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Jade Tinner is the Vice President of Community Investment at Dallas Black Chamber of Commerce and Founder/CEO of JTBE INK. A publicist, strategist, and consultant; she previously worked as a Major Gift Officer for Catholic Charities Fort Worth. Jade holds a degree in Marketing from the Bloch School of Management at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, where she was a four-year Division I basketball player. She also serves on the Executive Board of BRIDGE Fort Worth and is an active member of the DFW Urban League Young Professionals, and the Minority Advisory Council (MAC). Jade is the founder of The One Unified Resource Foundation, a progressive nonprofit with the belief that we are all responsible for the overall well-being of OUR communities. Jade cares! |
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From ‘boring, but radical’ to turning ‘crisis into opportunity’: Texans weigh in on Joe Biden’s big speech
Texas Democrats say the country is back on track, as Republicans say they’re searching for the ‘unity’ they were promised.
Updated at 10:27 p.m. with reactions after the speech.
As President Joe Biden made his case for ambitious investment and tax plans, Texans in Congress were split on how they felt about what they heard.
Texas Republicans asked where Biden’s calls for “unity” went as they decried the crisis-level surge of migrants at the border, as Democrats celebrated the administration’s successes so far and say the country is back on track.
The address looked different this year than it has in the past, due to COVID-19 restrictions which will allow only around 200 people to attend the speech, instead of the usual 1,600. It was also the first time two women, Vice President Kamala Harris and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, stood behind the president as he addressed Congress and the nation.
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Housing Gains could Grow Black Wealth More Than $500 Billion in a Decade
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Black-owned home values have also grown just over one percentage point faster than White-owned home values each year for the last three
years. In February 2020, Black-owned home values were up 4.6% from a year earlier, while White home values were up 3.6%. In February 2021, Black home values were up 10.9% from the previous year, while White home values were up 9.7%. This faster appreciation among Black-owned homes narrowed the overall home value gap from
16.7% to 15.9%.
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If home values increased by five percentage points the reduction would be $31 billion. Combined, alleviating these two disparities could cut the wealth gap by about 40%, to $1.9 trillion. (Photo: iStockphoto / NNPA |
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By Black Press USA
A new Zillow analysis finds Black households saw modest progress narrowing the racial wealth gap during the pandemic, and that housing factors will largely impact whether that gap grows or shrinks throughout the next 10 years.
- The typical Black household has only about 23% of the wealth of a typical White household
- Zillow analysis finds home value and homeownership rate disparities directly account for almost 40% of the $3 trillion wealth gap [1]
- If the typical Black-owned home was worth the same as the typical White-owned home, Black wealth would more than double (from $931 billion to $2.1 trillion)
SEATTLE, April 26, 2021 – Incremental increases in homeownership rates and home values among Black households would help shrink the current $3 trillion racial wealth gap by hundreds of billions of dollars over the next decade, according to a new Zillow analysis.
Today’s typical Black household has only about 23% of the wealth of a typical White household, down from 34.6% before the Great Recession. Housing factors — including lower home values and rates of homeownership — directly account for nearly 40% [2] of that gap, with assets like investments in stocks and bonds and retirement accounts making up the rest.
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GET YOUR VACCINE!
No appointment needed at Parkland’s Ellis Davis Field House vaccine site Specific hours designated at drive-through location DALLAS – Individuals over the age of 16 can receive a COVID-19 vaccination without an appointment between 11 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday – Saturday at Parkland Health & Hospital System’s drive-through location at Ellis Davis Field House, 9191 S. Polk St., Dallas, 75232. Minors must be accompanied by an adult. Ellis Davis Field House is open to those with an appointment from 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday – Saturday. The location is closed on Sundays. For additional information about COVID-19, please visit www.parklandhospital.com/covid
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NNPA Education Awareness Program
Countering the Mid-Semester Blahs
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By Kristen DiCerbo,
chief learning officer at Khan Academy
It is that time—after spring break—when the stretch from now to the end of the school year can seem like a long slog. Here are some tips to help kids beat the mid-semester blahs and lean into learning this spring.
Switch things up. Routines are getting old and boring. Find ways to shake up the sameness of the day; this can be as simple as creating a new study spot or finding a new after-school snack. Even better, have a brainstorming session with your child to come up with a new learning activity together. Embracing a child’s natural curiosity encourages them to continue to ask more questions and engage in the world, which can help them succeed now and in the future. The new learning activity could be anything from origami to dribbling a soccer ball to understanding why the sky looks blue. Engaging the brain in something new stimulates fresh thinking and revitalizes our energy.
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Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson has backed Yolonda Williams and Donald Parish in two city council races. The incumbents in those races raised more money off the mayor's endorsements than the candidates Johnson is backing. (Brandon Wade/Special Contributor)(Brandon Wade / Special Contributor) |
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By Nic Garcia and Everton Bailey Jr.
Two Dallas City Council members received a windfall of campaign contributions after Mayor Eric Johnson endorsed competitors in each of those races, new campaign finance records show. Incumbents Jaime Resendez and Adam Bazaldua handily outraised their opponents during the latest reporting period — pulling in about half their total contributions in the 72 hours after the mayor endorsed two of their respective rivals in mid-April, Yolanda Faye Williams and Donald Parish in Districts 5 and 7. Council member Paula Blackmon also outraised her top competitor, John Botefuhr, in the District 9 race that has attracted the mayor’s attention but not a full endorsement. Saturday’s City Council election — in which all 14 seats are in play — has become in part a referendum on the mayor, who was first elected in 2019, and his failed attempt to prevent his colleagues from cutting $7 million in police overtime pay last summer.
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Happy Birthday to you! April 29 |
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Master P, Erica Campbell, Shahadi Wright Joseph, Duke Ellington, Titus O’Neal, Temverlee Renee, Fox Pike, Serge Tyttof Aye, Amy V. Simmons, Omega Penn-White, Rebecca Aguilar, Valerie Fields-Hill |
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National International Zipper Day |
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Let's zip em and put a belt on those pants! |
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Hospital capacity in Dallas on April 27, 2021 |
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DALLAS — Twenty-five hospitals on Monday reported ventilator and bed capacity numbers to Mayor Eric Johnson's office.
Dallas hospitals are required to report the information pursuant to the City of Dallas emergency regulations enacted by Mayor Johnson during the local state of disaster. The reporting requirements are meant to provide data to decision-makers and information to the public regarding the medical community's capacity to handle COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations.
Here are the aggregate capacity totals for Tuesday, as reported by the 25 hospitals:
- Total beds: 5,991
- Beds occupied: 4,581
- Total ICU beds: 873
- ICU beds occupied: 633
- Total ventilators: 1,008
- Ventilators in use: 320
Please note that the numbers represent a point-in-time snapshot and might fluctuate throughout the day. Hospitals also may be able to expand bed capacity if necessary.
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