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Black voters continue to back President Joe Biden despite calls to leave race

Pennsylvania Democratic Party Chair Sharif Street told The Tribune he has not been party to “any formal discussions” about whether the president should step aside. He tries to focus his conversations around the work done by the Biden-Harris administr...

Six-figure earners multiply at PPS, while Black employee paychecks lag behind

Salaries continue to rise at the cash-strapped Pittsburgh Public Schools district, where the number of employees taking home over $100,000 has shot up by nearly a quarter in a single academic year. Still, wage gaps between Black and white employees p...

Pennsylvania continues tradition as ‘keystone state’ in presidential elections

Joe Biden, here speaking with Pennsylvania voters, won the state in 2020 – but Donald Trump won it in 2016. Who will win it in 2024? AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta by Robert Speel, Penn State Pennsylvania’s role as a swing state in presidential electi...

Heritage Foundation’s ‘Project 2025’ is just the latest action plan from a group with an over 50-year history of steering GOP lawmaking

People walk past a Heritage Foundation advertisement at the Milwaukee International Airport on July 12, 2024. Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images by Zachary Albert, Brandeis University As the 2024 presidential election heats up, some people are hearing...

Major IT outage brings businesses around the world to a standstill

AAPPP / Shutterstock by Alan Woodward, University of Surrey A major IT outage has hit businesses across the world, grounding planes as well as affecting banks and the healthcare sector. George Kurtz, CEO of IT security firm Crowdstrike, said it had...

Black: A Festival of Joy empowers and unites

Entryway to the performance stage. (Photo/Camike Jones) The 90-degree heat did not deter a crowd of Hoosiers from filling the Taggart Memorial Amphitheater at Riverside Park for the third year of Black: A Festival of Joy. The event, presented b...

The Candidates Who Can Replace Biden

The following article, The Candidates Who Can Replace Biden, was first published on The Black Sphere. Have you seen the Capital One commercials where they ask about the “easiest decisions”. Well, Democrats find themselves with the easies...

HUD Tackles Historic Racial Inequity In Real Estate Appraisals

To address systemic racial disparities in the real estate appraisal profession, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced today a historic Conciliation Agreement with The Appraisal Foundation (TAF).TAF, the organization res...

Pierre To Intensify Climate Justice Advocacy Post Beryl

Prime Minister Philip J. Pierre has observed that the experiences of the people of Union Island and Canouan after Hurricane Beryl’s passage amplify the need for climate justice. “My Prime Ministerial colleagues and I will intensify our ca...

Message to Black consumers in the wake of major procedural changes looming in real estate transactions

(Special to The Dallas Examiner) – In the near future, the home buying process will undergo significant change, particularly in the dynamics between homebuyers, sellers and the real estate agents facilitating the transactions. These changes, stemmin...

Dancing on: Dallas ISD hosts summer dance intensive

(Special to The Dallas Examiner) – A lifelong dancer who bounced back from an injury, Riah H. has learned what it is like to start over. “I never really got back out there, so I had to start from the beginner level,” she said. “That was very humblin...

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The science behind Ariana Grande’s vocal metamorphosis

Grande performs during the 2024 Met Gala on May 6, 2024, in New York City. Kevin Mazur/MG24 via Getty Images by Lydia Kruse, Purdue University While promoting her role in the upcoming film adaptation of the Broadway hit “Wicked,” singer Ariana Grand...

Uplifting the Community through Literacy and Arts

(The Dallas Examiner) – “I’ve never seen this many kids excited about reading,” exclaimed Edward Blackwell, director of Volunteer and Engagement at the Boys and Girls Club of Greater Dallas. Over 200 children at the club’s 2024 Summer Camp filled...

Additional disaster recovery center to open in Dallas County

(Special to The Dallas Examiner) – The Federal Emergency Management Agency in coordination with the Texas Division of Emergency Management, Dallas County and our municipalities, has opened an additional Disaster Recovery Center in Dallas County to p...