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Blackness Our Perspective: The biracial side of Blackness

As our Black History Month discussion progresses, we shift the dialogue to how biracial people define their cultural identities. Living in a nation that once implied that one drop of Black blood made you a Black person, navigating a...

Journalist Gabriel Buule Introduced by Lover Mulungi Joan to Her Parents

By BigEyeUg Team In a heartwarming ceremony over the weekend, journalist Gabriel Buule was formally introduced by his partner, Mulungi Joan, to close friends and family. The intimate gathering, held at Joan’s family home, was grac...

Mike Carey made history as the first Black Super Bowl referee. He wants to continue to give back to the game he loves

(CNN) – On Feb. 3, 2008, Mike Carey made history just by walking onto a football field. On that day in Glendale, Arizona, Carey became the first Black referee in a Super Bowl – and it happened to one of the most iconic games in NFL history. In...

From Classroom to checkout: Dallas ISD students learn life skills with student-run market

The ringing of a cash register isn’t a typical sound heard in an elementary school, but at Victor H. Hexter Elementary School, students are learning how to run and operate their own store. Known as “Hexter Market,” students in Heidi Zeko’s Functi...

Millions of people have long COVID, including children and pregnant women, studies show

(CNN) – Millions of people deal with COVID-19 symptoms long after their initial infections. Two new studies – one looking at pregnant people and the other on children – give a better look at the burden from this health problem that doctors say often...

Federal report: Steady rise in hate crimes at schools

(CNN) – In a first-of-its-kind report released Monday, the Department of Justice found hate crimes at schools have steadily risen since 2020 and schools were the third most common location for reported hate crimes to occur in the U.S. The number...

The Space Race brings an out-of-this-world perspective to Black History Month

(CNN) – The annual influx of Black History Month programming yields an out-of-this-world documentary in The Space Race, which recognizes pioneers in integrating the space program, the resistance they faced and even the Soviet Union preceding America...

Reflections of Dallas Past: Growing up in Dallas during segregated times

(Special to The Dallas Examiner) – This month is a good time to reflect on growing up in segregated Dallas and the experiences I encountered during that time and now. Having recently celebrated Dr. Martian Luther King’s birthday also put me in the m...

Driving in West Texas is deadly dangerous. A new report measures how much

(The Texas Tribune) – ODESSA – Severe and fatal vehicle crashes occur at a higher rate in the Permian Basin than the rest of Texas, a new report released Wednesday by the Texas A&M Transportation Institute found. Commissioned by the Permian R...

Many Texas community college students who transfer don’t finish their degrees, study says

(The Texas Tribune) –Most Texas community college students who transfer to a four-year university don’t graduate, according to a report on college transfers released Wednesday. The study from the Community College Research Center and Aspen Instit...

Dallas Office of Environmental Quality and Sustainability hosts town halls on solar energy

As part of its Comprehensive Environmental and Climate Action Plan, the city of Dallas has prioritized the development and use of zero-emissions electricity sources, like solar energy, to meet its climate goals. The City of Dallas Office of Environm...

Review Article By Misinformation Spreaders Misleads About mRNA COVID-19 Vaccines

SciCheck Digest The mRNA COVID-19 vaccines have a good safety record and have saved millions of lives. But viral posts claim the contrary, citing a recent peer-reviewed article authored by known COVID-19 misinformation spreaders and published in a co...