Category : Black Owned Newspapers And Blogs

Opening doors of opportunity can heal the nation

(TriceEdneyWire.com) – If you want to heal America you have to understand what is hurting America.Jan. 1, 1994, is as good a date as any to recognize as the beginning of the end of the U.S. manufacturing sector as we knew it. That is the date the Nor...

Is misleading different from lying?

(TriceEdneyWire.com) – I’ve always thought there might be a difference in misleading and lying, but JD Vance has acknowledged that he was lying about Haitian immigrants when he admitted the story about Haitian immigrants was intentional knowing it wa...

The best way to counter ‘bad AI’ isn’t ‘no AI’ – it’s ‘good AI’

(Keybridge Communications) – Could terrorists or other bad actors use artificial intelligence to create a deadly pandemic?Scientists at Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology conducted an experiment to find out last year. Researchers a...

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson reflects on ‘groundbreaking’ path to the Supreme Court in new memoir

(CNN) – WASHINGTON – Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson is using a new memoir published Tuesday to reflect on a personal journey that has already earned her a place in history.Jackson recalls sinking into her chair when she was an appeals court judge – he...

Fear and frustration in Ohio city as political debate seizes on growing Haitian population

(CNN) – SPRINGFIELD, Ohio – Rose Goute Creole restaurant does a bustling business in Springfield, Ohio, with clientele drawn from across the city to its heaping displays of patties and donuts, and pots of perfumed rice, fried pork and fish, and golde...

Dallas juvenile detention center isolated kids and falsified documents, state investigation says

(The Texas Tribune) – Officers at a juvenile detention center in Dallas kept kids isolated for days and falsified logs of observation checks and school attendance, an investigation from the Texas Juvenile Justice Department found.State investigators...

Mortgage rates fall to lowest level since February 2023

(CNN) – WASHINGTON – Mortgage rates fell this week to the lowest point since February 2023, in a welcome sign for Americans grappling with a tough housing market.The standard, 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 6.20% in the week ended September 12,...

A call to action and support, ‘We can all help prevent suicide’

(Special to The Dallas Examiner) – Suicide is a complex and multifaceted issue that can affect anyone, regardless of age, background or circumstance. Recognizing the signs and understanding the risk factors are crucial steps in providing support and...

Dallas City Council approves budget that delivers tax relief for residents

(Special to The Dallas Examiner) – With the focus of “Reimagining and Realigning for Results,” the Dallas City Council unanimously adopted the city of Dallas’ budget and tax rate for FY 2024/25 during its Sept. 18 meeting. The new budget goes into ef...

Allred introduces act to help survivors access job training and safe employment

(Special to The Dallas Examiner) – An estimated 1 in 3 women, and 1 in 4 men nationwide, have experienced a form of physical violence from a partner. In addition to causing serious physical and emotional harm, survivors of domestic violence experienc...

Here’s how to keep your personal info off the dark web

(Sponsored by JPMorganChase) – While the internet can be an incredible resource, it can also expose users to dangers like hacking, data breaches, and phishing scams.Unfortunately, the same tool that helps you live a convenient modern life can give ha...

The women Kamala Harris has mentored

(CNN) – Backstage, Kamala Harris pulled aside Jahana Hayes. She’d give the congresswoman her local press boost and photo op, but first, the vice president needed to talk about why she was popping into Connecticut of all places during the final month...

We need more live fact-checking

(TriceEdneyWire.com) – We are living through Donald Trump’s third consecutive run for the presidency, and nothing should surprise us during this year’s campaign. For those of us who are not Trump supporters, we should be used to the name-calling, lie...

Trump and Vance continue trafficking racist lies about immigrants

“These kind of anti-Black propaganda narratives that the ‘savages are coming to destroy and eat your family’ are really part of the same playbook that goes back hundreds of years. They try to create division and hate and get the political power that...

Lessons after Sept. 11

(Children’s Defense Fund) – As the nation and world commemorate the anniversary of Sept. 11 this week, I remember again that it was a gloriously beautiful morning in Atlanta, Georgia, on Sept. 11, 2001. I saw a glimpse of Dr. Martin Luther King...