Category : Black Owned Newspapers And Blogs

Always bet on yourself: A conversation with the CEO of For Oak Cliff

(The Dallas Examiner) – Taylor Toynes is a father, husband, son, former educator and proud lifelong resident of Oak Cliff. He is also the co-founder and CEO of For Oak Cliff, a nonprofit organization that serves the southern sector of the Oak Cliff...

Five ways to protect your automotive investment

(Family Features) – Between inventory issues and climbing interest rates, buying a vehicle can be quite an ordeal, making it an investment worth protecting. Today’s vehicles require less maintenance than ever before. You can go longer between oil...

Community, Shiloh Church Pay Tribute To Rev. Keith I. Jones

Join us as we honor the remarkable contributions of Rev. Keith I. Jones to the Shiloh Church and the Hampton Roads community. #RevKeithJones #ShilohChurch #CommunityService #Retirement #LegacyFoundation #Leadership The post Community, Shiloh Church...

Career Ready: Three strategies to prepare teens for life after school

(Family Features) – For some time, heading to college or joining the workforce have been the standard choices for teens upon high school graduation. Today, in part due to technology and social media, students have access to myriad career paths that...

Dorie Ladner’s example

Children’s Defense Fund “I have always had fire, and always been ready to engage in something. And it’s something that burns, you turn on a flame that burns for people who are being mistreated. I don’t care who they are. I don’t want any do...

The ridiculous retiring Republicans

(TriceEdneyWire.com) – House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La. needed Democrats to narrowly avert the government shutdown that loomed large if congressional budget legislation was not passed by Saturday, March 23. Many Republicans did not vote for the bud...

Defending DEI must remain a ballot issue

(TriceEdneyWire.com) – Elections will always be the ultimate battlefield where the fight for social and cultural changes will be won or lost. Through elections, candidates will place their political and cultural mandates before the voters, and those...

Recognizing the best of Alabama: Rosa Parks and Honorable Johnny Ford

(TriceEdneyWire.com) – As the State of Alabama was in the news again, doing more things that are not in the best interest of women or Black Americans, it dawned on me that such actions are nothing new for some of the state’s leaders. During this Wom...

Alabama HBCUs Ready to Welcome Birmingham-Southern College Students

By Sym Posey | The Birmingham Times Students from Birmingham-Southern College (BSC), which is closing May 31, looking for a school to attend in the fall should consider an area HBCU, say officials at those institutions. “Any [BSC] student interested...

Memphis Mayor Paul Young Launches Black Mayors’ Coalition on Crime

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (TN Tribune) — Memphis Mayor Paul Young, in partnership with the African American Mayors Association (AAMA), announced the launch of the Black Mayors’ Coalition on Crime (BMCC), an initiative to harness the collective powe...

Birmingham to Expand Youth Violence Prevention Program with Nearly $2 Million Federal Grant

By Keisa Sharpe-Jefferson | For The Birmingham Times The Birmingham City Council this week voted to give nearly $2 million from a federal grant to expand a local violence prevention program. The majority of the Department of Justice grant will go to...

DNC slams NBC for hiring Ronna McDaniel

In a scathing rebuke, the& Democratic National Committee& (DNC) has lambasted NBC News for its decision to bring on board former& Republican National Committee& chairwoman Ronna McDaniel, labeling her a “proven liar” and a lackey for...

Republican lawmakers vacate full Tennessee State University board over Democratic objections

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Today, Tennessee Governor Bill Lee Gov. Bill Lee signed a bill into law vacating the TSU board and announced new appointments to the TSU board following action taken by the General Assembly. Each appointee is an alum of the Univer...

E. Faye Williams: Recognizing the best of Alabama

MAYOR JOHNNY FORD (TriceEdneyWire.com)—As the State of Alabama was in the news again, doing more things that are not in the best interest of women or Black Americans, it dawned on me that such actions are nothing new for some of the state’s leaders....

Paying for the Baltimore bridge collapse will be a complicated, yearslong mess

New York (CNN) – The massive cargo ship crash into Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge will likely lead to billions of dollars in liability claims. Marine insurance companies will be on the hook for much of the costs. With various owners and com...