Southwest / Arizona - 1 week ago
By Stacy M. Brown,NNPA Newswire Correspondent@StacyBrownMedia Frank Robinson, a trailblazing figure who was Major League Baseball’s first African American manager and one of its greatest players during a career that spanned 21 seasons, died Thursday...
Southwest / Texas - 1 week ago
The requirements “purportedly honor dignity of the unborn at the expense of the dignity of the women whose religious and personal freedom they curtail,” a collection of religious organizations wrote in a recent court filing. Fri, Feb 8, 2019 at 10...
Southwest / Texas - 1 week ago
About 610,000 people die of heart disease in the United States every year. But that doesn’t have to be your fate. Some risk factors like your family history, sex or age you can’t control. But there are some lifestyle changes you can make to decrea...
Southwest / Texas - 1 week ago
The Border Patrol is prioritizing a wall in Laredo’s urban center, despite the fact that illegal apprehensions are at historic lows. Fri, Feb 8, 2019 at 7:31 am CST Existing border wall in Hidalgo County. Gus BovaOn Monday, U.S. Customs and Bord...
Southwest / Texas - 1 week ago
Freedom Quilting Codes Helped Enslaved Africans Escape the Planation Calling all SDCC families: Join us Sunday, Feb. 10, 2019 2:30PM-4:30PM @ the Dallas Museum of Art, 1717 North Harwood, downtown Dallas for a FREE quilting class. Ages8-80. Com...
Southwest / Texas - 1 week ago
The feds are moving on Starr County land that they don’t have funding to build on yet. Congress could still stop them. Thu, Feb 7, 2019 at 1:41 pm CST The feds are moving on Starr County land that they don’t have funding to build on yet. C...
Southwest / Texas - 1 week ago
By Chris Lamb, The Conversation Professor of Journalism, IUPUI Jackie Robinson, who would have turned 100 on Jan. 31, is often remembered for his courage, athleticism, tenacity and sacrifice. By confronting Jim Crow – both as a baseball player and...
Southwest / Texas - 2 weeks ago
For 45 painful, lonely days, I waited and waited to be convicted of a crime. Wed, Feb 6, 2019 at 6:52 am CST Mel Westfall for the Texas Observer The cold bit through the thin wool blanket and climbed up the short sleeves of my Women of the World...
Southwest / Texas - 2 weeks ago
(by Bob May) Hilton Smith (Kansas City Monarchs, Negro Leagues)Part One – My Passion and My Dream I believe it is essential for you to know who I am, first. Bob May is a 77-year-old white man. I have been passionate about baseball since I was seve...
Southwest / Texas - 2 weeks ago
The governor’s State of the State address was heavy on Texaphile platitudes and predictably light on details. Despite the kumbaya, fault lines are already forming. Wed, Feb 6, 2019 at 6:00 pm CST Governor Greg Abbott delivers the State of the Sta...
Southwest / Texas - 2 weeks ago
The state parks department has pleaded with the administration to save Bentsen state park from the wall. But the feds have shown little interest. Tue, Feb 5, 2019 at 10:30 am CST The state parks department has pleaded with the administrati...
Southwest / Texas - 2 weeks ago
(AP) – While restaurateur and lifestyle guru B. Smith battles with Alzheimer’s disease, her husband is dating, and fans are not happy about it. Smith’s husband, Dan Gasby, opened up about his relationship with Alex Lerner as he serves as a caregiver...
Southwest / Texas - 2 weeks ago
dptstaff | February 5, 2019 | NATIONAL, NEWS, SPORTS | ATLANTA (AP) — NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell says the league will keep focusing on opportunities to create a deeper pool of minority coaching candidates. At his State of the League news co...
Southwest / Arizona - 2 weeks ago
“I believe that we can build a country where no one is forgotten, no one is left behind, where parents can put food on the table. Where there are good paying jobs with good benefits in every neighborhood. Where our criminal justice system keeps us s...
Southwest / Texas - 2 weeks ago
(Dallas) – When Richland College faculty members Clive Siegle and Tim Sullivan started collaborating on the joint project “Finding Little Egypt,” little did they know how far they and their students would delve into the history and anthropology of...