By David Wilfong, NDG Contributing Writer At a press conference on Tuesday, Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings started the ball rolling on a process that may lead to the removal of monuments in Dallas built in honor of famous Confederate leaders. The announcement came after a weekend of violence that culminated in the death of one […]
The Texas Health and Human Services Campaign Slashes Its Budget Eliminating Black Press
By Nicole James Scott, NDG Contributing Writer With the alarming changes in the current political landscape and how African-Americans in specific are being impacted there are growing signs that all things Black, included the Black press is on the chopping block. In a recent move to “stretch” its dollars the Texas Health and Human Services […]
Despite unequal treatment, Black women will rise
By Julianne Malveaux, NNPA Newswire Columnist Many women’s organizations commemorate Equal Pay Day, which this year was April 5. It meant that women, in general, would have had to work all of 2016, and until April 5, 2017, to earn the same amount of money that a White man earned in 2016. Few will recognize […]
For Black Contractors The Road To Prosperity Is Long and Slow
By Nicole Scott, NDG Contributing Writer A recent review of contracts allocated by Dallas ISD and their breakdown by ethnicity reveals an age-old impasse, African-American businesses are receiving a paltry fraction of the pie. To those who have been on the front lines of the fight against disparity this comes as no surprise. African-American contractors […]
No Fear, All Passion: The Battle to end Carrollton’s agreement with ICE
By Nolan Adams, NDG Special Contributor The winds of change are sweeping through the streets of Carrollton, whipping and lashing against the doors of city hall. On the night of July 11, those doors finally gave way to a tsunami of pro-immigrant activists. They filled the seats of city hall for one reason (surprisingly, it […]
Federal Legislation Allows States to Innovate Education Policy
By Courtney Borchert NDG Special Contributor Texas will implement the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) in school districts this academic year. The federal law grants more flexibility to states in exchange for comprehensive state-developed plans that help close achievement gaps and provide accountability with action for low-performing schools. ESSA is a bipartisan law that was […]
Reflections one year after the July 7 shootings
By Ruth Ferguson, NDG Editor Earlier this week, NDG spoke by phone with Minister Dominque Alexander, President & Founder at Next Generation Action Network (NGAN), the organization which organized the march on July 7, 2016. The event had drawn hundreds out to protest the shootings deaths of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile, which were just the latest […]
Dallas ISD Battles Declining Enrollment, Funding Cuts in Approved $1.4 Billion Budget
By Courtney Borchert, NDG Special Contributor The Dallas Independent School District (Dallas ISD) Board of Trustees adopted the proposed 2017-2018 fiscal year budget on June 22, which leaves the district with approximately $53 million less in general funds. Board of Trustees President Dan Micciche noted that one influencing factor for the cut was due to decreased […]