AUSTIN-The House Financial Services Committee recently approved the Oversight Plan for the committee for the 113th Congress. The House Financial Services Committee Oversight Plan contains three amendments sponsored by Congressman Al Green (TX-09). The three amendments, passed by voice vote are related to: (1) the effects of cuts to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) brought on by sequestration, (2)
By Micah Johnson Communication Student – Huston-Tillotson University AUSTIN– Dr. Alaine Hutson, Professor of History, and her Honda All-Star team represented Huston-Tillotson University in the Pre-National Championship Tournament, which took place on the campus of Prairie View A&M University. HT was represented by Team Captain Aisha Henderson, Micah Johnson, Arsenio Brown, Jonathan Wayne, Nimi Kemuel, Breana Flores, and Paul Muckleroy.
HOUSTON– The award winning, internationally acclaimed, Texas Southern University Debate Team began the new semester, as they ended the last semester, taking first place. At the end of the semester, in December 2012, the team won first place Sweepstakes at the Central States Tournament held in Lee Summit, Mo. At the beginning of the semester, the team won first place
By: Lawrence D. Bobo – W. E. B. Du Bois (Professor, Harvard University) Does President Barack Obama owe a special debt to Black America? Does he have a duty to spell out a specific Black policy agenda? Is it time for him to squarely talk about race again, something he hasn’t really done since his 2008 Philadelphia speech? Will
By Dr. Terry B. Grier HISD Superintendent of Schools HOUSTON– As we begin the new year, I want to take a moment to share with you our plan for “Becoming Great All Over” in the Houston Independent School District. Schools throughout our city are moving in the right direction. Our student achievement reached record levels in 2012 and the district
HOUSTON – Kofi Taharka has served as the National Chairman of the National Black United Front (NBUF) since 2009. NBUF is a grassroots national organization of activist, organizers and community members which has been in operation for over three decades. Chairman Taharka was born and raised in Banneker City (Washington, D.C.). His large family instilled in him a sense of
First-of-its kind minority outreach mobile pantry program to deliver food to underserved neighborhoods HOUSTON-– Houston Food Bank’s newest Mobile Pantry, donated is specifically to reach African-Americans in Houston who are food insecure, made its debut and first distribution on Thursday, February 21st in the Greater Fifth Ward neighborhood. The mobile pantry is a farmers-market-on-wheels that delivers fresh fruits, vegetables, proteins
HOUSTON-–Praying Single Mothers, a nonprofit organization that supports, empowers, and encourages single mothers. Headquartered in Illinois, founder and CEO LaVeda Jones, this organization has been in existence since 2009. Now extending to meet the needs of more single mothers world-wide, PSM is proud to announce the Houston location. Praying Single Mothers is an organization that builds the families of single
HOUSTON- Sloan Memorial United Methodist Church, a 133 year old congregation in the heart of Houston’s 5th Ward, has embarked upon a “faith-filled journey” in its quest to respond to a call for action that will effectively and efficiently minister to its ever-changing community and congregation. In recent years, the church’s facility has been plagued with numerous structural and foundation
HOUSTON- African-American News&Issues presents Mr. Harol Egans owner of HE Wear. Egans hails from Barrett Station, Texas. He is a graduate of Crosby High School. Egans is also a retired veteran who dedicated 22 years of service in the United States Army. After retiring, Egans made a decision to go into business for himself. Equipped with a sense of savvy