Category : Black Owned Newspapers And Blogs

Abby Phillip: How I wound up giving birth at home

(CNN) – It was a little after 6 p.m., Aug. 15, 2021, and things were about to get real. The mild discomfort I had been feeling for days was suddenly noticeable enough to stop me in my tracks: I was in labor. My husband, mother and I jumped into a...

State trooper charged with second-degree murder in death of man during traffic stop in Minneapolis

(CNN) – A Minnesota State Patrol trooper was charged Wednesday with second-degree murder in the shooting death of Ricky Cobb II during a traffic stop in Minneapolis last year. State Trooper Ryan Londregan also faces charges of first-degree assaul...

More Texans than ever before enrolled in ACA health plans in 2024, feds say

(The Texas Tribune) – More Texans than ever have signed up for cheap or free health care coverage through the Affordable Care Act, with more than 1 in 9 residents covered under government-subsidized health plans for 2024, according to federal health...

Avoid these common tax filing pitfalls

(Sponsored by JPMorgan Chase) – Filing your taxes is a dreaded task for most people, but it’s a necessary one. Making errors on your tax return can lead to financial headaches, potential legal issues, and unnecessary stress. To navigate the ta...

Black health in Texas: Symposium covers caregiving, law and technology

According to a recent study, racial and ethnic disparities within Texas’ health care system reveal Black and Latino Texans are less likely to have health insurance, access to medical facilities or preventative care. Currently studies have also fo...

Getting Black males into the K-12 classroom

(TriceEdneyWire.com) – Despite the changing society we live in, the honor of being a teacher will never change. Knowing that a teacher can shape the young minds of children for a lifetime is a reward in itself. Both the student and society benefits...

A nonviolent crusade to restore justice and peace in the U.S.

If I’ve been blessed to have another 10 years, never, ever, ever have I seen or will there be another Martin Luther King. Never, ever. The baddest dude on the Earth.” The& Stanford Report& noted that Clarence Jones, Dr. Martin Luther King...

Department of Justice report on the response to Uvalde school shooting

(The White House)–In May 2022, Jill and I traveled to Uvalde to grieve 21 students and educators senselessly and tragically gunned down at Robb Elementary School. Twenty-one souls stolen from us in a place where they are supposed to feel safe – thei...

Balancing act: Benefits and drawbacks of teen employment

(Cushing ISD) – Recently, my 16-year-old son has convinced me that he should work a part-time job. As a parent, I drug my feet and have put the issue off for many months as I researched and considered the benefits and drawbacks of him working during...

Power grids supplied by clean energy are more reliable. That saves lives

(Sierra Club) – On February 2021, a rare Valentines Day winter storm wallops Texas with snow and a deep freeze. The storm will knock out power for at least 69% of people across the state. Hundreds will die. That was Winter Storm Uri. Many of us p...

Here we go again! Just when we thought things were getting better

(TriceEdneyWire.com) – Just when we thought things were getting better around the world, and at home, some of the craziest stuff raised its ugly head not to resolve problems, but to create more. We were heavily impacted by the Israeli-Hamas trage...

Record number of police killings in 2023 points to the urgent need to adopt National Urban League’s 21 Pillars, enact George Floyd Justice in Policing Act

(TriceEdneyWire.com) – “The only way to get this number down significantly would be to make more significant changes to, you know, what policing means in this country.” & – Justin Nix, criminal justice professor, University of Nebraska Omaha...