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Austin Davis: Affordable health care through the ACA

by Lt. Gov Austin Davis& When you’re a first-time parent, you worry about everything—is the baby eating enough? Is the baby eating too much? What kind of diapers are best? Will this laundry detergent give the baby a rash? Is this car seat safe e...

ALMA J. YOUNG 6.18.29 – 2.15.24

By: Dignity Memorial Alma Jean Young graced the world with her beautiful presence on June 18, 1929. She was born the daughter of Tom and Elizabeth Williams in Bartlett, Texas, and was the youngest of 3 children. Jean received her formal education at...

Rustin: The man behind the man

He was the man behind the man. Martin Luther King’s chief lieutenant. Why is he only getting attention now?Bayard Rustin (Colman Domingo, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom) was gay at a time in the ‘60s when he was shunned by MLK’s other associates. He regain...

Bridge Corner: March 7, 2024

Learn about the Jacoby Transfer Convention in bridge bidding, a strategic tool for finding major suit fits after a 1 No Trump opening bid. Discover how this convention facilitates communication between partners and aids in pinpointing optimal contra...

TEXAS ALLIANCE OF BLACK SCHOOL EDUCATORS

By: SH-FBISD Mission West Elementary has been selected to serve as a Texas Alliance of Black School Educators (TABSE) Demonstration School for high performing, majority-minority schools in the state. TABSE Demonstration Schools are part of the Dr. Ja...

CELEBRATING HOUSTON TEACHERS

By: Ashika Nambiar YES Prep Public Schools — one of the fastest growing and highest performing public charter school systems in the U.S. — is celebrating a remarkable 63 teachers who earned the coveted Texas Teacher Incentive Allotment (TIA) this yea...

GEORGE “MICKEY” LELAND HUMANITARIAN AWARD

By: David Ellison (Media Information Offi cer for Commissioner Rodney Ellis, Pct 1) Harris County Commissioner Rodney Ellis has received the NAACP’s George “Mickey” Leland Humanitarian Award, which is given annually by the civil rights organization t...

The Multiple Ways Biden Acts as a Dictator

How does a documented pathological liar, corrupt to his core and the epitome of “dead man walking” idiot become so powerful?Democrats warn of Trump becoming a dictator, though no evidence exists. First, we already know what a Trump presidency looks l...

WELCOME HOME

Owning one’s own home has long been a smart way of building intergenerational wealth that most minorities have denied. During the pandemic, with low interest rates and government stimulus programs, the homeowner’s racial gap contracted, but since the...

NY AG Letitia James Gets an Ugly Glimpse of her Future

The following article, NY AG Letitia James Gets an Ugly Glimpse of her Future, was first published on The Black Sphere. Letitia "Rasputia" James career-limited herself. In her zeal to get Donald Trump at all costs, she actually shot herself in the fo...

NORMALIZING CRIMINAL ACTIVITY

Question: has America become traumatized to the nth degree of normalizing political criminality? If so, we need to pack it in, because we have become uncivilized animals, without moral conscience. Individuals are free to choose between death and life...

Pierre For Independence 45 Activities In Toronto

Official Independence 45 activities continue domestically and in the Diaspora community in North America. Under the auspices of the Consulate General of Saint Lucia in Toronto, the Saint Lucia-Toronto Association will host an Independence Gala in Tor...

RIGHT ON TIME

By: Bobby E. Mills, PhD Timing is everything in all things, especially in the political arena. Thank God for on time Congresswoman Shelia Jackson-Lee, because God is an on-time God. God knows what we need, better than we know, what we need. Given the...

GENERATION GAP

By: Bobby E. Mills, PhD America is spiritually losing generation after generation, because we have forgotten that: “Lord, thou hast been our dwelling place in all generations.” (Psalm 90:1). In the Black community we are experiencing generational cur...

Snowstorm? No match for annual Ronald H. Brown Leadership Awards Gala

URBAN LEAGUE RON BROWN LEADERSHIP AWARD RECIPIENTS—Derrick Tillman, Alexandra Jones, Leah Lizarondo, Carmen Anderson. (Photo by J.L. Martello) Urban League’s annual event sees more than 400 attend, $400,000 raised Neither frigid temperatures nor a wi...