Author: Shawn Williams

KERA/Dallas Blog take issue with Trinity Parkway’s impact on Pegasus Project

KERA/Dallas Blog take issue with Trinity Parkway’s impact on Pegasus Project

Unfortunately I don’t have the opportunity to link to this story from the dallasblog.com right now, but I’ve gotten a number of e-mails regarding my “Vote No” post last week. Here’s the post and I’ll clean it up and give the proper credit later. From DallasBlog.com Texas Transportation Chairman Ric...

Erykah Badu where are you?  One Dallas fan’s personal Top 5

Erykah Badu where are you? One Dallas fan’s personal Top 5

It's rare that an artist comes along and totally change the music scene the way Erykah Badu did in the late 90's. Though Mary J. Blige remains my favorite female artist, her contributions to the Black Music experiece are not the same those made by South Dallas' own E. Badu....

CONGRESSWOMAN JOHNSON INVITES 30TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT RESIDENTS TO PARTICIPATE IN A TELEPHONE TOWN HALL MEETING  ON RECENT ACTIONS IN CONGRESS

CONGRESSWOMAN JOHNSON INVITES 30TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT RESIDENTS TO PARTICIPATE IN A TELEPHONE TOWN HALL MEETING ON RECENT ACTIONS IN CONGRESS

Dallas, Texas (Thursday, November 1, 2007) –  Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson today announced that she would be holding a telephone town hall meeting on Tuesday, November 6th at 7:15 pm local Dallas time. Congresswoman Johnson will be listening and commenting on her constituent's questions regarding her and the Congress's work...

Ta-Nehisi Coates in Sunday’s DMN on the relevance of Al Sharpton

Ta-Nehisi Coates in Sunday’s DMN on the relevance of Al Sharpton

                   Speaking of Points, Mr. Ta-Nehisi Coates writes a scathing piece titled Why Al Sharpton has become irrelevant that appeared in Sunday's Dallas Morning News.  Coates takes issue with the view that Mr. Sharpton represents the opinions of Black America, questioning his credibility and his record in the process.   Here...

Mike Davis Inteviewed in Sunday’s ‘Points’ Section of Dallas Morning News

Mike Davis Inteviewed in Sunday’s ‘Points’ Section of Dallas Morning News

My man Mike Davis from Dallas Progress was interviewed as part of the Dallas Morning News' Point of Contact section in Sunday's paper.  The interview was far too short, but Mike was able the get his 'point' across in the limited space.  Here are a couple of questions from the...

Other Blogging for Justice Posts

Other Blogging for Justice Posts

There were bloggers from all over the world that participated in yesterday's Blogging for Justice Against Sexual Abuse of Black Women.  Take a moment and read some of the other responses from the web.  I particularly liked what Eddie Griffin, Nu Vision, and AA Political Pundit had to say. What...

HOUSE TRANSPORTATION LEADERS REACT TO WRDA VETO

HOUSE TRANSPORTATION LEADERS REACT TO WRDA VETO

WASHINGTON—Today Rep. James L. Oberstar (Minn.), Chairman of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson (Tex.), Chairwoman of the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment, blasted President Bush for vetoing H.R. 1495, the Water Resources Development Act of 2007.   This bipartisan legislation, which was approved...

I’m voting ‘No’, hate to line up with the rest of the crew on this one

I’m voting ‘No’, hate to line up with the rest of the crew on this one

I have tell you, I had written an entire post titled "I'm voting Yes," with all these reasons why.  Many of them were in line with facts detailed by Renee at Blue Island.   The Vote "No" people have not been straight with the citizens of Dallas in their reasoning. ...

Day of Blogging for Justice: Protecting Black Women and their Families from Rape

Day of Blogging for Justice: Protecting Black Women and their Families from Rape

Big Creek, West Virginia and West Palm Beach, Florida provide two disturbing cases of rape perpetrated against two African-American females.  To compare and contrast the two stories shows just how much work is needed to keep black women and their families safe from the horror inflicted by sexual abuse. The...

Soulja Boy Lyrics explained

Soulja Boy Lyrics explained

Soulja Boy's "Crank That Soulja Boy" is pretty hot right now, though it's popularity is probably on the downside.  As of two or three weeks ago, football team from high school to the NFL were getting crunk before games with Soulja Boy as their inspiration. And as many of you...