Early Voting Results: March 05, 2024 – Primary Elections
The Early Voting Results for March 05, 2024, showing a strong voter turnout, indicating significant engagement from the community. These preliminary results provide valuable insights into the electorate’s preferences. Click the image to view full results:
Da’Vine Joy Randolph’s Oscar Win for “The Holdovers”: A Triumph of Talent and Tenacity
[Photo: Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP] In a captivating display of talent and emotional depth, Da’Vine Joy Randolph claimed the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for her role in “The Holdovers,” marking a monumental achievement in her career. Randolph’s performance in the film has not only won her the coveted statuette but also solidified her position as a […]
Hattie McDaniel’s Legacy: The Ongoing Journey for Equality in Hollywood
Hattie McDaniel’s historic win at the 12th Academy Awards in 1940 marked a significant milestone in the film industry. She became the first African American to win an Oscar, receiving the award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Mammy in “Gone with the Wind.” This achievement was monumental, not only for McDaniel herself […]
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 Fisher Elementary School in Bartlett, Texas. Later, her parents moved to Lubbock, […]
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. Jay Cummings Demonstration Schools Collaborative whose purpose is to bring together high-performing K-12 schools from across the state […]
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 year for their exceptional impact on students’ achievement. This brings the total number of TIA […]
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 to a person who displays outstanding service to the Houston minority community by assisting with a significant minority cause. […]
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 then it has expanded into the widest chasm in a decade according to the National Association of Realtors. […]
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. Life is about choices. Choices have consequences: good or bad. Hence, individuals can choose to be […]
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 ungodly partisan climate in Washington, D. C., Houston, and the state […]
