Category : News

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...

Head Start is a jump start for women’s economic security

(NNPA) – Since 1964, the Head Start program has been a lifeline for generations of women and families, providing free, high-quality educational, health, social-emotional and nutritional services and opening doors to opportunity and economic justice t...

Why my fight against domestic violence is so personal

(The White House) – Tonight, on the South Lawn of the White House, more than 1,000 survivors, advocates and allies will gather to mark the 30th anniversary of the first comprehensive law addressing violence against women in our nation’s history: the...

Saving the world as a path to prosperity

(Sierra Club) – “Made in the USA” is a tagline that should apply to every major piece of the clean energy economy. It is within our grasp. But we need to bust some myths.This week, clean energy and sustainability leaders from around the country got t...

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs to remain in custody after judge denies bail appeal in racketeering conspiracy and sex trafficking case

(CNN) – Sean “Diddy” Combs will remain in federal custody after his lawyers on Wednesday failed in their appeal of the decision that denied him bail.In his ruling, Judge Andrew Carter said there were no conditions that reduced the risk of witness tam...

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs arrested in New York, his attorney tells CNN

(CNN) – Music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs, who has faced a parade of sexual assault lawsuits and a federal human trafficking probe in the last year, has been arrested, the producer’s attorney tells CNN.Combs was arrested Monday night at the Park Hyatt H...

Nearly half of U.S. renters spend more than 30% of their income on housing costs

(CNN) – Nearly half of all renter households in the U.S. were cost-burdened in 2023, meaning they paid more than 30% of their income towards housing costs, according to new government data.The data, released Thursday as part of the U.S. Census Bureau...