Category : Black Owned Newspapers And Blogs

Dallas ISD unveils Texas’ first innovative student-operated food truck

(HUD.net) – Dallas ISD, in partnership with Intuit, a financial software company, unveiled a student-designed and operated food truck, a first-of-its-kind program in Texas. “Students in multiple career pathways will gain hands-on learning experie...

What to know about IRS impostors and tax preparation fraud

The season for filing 2023 taxes begins Jan. 29, and while some Texas residents are planning on submitting their own returns, others are reaching out to reputable tax preparers for assistance. With roughly three months remaining until the filing dea...

How to slash unnecessary monthly bills

Sponsored by JPMorgan Chase In today’s economy, many of us face an increasing burden of monthly bills. These expenses quickly add up, leaving us feeling financially strained. However, with a few practical strategies, you can cut unnecessary costs...

City Hall is coming for homeowners

The city of Dallas is waging war against homeowners. Five city council members, city staff and the city manager are engaging in very real attempts to remove the rights of homeowners to determine what their neighborhoods look like. For generations, D...

Eatonville: The historic town of Zora Neale Hurston

(TriceEdneyWire.com) – Growing up, I learned a lot about Black history. Of course, I learned some things about Zora Neale Hurston, but nothing about Eatonville, Florida – her hometown. It was not until I began visiting Bus Boys and Poets Restaurant...

Social justice is the fight for human dignity

(TriceEdneyWire.com) – It didn’t take long for Pope Francis to get under Donald Trump’s skin. During his flight back to Rome after a visit to Mexico, the pope said during an interview, “A person who thinks only about building walls, wherever they ma...

The Biden-Harris administration’s LNG decision is the hope young people have been waiting for

(Sierra Club) – James Hiatt lives in an area along the Mississippi River in Louisiana that has been dubbed “Cancer Alley.” Teeming with chemical plants and oil and gas refineries, the air the residents of this area breathe contains more carcinogens...

Transforming changemakers

(Children’s Defense Fund) – As the first votes are being cast for the 2024 presidential election, many Americans are thinking deeply about their own part in our democracy right now – and many are wondering whether they have any power to make a...

Protecting elected officials from intimidation is vital to achieving the “3Ds”

“Conventional wisdom may call such intimidating conditions the price of holding elected office. But its fallout harms everyone who relies on a free, fair, and functional democratic process. By deterring officeholders from seeking reelection or runni...

Posts Misrepresent Mouse Study of Pangolin Virus

SciCheck Digest A study showed a type of lab mouse is highly susceptible to a coronavirus derived from pangolins, a scaly, cat-sized mammal. This doesn’t mean the virus is dangerous to humans. The virus is related to the one that causes COVID-19 but...

Monday Night Politics – 1/29/2024

Justice, 5th Court of Appeals District, Place 11Cory CarlyleKim Cooks District Judge, 162nd Judicial DistrictKim BaileyTracie Michelle Shelby SheriffMarian BrownSam MohamadRodney ThomasLupe ValdezRoy Williams, Jr. The post Monday Night Pol...

Black small business owners more optimistic, ready for growth in 2024

Despite continuing concerns about inflation and economic uncertainty, Black small business owners are more optimistic about 2024 compared to small business owners overall, according to JPMorgan Chase’s 2024 Business Leaders Outlook survey. Optimism t...

Posts Mislead About Measles, MMR Vaccine Amid Recent Outbreaks

SciCheck Digest Measles is a highly contagious disease that can be serious and even fatal. Fortunately, it can safely be prevented by vaccination. But in the wake of outbreaks in the U.S. and elsewhere — likely in large part due to low vaccination co...

Dexter King died believing that the truth of his father’s killing will someday rise

(TriceEdneyWire.com) – Not another King dying far too soon. This was the immediate reaction of many at the news that Dexter Scott King, the youngest son of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King had died from prostate cancer at age 62. In...

Ask Terri about stocks and bonds

Ask Terri! host, Terri T. Thomas, offers tools for anyone interested in stocks and investing. The post Ask Terri about stocks and bonds appeared first on Dallas Examiner.