Reducing Negative Health Impacts from Transportation on Communities of Color
By: Antoine M. Thompson When discussing the ongoing climate crisis, I often hear the proverbial phrase, “we are all in this together.” However, the data on air pollution in conjunction with public health risks suggests we are not, in fact, “all in this together.” Nationwide, there is an environmental justice disparity between White and African […]
HISD and the Fight for Better Education: Addressing Fundamental Needs
By: Ronin Solo The struggle for better education in the Houston Independent School District (HISD) is a multifaceted challenge, one that encompasses a range of issues. From poor educational culture to lack of parent involvement, and even student apathy and entitlement, there is a lot to contend with. However, one critical element that can’t be […]
Self Introspection
It is time for America to engage in self-introspection as a nation state, because America is in spiritual, spiritual decline and moral confusion. In fact, America has forgotten, except that the Lord builds the nation they that labor (build) in vain. Self-introspection is about the acquisition of righteousness, temperance, and a spiritual understanding of eternal […]
pastor pays 2.2 million
By: Rachel Thompson The Church Without Walls, founded by Rev. Ralph D. West, finds its Associate pastor, Rev. Ralph D. West II needing to pay $2.45 million to a woman for knowingly infecting her with herpes. The woman, whom West II is reported to have met on Facebook, got her day in court and walked […]
Houston Mayoral Race: Who Will Work for African American People?
BY: Rachel Thompson With early voting starting October 23rd and Election Day on November 7th, Houston will say ‘farewell’ to Mayor Sylvester Turner after serving two 4-year terms. Prior to that, Turner served for 27 years as the Representative for Texas House District 139. The contenders with name recognition who want to take his place […]
Can You Trust A Carnal Criminal Mind?
It is a documented fact that criminals do not trust criminals. Also, it’s a Biblical truth you cannot trust a criminal minded individual, because the criminal mind does not spiritually understand that: “the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.” (Romans 8: […]
The Personalization Of Power
Power comes from the Word of God, because: “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by him; and without him was not anything made that was made.” (John 1:1-3). In this context Word […]
Senate committee overwhelmingly passes ‘school choice’ bill to full Texas Senate
AUSTIN, Texas — The third special session of the 88th Texas Legislature is underway. On Tuesday, state senators spent the day in committee hearings listening to what the public thinks about key bills filed this session. At the top of the list is education savings accounts (ESAs), which critics have called a form of school […]
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 19thcentury Houston, a […]
We Do Not Need Heroes
God is the only hero. Far too many Americans have a God-complex, especially Southern political demagogues, and Northern hypocrites, such as: Donald J. Trump. What America needs now are public servants, not self-centered heroes. This is why America deserves better than what The GOP is politically offering. However, the original slaves who endured untold inhumanness […]
