Category : News

Dr. Phyllis Qualls elected National Vice President of Les Gemmes, Inc.

By Dr. June NASHVILLE, TN — Dr. Phyllis Qualls has been elected national vice president of Les Gemmes, Inc. The election took place during the 27th annual Biennial Conclave, April 10-14 in Atlanta, GA. With the full support of the Nashville Chapt...

Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire – this Chinese-US blockbuster maximises the global appeal of the MonsterVerse

Seventy years after his first appearance in the 1954 Japanese film Gojira, Godzilla has become a global star. Meanwhile King Kong, his gigantic Hollywood counterpart, has been circling the globe for a shade over 90 years. The two come together in Go...

Streets renamed to honor former councilmembers

NASHVILLE, TN —City leaders, community members, neighbors, and friends joined together on April 7th, to commemorate the naming of two streets in north Nashville in honor of former Metro Council Members Chester Hughes and Dr. Carolyn Baldwin Tucker....

Dr. Adrienne Battle recipient of the R.H. Boyd Service Award

NASHVILLE, TN — Dr. Adrienne Battle is Director (Superintendent) of Metro Nashville Public Schools has spent almost her entire career at MNPS, previously serving as a math, reading and language arts teacher; an assistant principal, academic principa...

West Virginia can’t ban transgender athletes

CHARLESTON, WV —West Virginia’s transgender sports ban violates the rights of a teen athlete under Title IX, the federal civil rights law that prohibits sex-based discrimination in schools, an appeals court ruled Tuesday. The 4th U.S. Circuit Cou...

Dr. Tellaney N. Lane named Principal of the Year

By Dr. Llewellyn St. Aubyn Adrian Peter NASHVILLE, TN — In the ever-changing landscape of education, where trends flicker like fads, discovering a leader who seamlessly blends traditional wisdom with contemporary innovation is akin to finding a r...

Open Table Nashville contributes to SCOTUS Amicus Brief

By Logan Langlois NASHVILLE, TN — Open Table Nashville (OTN) has joined over 1,000 organizations and public leaders in filing more than 40 amicus briefs to the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) in anticipation of their upcoming consider...

Rideshare companies at SCOTUS

The U.S. Supreme Court’s 2022 decision in Viking River Cruises v. Moriana set a significant precedent favoring employers in enforcing mandatory arbitration clauses over California’s worker-protection laws. This week, the court is poised to consider...

Law targets Trans foster children says TEP

By Logan Langlois NASHVILLE, TN — Governor Bill Lee signed HB2169/ SB1738 into law earlier this week, introduced by Representative Mary Littleton in the State House and Senator Paul Rose in the Senate. Civil Rights groups such as the Tennessee Eq...

Tennessee secures HUD housing grants

By Ivan Sanchez& Tennessee is set to bolster its efforts against housing discrimination with a substantial injection of funding from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). The grants, totaling $550,000, are part of HUD’s...

PWA President Says Police Officers Sharing Bulletproof Vests

Police Welfare Association (PWA) President Camron Laure, highlighting the Royal Saint Lucia Police Force (RSLPF) resource needs, disclosed that officers share bulletproof vests. “You have police officers today still sharing a bulletproof vest....

The South must rise, again!

(Special to The Dallas Examiner) – The South will rise again! Simply typing the phrase resurrects memories of my days at Southern Methodist University, staring at the two-story tall confederate flag hanging from the roof of the Kappa Alpha house dur...

The importance of a smooth transition into kindergarten

(Texas Public Schools) – It is time for local schools to hold their annual kindergarten roundup; an event held to encourage early kindergarten registration each spring. Transitioning into kindergarten is a significant milestone for both children and...

Discriminatory laws have driven Black voters from the polls. Reclaim your vote aims to bring them back

(National Urban League) – “If the United States wants to make good on its foundational claims of a democratic system of governance open to all citizens, it must find ways to close the racial turnout gap. Wider now than at any point in at least the p...

An update in a long fight for justice

(Children’s Defense Fund) – On April 2, 109-year-olds Viola Fletcher and Lessie Benningfield Randle appeared together at a Tulsa courthouse in a hearing before Oklahoma’s Supreme Court. Mother Fletcher and Mother Randle, as they are known in t...