Casey Thomas will officially throw his hat into the ring to unseat Dave Neumann on Friday at 11:00 a.m. Thomas will make his announcement at Tejano Restaurant at 110 W. Davis St. in Dallas. Casey wants to represent District 3 which stretches from West Dallas, through Kessler Park and as...
According to TheHill.com, Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) is calling for a United Nations investigation into Israel’s attacks on Gaza for what he sees as a disproportionate response to Hamas rocket attacks. Here are highlights from the article posted by By Ian Swanson. The criticism stands in stark contrast to the...
WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Asian Americans are less attached to their racial identity than black Americans. This finding confirms that minority politics in the United States today is more complex than generally realized and that understanding the increasingly multicultural nature of the U.S. requires perspectives that incorporate, but go...
Proceeds From the Event to Benefit the Growing Number of Hungry Americans CHICAGO, Dec. 19 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Feeding America and the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) announced today that Def Jam artist and Multi-Platinum, Grammy Award-winning global superstar Rihanna will perform at an inauguration charity ball on January 20,...
Casey Thomas, outgoing president of the Dallas Branch NAACP, is planning a run for the Dallas City Council this Spring. He looks to replace incumbent Dave Neumann in Council District 3. In a message to friends and family, Thomas says “In my years of serving the Dallas Community and speaking...
As President Elect Obama moves to finish out his cabinet, he has selected former Dallas mayor Ron Kirk to the position of U.S. Trade Representative. Kirk is a currently a partner with law firm Vinson & Elkins LLP. Born in Austin, Texas, Kirk is a graduate of Austin College, in...
When talk of a Master Plan at the Inland Port in Southern Dallas came up, I was skeptical. I mean the Allen Group had gotten the port off to a great start and I haven’t heard one negative thing about what they are doing out there. They have 6,000...
#1 Black Blogger and LGBT advocate Pam Spalding goes off on the Obama team’s decision to select Rick Warren to deliver the invocation at the Presidential inauguration. Here’s a little bit of what Pam had to say in her Homobigot Rick Warren Invocation Post. I can understand the selection of...
I’m thankful each time that someone feels that my words are worthy of print. But I consider it an honor and a privilege to have been quoted in this month’s collector’s edition of Ebony Magazine. It’s a marvelous issue with President-Elect Barack Obama on the cover. I appear in a...
I’ve received a great Christmas gift already this year, a host of new guest bloggers. Check out this post about Ron Kirk and his potentially being part of the Obama administration. I’d like to welcome LeLe who blogs as As LeLe’s World Turns to the Dallas South Family. I don’t...
