By: Kimberly N. Alleyne African-Americans are living longer, and the number of individuals age 65 and older will triple by 2050. This population boom has deep implications for long-term medical care and the needs for aging elders. The demand for caregivers is also expected to swell. Despite the availability of nursing and assisted living facilities, historically, African-Americans have not
TOMBALL- Harris County Sheriff Adrian Office and other Sheriff’s Office crime fighters are calling on local residents to help apprehend fugitives charged with abusing children. Sheriff Garcia said of the wanted criminals: “If we find out that you are there and you don’t turn yourself in, get ready to have a great wake-up call by members of my team. We’ll
By: Dr. Boyce Watkins There are few people on this earth that I love more than Abena Agyeman-Fisher, the Senior Editor at NewsOne. A consummate professional and arguably the leading online journalist in the country, Abena is never someone I would accuse of being a liar. But this morning, after rolling out of bed and sitting at my desk in
Recent lawsuit filed in Alaska states “Blacks & Mulattos are not citizens” By: Shawn Willis Contributing Writer African-American News&Issues Gordon Warren Epperly, recently filed a lawsuit in Alaska asking that President Barack Obama be excluded on the 2012 presidential ballot, because he feels that Blacks and Mulattos can not be president because they aren’t citizens of the United States of
HOUSTON- When most people were focused on the match up between Jesse H. Jones versus Jack Yates High School on the basketball court, the two schools met earlier in the day at the Harambee Black History Knowledge Bowl. After a ten year hiatus the competition which tests teams on their knowledge of African and African-American history ancient and contemporary made
HOUSTON- The Jesse H. Jones School of Business at Texas Southern University has maintained its business accreditation by The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) International. Founded in 1916, AACSB International is the longest serving global accrediting body for business schools that offer bachelors, masters, and doctorate degrees in business and accounting. Dr. Ron Johnson, Dean, Jesse H.
First African-American Commander of Texas A&M University’s Corp of Cadets serves as reviewing officer HOUSTON– HISD’s Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (JROTC) program honored its top six cadets from the Class of 2012 on April 21 at HISD’s JROTC Final Review and Awards ceremony. The students were chosen earlier this semester from the ranks of all the graduating seniors in
David A. Love Executive Editor of Black Commentator.com March 18 marked the fourth anniversary of the speech Barack Obama gave on race as he tried to get past the controversy surrounding his one-time pastor Jeremiah Wright. Lauding his race speech as a destiny-alerting moment — and not just a turning point of his candidacy — some students of politics and
The Department of Health and Human Services recently released new data on the Affordable Care Act and the expanded coverage it offers to African-Americans. The data brief provides new estimates that suggest 3.8 million African-Americans who would otherwise be uninsured will gain coverage by 2016. The following provides an overview of the coverage and benefits available to African-Americans in 2012
Can a Young Black Male Break the Jewish Stronghold on Boxing? By: Deric Muhammad Contributing Writer African-American News&Issues HOUSTON-Floyd Mayweather Jr. is perfect. Not as a human being of course, but his win/loss record as a professional prizefighter (42-0) is without stain or blemish. “HARD WORK! DEDICATION!”…is his motto and he apparently lives up to it. I’ve never