PORTLAND, Ore. (Portland Tribune) – In the days before his death on Thursday, March 23, as nurses took care of Walter Cole, aka the beloved drag queen Darcelle, a great many people paid visits to him at Legacy Emanuel Medical Center. The Portland community lost an icon with the passing of […]
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HOUSTON ISD TAKEOVER IS A TROJAN HORSE FOR PRIVATIZATION
Leaders of low-income communities of color worry the state’s power grab could deepen inequalities. by JOSEPHINE LEE MARCH 20, 2023, 3:00 PM, CDT Donnie Walker, U.S. history teacher at Wheatley High School in the Houston Independent School District (HISD), has a family legacy at the school. His grandparents went to Wheatley. […]
Idaho hospital to stop delivering babies as doctors flee over abortion ban
Near-total ban on abortions is driving doctors away, hospital says, leading to lack of nearby labor and delivery care for thousands Gloria Oladipo @gaoladipo Mon 20 Mar 2023 12.15 EDT An Idaho hospital has planned to stop delivering babies, with the medical center’s managers citing increasing criminalization of physicians and the inability […]
Tennessee House Votes Humanity
By Ian Round, Daily Memphian Updated: March 20, 2023 7:52 PM CT | Published: March 20, 2023 7:52 PM CT The Tennessee House of Representatives on Monday, March 20, passed a bill that allows abortion in certain circumstances to save the life of the patient. The amended bill is narrower in scope […]
Russian fighter jet forces down US drone over Black Sea
By Oren Liebermann, Jennifer Hansler, Haley Britzky and Natasha Bertrand, CNN Updated 10:22 AM EDT, Wed March 15, 2023 A Russian fighter jet forced down a US Air Force drone over the Black Sea on Tuesday after damaging the propeller of the American MQ-9 Reaper drone, according to the US military. The Reaper drone and two Russian […]
He was with Emmett Till the night he was murdered. The horror haunts him still
March 12, 20237:24 AM ET Ayesha Rascoe Dr. Marvel Parker The horror happened 67 years ago, but it never left the Rev. Wheeler Parker Jr. It never will. There are times even now, when he will break down in tears when he describes what happened that night in Mississippi in […]
The U.S.-Israel Relationship No Longer Makes Sense
If Israel and its supporters want the country to continue receiving U.S. largesse, they will need to come up with a new narrative. By Steven A. Cook, a columnist at Foreign Policy and the Eni Enrico Mattei senior fellow for Middle East and Africa studies at the Council on Foreign Relations. MARCH 13, […]
Revenge of the Tiger-On To The Dance!
by Don Mooney FORT WORTH, Texas — What a difference a week makes! Just seven days ago #1 ranked Houston guard Jamaal Shead sank a mid-range, bone-crushing jumper for at 67-65 win at Tigers sold out home court crowd. One week later the Tigers got their revenge with a 75-65 […]
‘It still hurts’: Chris Rock speaks about Will Smith slap for first time
Chris Rock has spoken at length for the first time about being slapped by Will Smith during the Oscars, almost a year since the scandal that shocked millions watching around the world. Comedian lays into victimhood, Jada Pinkett Smith and her husband during his new standup show, saying ‘she hurt him way […]
Black History In Space
Memphis, Tenn——— For most Americans traditional branches of the Armed Forces; Marines, Army, Navy are a given. As America grew, so did the military. Technological evolvement demanded a military upgrade, thus the U.S. Air Force came about during the mid-twentieth century. Since 1947 technology has demanded another upgrade. Beyond land, […]