Category : Black Owned Newspapers And Blogs

BBB Scam Alert: Texas residents report over $4 million lost to scams in 2023

Special to The Dallas Examiner Better Business Bureau serving the Heart of Texas shared its mid-year report July 11, during a virtual press conference that focused on the state of consumer-reported scams to BBB Scam Tracker from Texas residents...

BBB Tip: Military consumers – how scams target America’s service members

Special to The Dallas Examiner Military Consumer Protection Month, recognized every July since 2013, is an opportunity for consumer awareness, enforcement and advocacy groups to focus on the impact of fraudulent or malicious business practices...

Seven tips for back-to-school shopping on a budget

(Family Features) Between navigating store aisles and online sales for everything from clothes and shoes to supplies and sports equipment, back-to-school shopping can be a time-consuming – and expensive – endeavor. To help stay on budget while...

Justices Clarence Thomas and Ketanji Brown Jackson criticize each other in unusually sharp language in affirmative action case

Washington (CNN) – The Supreme Court’s landmark ruling June 29 on affirmative action pitted its two Black justices against each other, with the ideologically opposed jurists employing unusually sharp language attacking each other by name. The maj...

Communications Workers of America elects first Black president and secretary-treasure

St. Louis, Mo. – In an historic election, Claude Cummings Jr. was elected as president of the Communications Workers of America by delegates to the union’s 79th convention and Ameenah Salaam was elected secretary-treasurer. Cummings is the first Bla...

Affirmative action overturned: Leaders and activist across the country speak out

By ROBYN H. JIMENEZ The Dallas Examiner The United States Supreme Court overturned the use of affirmative action in colleges and universities across America, in its June 29 rulings in Students for Fair Admissions Inc. v. President and Fellows...

Beyond the 9-to-5: Unusual ways people make money

Sponsored by JPMorgan Chase In today’s world, earning a living doesn’t always follow the traditional 9-to-5 job format. With the rise of the gig economy and the ever-evolving nature of work, people have discovered unconventional and o...

Six success tips for young professionals

(Family Features) – Starting your career can be both an exciting time and a daunting experience. While there’s no secret formula to becoming successful in the workplace, there are steps you can take and skills you can build during the early stages o...

Black mothers’ resiliency: Fighting through transgenerational trauma

The Dallas Examiner Nearly 60% of Black women are mothers. And on average, Black women have 2.1 children. In recent years, Black women have experienced a decline in fertility rates from 70.8 to 62.0, with the highest fertility rate being between...

Spasticity 101: A debilitating yet treatable common condition after a stroke

(Family Features) – In the year following a stroke, about 1 in 3 stroke survivors will experience spasticity, a common post-stroke condition which causes muscle stiffness due to involuntary muscle contractions. Most commonly affecting the elbow, w...

A Deep South governor’s race to watch

By BEN JEALOUS Sierra Club A year in which there are only three races for governor’s seats, all in the Deep South, wouldn’t normally create a lot of political speculation. Kentucky’s popular Democratic incumbent may have a tough race, and chal...

The Black Press is our vanguard

By MICHAEL A. GRANT I write this brief essay with two goals in mind: First, I want to extend a warm welcome to the National Newspaper Publishers Association to its annual convention in Nashville, Tennessee. And secondly, to try to share with yo...

Independence Day: Thomas Jefferson and Clarence Thomas, a paradox of liberty

By DAVID W. MARSHALL The Reconciled Body (TriceEdneyWire.com) – The National Museum of African American History and Culture opened its permanent home in 2016 on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. Among the museum’s many exhibitions is one...

Bad affirmative action decision won’t stop equal rights progress

By GAIL C. CHRISTOPHER National Collaborative for Health Equity The decision by the U.S. Supreme Court to end affirmative action in higher education is much more than just a bad ruling; this is an embarrassment on a global scale. It’s bas...

Freedom and equal justice under the law requires constant struggle

By JESSE L. JACKSON SR. Rainbow PUSH Coalition (TriceEdneyWire.com) – On Juneteenth 2023, the nation enjoyed the new national holiday celebrating the freedom of the slaves at the end of the Civil War. This week marks the 10-year anniversary...