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Mayor Woodfin: Birmingham Still Pays a High Price for Its Segregationist Past

By Mayor Randall Woodfin More than 60 years after federal courts dismantled legal segregation in Alabama, the city of Birmingham is still paying a price and suffering residual effects from this shameful part of our past. Birmingham Mayor Randall Wood...

Ron Brown, Birmingham Businessman, Reaches No. 1 With Film on Movie App

Keisa Sharpe-Jefferson | For The Birmingham Times Six months ago, Birmingham’s Waljeron “Ron” Brown Sr. had never heard of the international television movie app Tubi. Little did he know it would change his life. For three weeks from Dec. 30, 2023 to...

FBI Warns of a Growing ‘Sextortion’ Threat

www.fbi.gov The FBI wants to warn parents, educators, caregivers, and children about the dangers of online activity that may lead to the solicitation and enticement of a minor to engage in sexual acts. Sextortion involves an offender coercing a minor...

Kimberly Tolbert chosen as interim city manager

(The Dallas Examiner) – Less than a week after Dallas City Manager T.C. Broadnax issued his resignation, a special meeting was held Tuesday by the Dallas City Council in the Council Chambers, 6th floor of Dallas City Hall. The meeting had three i...

City of Dallas Small Business Center launches inaugural Microgrant Program

(Special to The Dallas Examiner) – The city of Dallas Small Business Center – a trailblazer in community support established in December 2021 to champion the growth and development needs of small business, and workforce readiness and re-entry servic...

The evolution of DeFi in the digital age

Sponsored by JPMorgan Chase Decentralized finance, commonly known as DeFi, has emerged as a revolutionary force in the financial industry, redefining traditional business practices. Over the past few years, DeFi has witnessed rapid evolution, tra...

Reflections of Dallas Past: Growing up separate but ‘equal’

(Special to The Dallas Examiner) – It is my pleasure to recall memories of living and growing up in Dallas, a city that has also experienced needed growth and change over the years. I have lived in areas north, south and east of downtown Dallas and...

The life and legacy of civil rights leader Juanita Craft celebrated by the city

(The Dallas Examiner) – Known as a civil rights advocate, politician and an American hero, Juanita Jewel Craft left a legacy for the African American community that included justice for all. She was committed to fight racism at every level and openi...

E. Faye Williams: No one is above the law!

(TriceEdneyWire.com)—From the time Donald Trump was brought to our attention by running for United States President, we began learning more about him.& Whenever someone runs for office in America, no stone is left unturned searching for informat...

CDC recommends seniors get another COVID-19 shot

(CNN) – People age 65 and older should get an additional dose of the current COVID-19 vaccine, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has recommended. The agency’s independent vaccine advisers voted Wednesday to recommend the additio...

Despite CROWN Act, judge says Texas school district can punish male Black student for hair length

(The Texas Tribune) – ANAHUAC – A Texas judge on Thursday said the Barbers Hill Independent School District can punish a Black student who wears his hair in long locs without violating Texas’ new CROWN Act, which is meant to prevent hairstyle discri...

Group of Black investors who bought a $3.8 million hotel last year set to acquire second hotel

(BlackNews.com) – Just over a year after acquiring a hotel in Memphis, Tennessee – making them the only Black hotel owners in Memphis – power couple Norland and Dr. Amina James are set to do it again. This time, the serial entrepreneurs and founders...

Deputy Speaker Post To Be Filled At Next Parliament Sitting

Prime Minister Hon. Philip J. Pierre is unwavering about upholding the integrity of our Constitution and the standing orders of Parliament. The wisdom in the decision to amend Article 36 of the Constitution of Saint Lucia was demonstrably justified w...

Primary care is prevention: Reducing cancer risk through access, education

(Special to The Dallas Examiner) – In 2020, more than 1.6 million new cancer diagnoses were reported in the United States, of those 116,873 were in Texas, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. February is National Cancer Preve...

Chastanet Says SLP Policies Increasing Poverty

Opposition leader Allen Chastanet has accused the ruling Saint Lucia Labour Party (SLP) administration of contributing to increased poverty in Saint Lucia. In this regard, the former Prime Minister cited the SLP Government’s ‘deliberate d...