Category : Black Owned Newspapers And Blogs

‘Unprofessional’: The Irony Of Sage Steele, Other MAGAts Whining About NABJ Questions To Trump

Trump visits the National Association of Black Journalists convention on July 31, 2024, in Chicago. | Source: Jason Armond / Getty Donald Trump, his campaign and conservative pundits across right-wing media are working overtime to clean up and spin T...

James Baldwin At 100: His Genius Influenced Black Musicians

Source: Sophie Bassouls / Getty Friday marks the 100th birthday of James Baldwin, one of the most iconic figures in American literature and society, and one of the most treasured by the Black community. His work so masterfully unpacked social issues...

Texas Water Board details how it will spend $1 billion for water infrastructure projects

(The Texas Tribune) – ODESSA – Texas last week began dividing $1 billion in taxpayer approved money among different types of water infrastructure and supply projects. Most of the money will go toward low-interest loan programs to help cities a...

From spender to saver: Transforming your financial future with a savings mindset

(Sponsored by JPMorgan Chase) – A savings mindset is a mental framework characterized by disciplined financial habits and a conscious commitment to regularly setting aside money for future needs and goals. It involves cultivating habits, attitudes,...

A Journey Of Ls: Rudy Giuliani To Reluctantly Pay $400,000 After Failed Last-Ditch Bankruptcy Attempt

Rudy Giuliani, the former personal lawyer for former President Donald Trump, departs from the E. Barrett Prettyman U.S. District Courthouse after a verdict was reached in his defamation jury trial on December 15, 2023, in Washington, D.C. | Source: A...

Statement from DART on sales tax reduction

(DART Board of Directors) – It is unfortunate to witness Dallas Area Rapid Transit member city councils consider and approve adversarial resolutions against our transit agency. Although the timing and language of these resolutions are similar, the c...

Rent relief: A winning policy issue for the Harris campaign

(Trice Edney Communications) – Renters account for approximately 34% of the U.S. population, with 44 million housing units in the U.S. currently being rented. Talking directly to this constituency is a winning formula. The Department of Labor recent...

Sonya Massey should still be alive

(TriceEdneyWire.com) – In many ways our nation has changed, but it hasn’t changed. When the National Memorial for Peace and Justice, informally known as the National Lynching Memorial, opened in Montgomery, Alabama, it was to commemorate the Black v...

JD Vance, tell me that again!

(TriceEdneyWire.com) – We’ve had to do a lot of listening lately about choices we must make about who’ll be our next president when 2025 rolls around. Single women should be having children if we want to have something to do about the future of our...

Black Farmers Granted $2 Billon From USDA To Address Historical Discrimination

Source: FG Trade / Getty Biden’s administration issued $2 billion in federal funds to black and minority farmers who experienced mistreatment by the United States Department of Agriculture, as announced on Wednesday. MORE: Housing Injustice: How Crim...

My plan to reform the Supreme Court and ensure no president is above the law

(The White House) – This nation was founded on a simple yet profound principle: No one is above the law. Not the president of the United States. Not a justice on the Supreme Court of the United States. No one. But the Supreme Court’s 6-3 decision...

Sheila Jackson Lee – An Energizer Bunny for justice

(TriceEdneyWire.com) – Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, D-TX, didn’t lose many battles, but she succumbed to pancreatic cancer on July 19. She tackled the disease like she tackled so many other challenges, working with her doctors on a treatment pl...

Women creating change

(Children’s Defense Fund) – When a large meeting of Black women voters made headlines this week, to many people it was another reminder of the major role Black women and all women have always played in creating transforming change. Women at th...

Birmingham City Schools’ Parents Urged to Register Students for Upcoming School Year

By Gracie Johnson | ABC 33/40 The Birmingham City Schools district is less than a week away from the first day of school and they only have 53 percent of returning students registered. “I know a lot of parents don’t understand why we need...

Birmingham’s ‘FunnyMaine’ Johnson Headed to Memphis for Job in Education

By Cody D. Short | cshort@al.com Jermaine “FunnyMaine” Johnson will soon step into education as the newest Strategic Communications Officer for Memphis-Shelby County Schools in Memphis, Tennessee, and has decided to step down from his role on the Bir...