Category : News

Are the Democrats leading or is President Trump?

By Roger Caldwell, NNPA Newswire Contributor There are more than 20 Democratic candidates running for President of the United States, and if you listen to them talk, they all believe they can win the nomination. Everyone knows that most of these cand...

Dallas ISD Trustee Joyce Foreman: New school year. New Opportunities. Endless Possibilities

By Joyce Foreman, Dallas ISD Trustee District 6 The fall months are rolling in and my excitement is growing in anticipation of the 2019-20 school year. New programs and opportunities signal a promising year ahead for District 6. With innovative new s...

Sweet land of liberty

Standing strong in Angola are Kenny Zulu Whitmore with his amigo, Emundo Cerda Anima. Angola, the largest prison in the U.S., is a former 18,000-acre slave plantation. It is still worked by Black “slaves.” Under the slavery clause in the 13th Amendm...

Dallas City Council vote to offer economic incentives to lure Uber expansion

By: Ruth Ferguson, NDG Editor The Dallas City Council voted on Wednesday to offer Uber Technologies an economic incentive package in hopes of luring them to Dallas as they expand this fall. “I am thrilled for Dallas and for Uber Technologies,” said M...

Minister trains youth to gain confidence and develop a career

The Rev. Adrian Heath of Redeemed Connection Ministries has an unusual dual calling. In addition to being an ordained minister, he is the owner of a lawn maintenance company. Noticing the number of idle youth during the summer months while conducting...

MANHATTAN SUPREME COURT JUDGE SEALS HUNDREDS OF MARIJUANA POSSESSION CONVICTIONS FOLLOWING CLASS ACTION PETITION

[Marijuana\Mass Incarceration] Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance: “There’s no reason a conviction for smoking or possessing marijuana should follow New Yorkers for life. I was honored to work with defense providers to seal these records and rem...

Dallas back-to-school shoppers plan to spend less

By: Ruth Ferguson, NDG Editor It is merely a matter of math. And when it comes to back-to-school shopping, Dallas consumers are planning to subtract from their spending budget. According to a recent survey by Deloitte, Dallas/Fort Worth shoppers plan...

Tennessee Senators Imagine an End to Legal Abortion

“Make no mistake the ACLU and others will sue if this bill is passed into law. We will sue and we will win,” said Hedy Weinberg Director of ACLU Tennessee. NASHVILLE, TN – The Senate Judicial Committee “Summer Study” was like two days of Vacation Bib...

You are the one

The Gantt Report By Lucius Gantt On any given day, someone in your com-munity is waiting for something! They wait on God to shower them with financial blessings, they wait on Jesus to deliver them a true soul mate, they wait on children to grow up...

New EPA rule could wreck your engine this summer

By Drew Johnson The Environmental Protection Agency just approved the year-round sale of E15, a gasoline blend comprised of 15 percent ethanol. Until now, the agency had banned the mixture during summer months, since high-ethanol blends react with ho...

Look up the word Genocide with your Smart Phone

By Dr. P.L. Wright, PH.D This is one of my stories. During July 2006 our family had a reunion in Atlanta, Georgia. I met many families and had a lot of fun with recent memories of those I had just met. This is a story about 1 member who set next to m...

There is Something Uncivilized About Living in America in 2019

By Roger Caldwell In America in 2019, there is something fundamentally frightening about leaving your home, because you are not sure you will return. You can be on the way to the park, the supermarket or the movies, and you may meet up with a crazy m...

Cowards

By Winslow Myers The president was quick to label the latest mass shooters co-wards. This seems like an oddly careless, even Orwellian, use of the word, because it implies that there is a courageous way, as opposed to a cowardly one, to act out hatre...

IMMIGRATION IS CONGRESS’S ALBATROSS

IMMIGRATION IS CONGRESS’S ALBATROSS By John Johnson II, Miramar Throughout history, America has always welcomed immigrants. Clearly, immigration has fueled the growth of our Nation and has contributed much to what is great about America. If all of t...

While wealth from government assistance

By Kevin Palmer The 2016 Federal Reserve Survey of Consumer Finances, indicated the median net worth of Whites with a HS diploma is $100,600, compared to $68,300 for Blacks with a bachelor’s degree. This gross inequality in wealth is the result of Am...