The Power of the Student Voice: Inside TSU’s Historic March to the Polls
If you haven’t voted yet, TSU is offering free shuttle service to polling locations on Election Day, Tuesday, November 3rd, between 1:00 p.m. and 5:30 p.m.
The Power of the Student Voice: Inside TSU’s Historic March to the Polls
If you haven’t voted yet, TSU is offering free shuttle service to polling locations on Election Day, Tuesday, November 3rd, between 1:00 p.m. and 5:30 p.m.
Quincy Wilson Talks 2024 Olympics, Choosing UMD, Rod Wave & More with the Washington Informer
Washington Informer Reporter Demarco Rush caught up with Quincy Wilson to discuss his decision to attend the University of Maryland, his Olympic experience, growing up in the DMV, and his favorite music artists. Watch now: https://youtu.be/vKZ0jYLPLUo?si=ehw41bx5AUv1lJWo Video Producer: Demarco Rush About The Washington Informer: washingtoninformer.com Founded in 1964 by Dr. Calvin W. Rolark, The Washington Informer is an African American, woman-owned newspaper providing positive coverage Read more […]
Voting in Texas: Protect Your Ballot Before, During, and After Election Day
Whether you’re a first-time voter or a seasoned regular, between new polling tech, late SCOTUS rulings, and misleading information circulating online, staying prepared is critical. Texas Civil Rights Project met with local media and provided vital resources designed to protect your ballot before, during, and after Election Day.
Standing in the Gap: How Sisters Network Inc. Is Rewriting the Narrative for Black Survivors
Every October, the world lights up in pink: ribbons, shirts, landmark buildings, and parade floats, all rallying for the global fight against breast cancer. But for Black women, who are too often left out of the clinical trial conversations and medical breakthroughs, that pink light feels more like a lived-in shadow. Support by following @SistersNetwork.
The Texas Democratic Agenda vs. The Texas Republican Agenda
Thirty years of Republican control, endless campaign promises, and Texans screaming for economic relief.
Rethink the Job Search: How Niche Community Spaces Are Quietly Out-Hiring Corporate LinkedIn
Here is a truth about Houston’s job market: the most valuable professional networks aren’t happening over bland networking mixers in Downtown high-rises anymore. They also are becoming more rare on popular job search sites like Indeed and LinkedIn. They are happening in crowded, high-energy halls fueled by community, ambition, and serious intent. Career fairs have been around since the late 1940’s, but technology slowly pulled us away from the in-person job search. Now, technology is bringing Read more […]
Starving for Stats: Brooke Rollins’ Masterclass in Disinformation
Five million humans lost food assistance; those families did not suddenly become financially secure. Dropping someone from a relief roll does not feed them; it simply makes their hunger invisible to federal ledgers.
92 Polling Sites Gone: The Hidden Strategy Targeting Texas’s Purple County
Let’s not mince words about what just went down in Texas. In a state where voter suppression is practically a pass-down heritage, Tarrant County officials executed a textbook maneuver: voting to slash 92 Election Day polling locations ahead of November. That drops the county’s footprint from 316 sites in 2022 to a meager 224. They’ll spin it in corporate speak, citing “efficiency,” “saving taxpayers money,” and cutting “low-turnout sites.” But anyone with an elementary grasp of Southern Read more […]
Chef Sharon Lee Blends Culinary Excellence, Education, and Empowerment
Chef Sharon Lee will be a guest vendor at the 11th Annual Black-Eyed Pea Festival on Sept. 12 with the Freedom Farmer’s Market at 4521 Telegraph Ave. in Oakland from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Strange Fruit Map: How a Black Woman’s Data is Challenging Rush-to-Judgment Suicide Rulings in the South
In a state with a documented legacy of racial violence that has seen at least four Black hanging deaths in a single year—including 16-year-old Juliana Nzita and 36-year-old Cedric Tayhue—labeling these acts as self-inflicted statistics fails both the victims’ families and public safety.
