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Black Women Are Murdered 6 Times More Than White Women

Photo by South_agency via Getty& Credit:& Getty Images/iStockphoto by& Alexa Spencer Black women are, on average, six times more likely to be murdered than white women, according to a new report. The rates are even higher depending on whe...

Dallas ISD school renamed in honor of Sen. Royce West, but not everyone is happy

Clara McDade, who is part of the group protesting the name change, said the community was not made aware of the potential name change soon enough. Author: Ryan Osborne DALLAS — A Dallas Independent School District middle school is being renamed in ho...

Justin Fields says he wants to stay with the Chicago Bears, explains unfollowing team on social media amid trade rumors

(CNN) —Unsettled sports stars can kickstart the rumor mill with their behavior on social media. Whether it be their mysterious posts or what posts they’re liking, it can be an indication of their true feelings towards their current situation.And the...

Gov. Pritzker Reveals $52.7B Budget Focused on Migrant Crisis, Education

The migrant crisis, education and quantum computing.& Those are the priorities of the nearly $53 billion Illinois budget proposed by Gov. JB Pritzker. Moreover, the plan includes tax increases primarily aimed at businesses, including a significa...

See Regina King transform into a political powerhouse in ‘Shirley’

(CNN) —Regina King runs for the White House in her next project.The Academy Award-winning King stars as political trailblazer Shirley Chisholm in a newly released Netflix trailer for the biopic, “Shirley.” The movie chronicles Chisholm’s historic 197...

Beyoncé becomes first Black woman to claim top spot on Billboard’s country music chart

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Beyoncé made history once again: The superstar singer has become the first Black woman to top Billboard’s country music chart. The Grammy winner achieved the feat after her new single “Texas Hold ‘Em” reached No. 1 on the count...

Nikki Haley sides with Alabama Supreme Court on IVF ruling: ‘Embryos, to me, are babies’

(CNN) —Republican presidential candidate& Nikki Haley& on Wednesday sided with the Alabama Supreme Court& ruling that frozen embryos are children& and those who destroy them can be held liable for wrongful death.“I mean, I think embry...

HIV/AIDS Activist Hydeia Broadbent Dead At 39

Photo: Getty Images Hydeia Broadbent, a prominent HIV and AIDS activist, has died, per 9News. She was 39. On Tuesday (Feb. 20), Hydeia Broadbent’s father, Loren, announced the death of his daughter in a Facebook post. “With great sadnes...

Mayor Johnson Announces $1.25 Billion Commitment to Neighborhood Development

A planned $1.25 billion bond issuance announced by Mayor Brandon Johnson on Wednesday would restructure the City of Chicago’s approach to equitable neighborhood development and distance itself from the challenges of the primary public finance t...

Nearly 153,000 people enrolled in Biden’s new student loan plan will get an email Wednesday that their debt is canceled

Washington (CNN) —& Nearly 153,000 student loan borrowers currently enrolled in a new repayment plan launched by the Biden administration are expected to get an email Wednesday notifying them that their remaining federal student loan debt will b...

MARTA Artbound announces call for artists

The Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) public art program Artbound, in collaboration with the Atlanta Department of City Planning (DCP), Westside Future Fund, and Living Walls, has extended the deadline on the call for artists and...

Beyoncé Just Reclaimed Country Music, Mayor Eric Johnson is Getting Divorced, and a Primary Election is Right Around the Corner. Dallas, We Busy.

By Marlissa Collier Beyoncé, once again, stole all the shine and broke all of the world wide internet, when on Super Bowl Sunday, and on what was supposed to be the biggest day of Usher’s (who is certainly a superstar in his own right) life, she...

A Look Inside Dallas’s Proposed $1.25 Billion Bond Has The City Wondering, Where is the Money, LaShondra?

These Dallas streets have become notorious. But not for the summer day parties, life-threatening Deep Ellum nights or the random sighting of a front-facing scooter bike “gang” (because can it really be a gang if everyone’s knees are in front of them...

The legacy of the ‘Father of Black Professional Basketball’

By Rashad Miller BET co-founder Robert L. Johnson is often recognized as the first Black majority club owner of a major sports league team when he purchased the NBA’s Charlotte Bobcats (now the Charlotte Hornets) in 2002, but the first Black owne...

Pippen, Grant and Longley to Set the Record Straight with ‘No Bull’ Tour

As it turns out, “The Last Dance” isn’t the last dance for the acclaimed sports docu-series on the Chicago Bulls dynasty and the drama that resulted from it.& Four years later, Michael Jordan’s teammates Scottie Pippen, H...