Category : Black Owned Newspapers And Blogs

LIVE: Biden is in Atlanta: ‘Georgia is the reason I’m the President of the United States’

“”This election there’s a lot at stake,” said Biden. It’s not about me, it’s the alternative.” Photo by Donnell Suggs/The Atlanta Voice 4:45 p.m. – President Biden’s caravan left Mary Mac̵...

LIVE: Biden is in Atlanta

Senators Ossoff and Warnock (furthest left) and Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens (far right) wait to greet President Biden upon his arrival to Atlanta Saturday afternoon. Photo by Donnell Suggs/The Atlanta Voice 12:25 p.m.- United States President Jos...

LIVE: Biden is in Atlanta: ‘It’s not about me, it’s about the alternative’

“”This election there’s a lot at stake,” said Biden. It’s not about me, it’s the alternative.” Photo by Donnell Suggs/The Atlanta Voice 3:oo p.m. -President Biden met with individual voters and supporter...

RETIREMENT OF CHIEF TROY FINNER

By: J. David Goodman The chief of the Houston Police Department retired abruptly amid an investigation into more than 260,000 incident reports since 2016 that were not investigated, including sexual assaults and other felonies, because of a “lack of...

CELEBRATING EXCELLENCE

By: Marina Coryat, Author and CEO of Refi ned Communications LLC In a heartening tribute to literary enthusiasm, Sharon C. Jenkins of Houston, Texas, has been selected as the distinguished recipient of the 2024 Texas Authors Advocate Award. is estee...

DEATH OF A SCHOOL DISTRICT

By Travis McGee As a parent, taxpayer, business owner, community leader, or overall, just concerned citizen, we must be concerned about the takeover of the Largest school district in Texas. The largest district in Texas and the highest taxing entity...

WHAT WENT WRONG WITH THE MODERATE THIRD-PARTY MOVEMENT THIS CYCLE?

By: Bill King With No Labels abandoning its bid to run its “unity ticket” in 2024, the last hope for a moderate alternative to the duopoly of our incumbent parties for this election cycle vanished. This cycle began with great excitement in the middl...

HARRIS HEALTH BREAKS GROUND

By: Harris Health Harris Health System, UTHealth Houston, Harris County and City of Houston officials were on hand last week for the groundbreaking ceremony for a new $1.6 billion hospital on the Harris Health Lyndon B. Johnson Hospital Campus in nor...

THE STEPS OF A GOOD MAN

There are very few men that we spiritually know beyond a shadow of doubt that their footsteps were ordered by the Lord. Wheeler Avenue Baptist Church is a living spiritual testament to the life and community service works of Pastor William “Bill” Law...

RENOWNED HOUSTON CIVIL RIGHTS LEADER, DIES AT 95

By: Sharon C. Jenkins Houston and the civil rights movement have lost a towering figure with the passing of Reverend William “Bill” Lawson, the esteemed founder of Wheeler Avenue Baptist Church, at the age of 95. Reverend Lawson, a lifelong advocate...

RACE, DATING, AND MARRIAGE

Race is an arbitrary socio-economic societal status, not a biological status. God created human beings, not races. Race is a socio-cultural designation fixed by the dominant culture of a particular nation-state. South Africa is an exception, because...

How the manosphere found its way into the Black community

Many pundits in the manosphere believe that men need to embrace their traditional roles as protectors, providers and producers. L. Willinger/FPG via Getty Images by Steven Dashiell, Morgan State University In the summer of 2023, I read that YouTube...

Homeschooled kids face unique college challenges − here are 3 ways they can be overcome

Homeschooled children don’t always get a well-rounded curriculum. miniseries via Getty Images by Kenneth V. Anthony, Mississippi State University and Mark E. Wildmon, Mississippi State University Homeschooling is the fastest-growing education settin...

Mary McLeod Bethune, known as the ‘First Lady of Negro America,’ also sought to unify the African diaspora

Educator Mary McLeod Bethune regularly wrote of her travels abroad. Robert Abbott Sengstacke via Getty Images by Robertson Preston, Howard University When I first landed an internship as an archives technician at the Mary McLeod Bethune Council Hous...

Preying on White fears worked for Georgia’s Lester Maddox in the ’60s − and is working there for Donald Trump today

Lester Maddox is sworn in as governor of Georgia on Jan. 11, 1967. Bettmann/Getty Images by David Cason, University of North Dakota In January 1967, after a gubernatorial election that saw neither candidate gain enough votes to win, the Georgia Legi...