Newspapers And Blogs - 10 months ago
Ask Terri! host, Terri T. Thomas, offers tools for anyone interested in stocks and investing. The post Ask Terri about stocks and bonds appeared first on Dallas Examiner.
News / Black Owned Newspapers And Blogs - 10 months ago
(The Dallas Examiner) – “We have over 760 million cases worldwide. Sadly, 639 million deaths, and we are just about to approach the 4-year anniversary of the outbreak,” said Dr. Purvi Parikh, allergist, immunologist and a clinical instructor of medicine and pediatrics at the New York University Sch...
News / Black Owned Newspapers And Blogs - 10 months ago
Parkland Health Foundation recently received a $600,000 donation to support expanding family planning services at Parkland Health. This funding was a philanthropic investment from The Addy Foundation to provide Parkland with the resources to increase access to its family planning services progra...
News / Black Owned Newspapers And Blogs - 10 months ago
(The Texas Tribune) – The launch of the revamped federal application to receive aid for college pushed this year’s filing deadlines, but financial aid counselors are still advising college hopefuls in Texas to fill out the form as soon as possible to up the odds of getting more money. The new Fr...
News / Black Owned Newspapers And Blogs - 10 months ago
(CNN) – It was a little after 6 p.m., Aug. 15, 2021, and things were about to get real. The mild discomfort I had been feeling for days was suddenly noticeable enough to stop me in my tracks: I was in labor. My husband, mother and I jumped into action. I insisted on cooking a meal – I had to kee...
