The 33rdAnnual Banquet Gala
By: Sheba Roy The 33rd Annual Banquet Gala at the Acres Home Chamber for Business and Economic Development was a remarkable affair. The event took place on October 27th 2023 at the Acres Home Chamber event center located at 6112 Wheatley St. Guests from across the city attended the occasion sponsored in part by HEB, […]
Blacks, Veteran’s Day and Critical Race Theory
By Dr. John E. Warren, Publisher Veterans Day was created as “Armistice Day” on November 11, 1919, the first anniversary of the end of World War I. It became a national holiday by an act of Congress in 1938. As we honor the memory of those who served in this great conflict, separately and apart […]
Let The Dead Bury The Dead?
America, making a deal with the devil is about spiritual-moral confusion and death, because: “She that liveth in pleasure is dead while she liveth.” (1 Timothy 5: 6). Hence, know this: “it is ordained that God is the judge of both the living and the dead”. Therefore, let the dead bury the dead. In […]
Will the 14th Amendment Protect Us?
Section 3 of the 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution expressly denies any person who has participated in a revolt against this country, or anyone who has supported our enemy, from holding the office of President: “No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice-President, or hold […]
Dr. Chandra Richardson
By: Shelley McKinley Dr. Chandra Richardson, a Navy Veteran, does her due diligence to connect other female veterans to reputable resources. Texas has the largest military Veteran community in the nation, with 24,000 women veterans in Harris County alone. “You have to be careful when considering programs. Some vets have found ways to make money […]
Houston HBCU ID Camp and Community Pickup: Uniting Soccer Enthusiasts
[PHOTO: blackstarsoccer.com] If you’re a soccer fanatic in Houston, mark your calendars for an action-packed weekend on November 10-12 at the Houston Sports Park, located at 12131 Kirby Dr, Houston, TX 77045. The Houston Sports Park will play host to two incredible events: the HBCU ID Camp on November 11-12 and Community Pickup on November […]
Home Wasn’t Built in a Day
Houston is gentrifying more quickly than the other Texas cities, and four predominantly Black neighborhoods, the Fifth and Third Wards, and Independence Heights and Sunnyside, are becoming proportionally more Hispanic and whiter. In the 1800s the Third Ward was what architectural historian Stephen Fox referred to as “the elite neighborhood of late 19th-century Houston, a […]
Black Men, Be A Man!
The Bible emphatically tells us blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the ungodly, because he spiritually knows that man cannot live by bread alone. Thus, a real man lives by the unadulterated truth of God, not by the lies of the devil. In fact, we must ask the spiritual […]
Dr. Deavra Daughtry
Dear Members of ITWLA, on behalf of ITWLA’s governing boards, we are delighted to announce the election of Dr. Deavra Daughtry as Chairwoman of the International Third World Leaders Association (ITWLA), as of June 2023. Dr. Deavra Daughtry, a pioneering business mogul and accomplished real estate developer, has assumed the role of Chairwoman at ITWLA, […]
Old Age Ain’t No Place for Whimps
How old are you? How old do you feel? There is no greater variety among any people than among old people, according to Doctor Rosanne Leipzig, 72, vice chair for education at the Brookdale Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York. In her book […]
