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Whitmer’s Budget Proposes Expansion of Mental Health Clinic Initiative

Michigan is set to significantly enhance its mental health care infrastructure, with Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s latest budget proposal targeting the expansion of a program that could transform the way behavioral health services are provided across the state. At the heart of this initi...

Blackness Our Perspective: The biracial side of Blackness

As our Black History Month discussion progresses, we shift the dialogue to how biracial people define their cultural identities. Living in a nation that once implied that one drop of Black blood made you a Black person, navigating a mixed heritage may present unique societal and ind...

Detroit City Council Set to Decide on Incentive Package for $3 Billion New Center Development Initiative

Detroit is on the brink of a transformative development in the New Center area, with a proposed $3 billion project known as the “Future of Health.” This ambitious endeavor is a collaborative effort between Henry Ford Health, the Detroit Pistons, and Michigan State University....

McKinley Park News – Doomed Factory Harbors Labryinth of Chicago Street Art

Demolition is imminent for the Continental Can Co. buildings at 3715 S. Ashland Ave., Chicago, which removes not only a piece of the Original East District of the historic Central Manufacturing District, but also many hundreds of works of street art graffiti painted throughout its long-derelict stru...

Rolling Out Celebrates Black History Month with RIDE CON AI Lab

Rolling 0ut’s RIDE CON AI Lab is set to immerse attendees in the transformative world of Artificial Intelligence at Morehouse College on Feb. 23 and Feb. 24. The event, which coincides with Black History Month and promises to cover a range of topics, including the role of AI in creative music produc...

Journalist Gabriel Buule Introduced by Lover Mulungi Joan to Her Parents

By BigEyeUg Team In a heartwarming ceremony over the weekend, journalist Gabriel Buule was formally introduced by his partner, Mulungi Joan, to close friends and family. The intimate gathering, held at Joan’s family home, was graced by a select few, including friends especially f...

Mike Carey made history as the first Black Super Bowl referee. He wants to continue to give back to the game he loves

(CNN) – On Feb. 3, 2008, Mike Carey made history just by walking onto a football field. On that day in Glendale, Arizona, Carey became the first Black referee in a Super Bowl – and it happened to one of the most iconic games in NFL history. In Super Bowl XLII, New York Giants famously stunned...

From Classroom to checkout: Dallas ISD students learn life skills with student-run market

The ringing of a cash register isn’t a typical sound heard in an elementary school, but at Victor H. Hexter Elementary School, students are learning how to run and operate their own store. Known as “Hexter Market,” students in Heidi Zeko’s Functional Living Skills class take on the role of shopk...

Millions of people have long COVID, including children and pregnant women, studies show

(CNN) – Millions of people deal with COVID-19 symptoms long after their initial infections. Two new studies – one looking at pregnant people and the other on children – give a better look at the burden from this health problem that doctors say often goes under the radar. The first study said tha...

Federal report: Steady rise in hate crimes at schools

(CNN) – In a first-of-its-kind report released Monday, the Department of Justice found hate crimes at schools have steadily risen since 2020 and schools were the third most common location for reported hate crimes to occur in the U.S. The number of hate crimes at schools more than doubled from 5...

The Space Race brings an out-of-this-world perspective to Black History Month

(CNN) – The annual influx of Black History Month programming yields an out-of-this-world documentary in The Space Race, which recognizes pioneers in integrating the space program, the resistance they faced and even the Soviet Union preceding America in sending a person of color into orbit. From the...

Reflections of Dallas Past: Growing up in Dallas during segregated times

(Special to The Dallas Examiner) – This month is a good time to reflect on growing up in segregated Dallas and the experiences I encountered during that time and now. Having recently celebrated Dr. Martian Luther King’s birthday also put me in the mood of thinking about how my happiness growing up...

Driving in West Texas is deadly dangerous. A new report measures how much

(The Texas Tribune) – ODESSA – Severe and fatal vehicle crashes occur at a higher rate in the Permian Basin than the rest of Texas, a new report released Wednesday by the Texas A&M Transportation Institute found. Commissioned by the Permian Road Safety Coalition, the report analyzed data fro...

Many Texas community college students who transfer don’t finish their degrees, study says

(The Texas Tribune) –Most Texas community college students who transfer to a four-year university don’t graduate, according to a report on college transfers released Wednesday. The study from the Community College Research Center and Aspen Institute found that only 45% of students who go on to a...

Dallas Office of Environmental Quality and Sustainability hosts town halls on solar energy

As part of its Comprehensive Environmental and Climate Action Plan, the city of Dallas has prioritized the development and use of zero-emissions electricity sources, like solar energy, to meet its climate goals. The City of Dallas Office of Environmental Quality and Sustainability is hosting an in...

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