NNPA NEWSWIRE — New York and Washington, D.C. have the greatest number of Black-owned businesses in the country and the highest percentage of Black-owned businesses, respectively. I know men and women who are working tirelessly to build their businesses and support their communities. They are following a tradition that is steeped in Ujamaa or Cooperative Economics.
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State Fair of Texas Vendors Donate Food to Local Food Shelves and Pantries
NNPA NEWSWIRE — According to Rev. Ronald Wright, of God’s Community Church of Joy, the donation “will help many people who are struggling or just anyone who needs help with food or basic needs.” Food items such as milk, flour, bread and canned goods were donated en masse, but non-traditional items like Oreo Cookies, RAGU Pasta Sauce and Hershey’s Chocolate Syrup were also donated by vendors looking to redistribute their excess inventory.
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The Dallas Morning News Recognized by NABJ for Partnership with Black-Owned Texas Metro News
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The partnership was formed in early 2020 and allows Texas Metro News to publish The Dallas Morning News’ stories for free, while helping The News elevate its coverage of communities of color. The plan originally included community events, but the pandemic stalled those efforts, said Jamie Hancock, The News’ North Texas editor, who led the newsroom partnership and spearheads the newsroom side of the relationship.
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COMMENTARY: Want God’s Best: Trust and Rest
NNPA NEWSWIRE — When we trust in ourselves, it’s easy to make bad decisions and even do things that go against God and what’s best for ourselves. The challenge of being tired and weary is that we don’t always make the best choices. What would happen when we know that we are tired and worn out, if we went to God instead of doubting, complaining, or taking things into our own hands to solve?
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COMMENTARY: It Had Better Be a Hoax
NNPA NEWSWIRE — It would be an understatement to say I was dismayed upon hearing about a challenge on social media that involved students filming themselves physically assaulting teachers. All I could think of was how underpaid teachers are and how there are some adults who live for and love being in the classroom, despite being underpaid and sometimes under-appreciated because of incompetent leadership. I thought about the teachers who use their salaries to help their students.
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COMMENTARY: God is Good to Chadney!
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Chadney Christle, for lack of a more lucid term, is a beast. She is a rare combination of vocals, verve, and virtue that culminates in the purest form of musical performance and worship. Now I admit that I have a penchant for full-figured women with broad smiles and strong lungs.
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FILM REVIEW: Disney’s Jungle Cruise
NNPA NEWSWIRE — So, can the PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN magic work again? I’m not sure this is a billion-dollar franchise, but Johnson and Blunt pull off a fun, even if predictable, movie in the latest Disney blockbuster.
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The Southwest Art Fest Featured Frank Frazier’s Visual Arts Collection in Killeen
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Visual Art enthusiasts as well as the general public were also able to chat it up with local nonprofits such as The Innovation Black Chamber of Commerce and shop with local vendors such as J-Sassy Designs and Danielle’s Delicious Deserts. The Southwest Art Fest kicked off on Saturday September 4 with Killeen Mayor Segarra of presenting The SWAF a proclamation declaring September 4 and 5 as the official days of the festival in Killeen.
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Wake Up and Stay Woke
NNPA NEWSWIRE — A graduate of Grambling State University and holder of numerous degrees, Dr. E. Faye Williams, Esq., the president of the Political Congress of Black Women said Dallas was one stop of many as she tours the country sharing the life lessons he instilled in her.
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COMMENTARY: Labor Day the March Begins!
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Proclamation 95, like the 13th Amendment that it 31 years later, favored the fundamental freedoms of enslaved workers in deference to the liberties slaveholders exercised for almost 300 years. W.E.B. DuBois once remarked that he saw the American Civil War as a “General Strike.” Throughout the bloodiest war in our history, an estimated 198,000 Black men traded their “pruning hooks” for military issued muskets. These men made up 10% of the Union Army, and another 19,000 served in the Navy. Although Labor Day was created in 1882 by unions, it didn’t gain national acceptance until some blood was shed.
