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Paying Teachers: It’s Time to Put Our Money Where Our Mouths Are
Amid continued talks of teacher shortages, the conversation about disparities in teacher pay remains a critical aspect for both current and prospective teacher candidates. While most people express a...
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How Kamala Harris Talks About Race Issues
“Black Vote, Black Power,” a collaboration between Keith Boykin and Word In Black, examines the issues, the candidates, and what’s at stake for Black America in the 2024 presidential election. To...
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Disparities in ADHD Diagnosis and Collective Solutions
In 2024, the Center for Disease Control (CDC) reported an estimated 7 million (11.4%) U.S. children aged 3–17 years have ever been diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD),...
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Dallas Weekly’s Day of Civics: A Morning with Maryland Governor Wes Moore and...
This article was originally published September 29, 2024 at 4pm CST and was updated September 30, 2024 at 5:45 am CST.Dallas, TX – Members of the Dallas Weekly team spent the past Saturday immersed in...
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Paul Quinn College Hosts JBJ Management BBO Luncheon
Photo Credit: UNCF ICBJBJ Management recently hosted its Building Business Opportunities Luncheon at Paul Quinn College. The event featured an impressive lineup of speakers, including Kimberly Tolbert,...
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Darryl George Is Back, and He’s Still Fighting for His Dreadlocks
by Aziah SiidA metro Houston teenager who was suspended from school for refusing to cut his dreadlocks has urged a judge to let him go back to that school so he can spend his senior year “like a...
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Can Freedom Schools Fill Educational Gaps for Black Students?
by Quintessa WilliamsIn the mid-1960s, when the Supreme Court ordered the integration of public schools, states in the Deep South were incensed. Not only did they refuse to comply, but they also banned...
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Hope, Hope, and More Hope: A Conversation with a Young Black Man Attending an...
With each Presidential Election, there is a new group of young men and women ready to be engaged civically in the political atmosphere of America. Every four years there is an introduction of new...
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The downfall of School Lunches: Is there any real hope for progress?
In 2022 DW talked about Dallas Independent School District (DISD) students receiving moldy food, repeatedly in their lunches. Let’s take a look of what has changed for students in public schools. In...
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Can Less Mean More? Exploring 4-Day School Weeks
In an effort to encourage work-life balance and increase the morale of their employees, many companies now offer the benefit of shortened work weeks. Many of these companies also believe that having...
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Black Women Investors Are on the Rise, Driven by a Desire to Build...
Black Women Investors are on the Rise, Driven by a Desire to Build Generational Wealth J.P. Morgan Wealth Management’s third annual Diverse Investor Study found that 46% of Black women respondents...
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