Category : News

4 months ago

WeGo Public Transit experiences continued growth

NASHVILLE& –WeGo Public Transit is closing out 2023 strong with an increase in ridership. There were 1.8 million more rides on our services in comparison to last fiscal year. Additionally, WeGo Ride, an employer-sponsored program which provides...

4 months ago

Nat Turner in Gaza

Enslaved in the Antebellum South, Nat Turner organized a national reckoning with slavery and those who sought to enslave in 1831. Although his rebellion was quashed, his bravery still stands the test of time, inspiring freedom movements to this day....

4 months ago

The plague of Virginia prisoners dying from medical neglect

by Kevin ‘Rashid’ Johnson Reality sets in The reality of death by medical neglect in the Virginia prison system became all too real to me when I returned to the Virginia Department of Corrections (sic!) [VDOC] in 2021. I had just spent a de...

4 months ago

Ms. Senior America to be featured in MLK Parade on Jan. 15

By Sandra Crenshaw “From Where I Sit” National Ms. Senior America , Dr. Terre Denise Quinn and her court will be a featured guests in the 2024 Martin Luther King Parade sponsored by the H.E.L.P. Foundation. Dr. Quinn, a general surgeon from Allen, Te...

4 months ago

Man versus nature, and the way back

By Lori Lee NDG Contributing Writer Living in urban areas is a relatively recent phenomenon, said Dr. Michael Jerratis, professor of Environmental Health Sciences at UCLA. As he explained, we evolved in nature. An internationally recognized researche...

4 months ago

Congrats to Campus Teachers of the Year!

As we prepare for our winter break, I congratulate each and every one of the Campus Teachers of the Year, in District Six and across Dallas ISD. Our teachers are the key to the future for our students, and I appreciate them all for the diligence and...

4 months ago

Where did all the blue skies go?

By Frederick Joseph In times of turmoil and unrest, where the world seems to tilt on an axis of uncertainty, music emerges as a sanctuary, a temple not made with hands. It is in the harmonies and rhythms that we find an echo of our innermost selves,...