Racial Discrimination Linked to Suicide
In this age of racial reckoning, new research findings indicate that racial discrimination is so painful that it is linked to the ability to die by suicide, a presumed prerequisite for being able to take one’s own life. However, the …
Making Up For Lost Time
Have you ever heard of the phrase, “Making up for lost time?” It seems like it is becoming the mantra for the 2020 MLB season for the Houston Astros after an over three-month layoff due the COVID-19. On Sunday, Houston …
Rockets Restart
The Houston Rockets will continue their pursuit of an NBA Finals Championship on Friday against the Dallas Mavericks as the 2019-20 season starts back up after nearly four months off due to the global pandemic caused by COVID-19. Houston will …
Commissioners Court Takes Action to Help Those Facing Evictions
Since federal eviction protections ended last Saturday, Harris County Commissioners Court took action to help those facing evictions in the coming months. After hearing testimony from members of the Housing Stability Task Force and advocates for tenants’ rights, the court …
Millions of Americans Are Facing Eviction After A Federal Protection Granted By The CARES Act That Expired Last Friday, July 24th
The CARES Act was a bill passed by the U.S. government in March to help provide financial help to Americans affected by the coronavirus. One part of the bill included an ‘eviction moratorium,’ which protected tenants, who live on federally …
Evictions: Millions of Families in Financial Turmoil
The COVID-19 global pandemic is scary enough with just trying to stay healthy. Adding stress to that problem for many Americans is the lost of income as a result of layoffs and furloughs since many businesses had to close their …
Bad Blood
Ever been out somewhere and notice a fixture that causes you to reminisce about the past? It could be a park that you and a significant other use to go to just to talk. Or that one restaurant that you …
Buffalo Soldiers National Museum Building Vandalized
The Buffalo Soldiers seeking answers in the wake of the defacing of the building that houses the national museum.
The Shot Heard Around Houston
One day after having their 15-game winning streak snapped against divisional foe Seattle Mariners, the Houston Astros (3-1) got back to some familiar ground on Monday night and that is dominating the Mariners (1-3). Houston scored runs in three consecutive …
Texas Southern University's KTSU 90.9 FM Debuts #OneVoice
With the recent racial unrest in our country, now more than ever before, our voices are needed to highlight the social ills plaguing the Black community. That’s why Texas Southern University’s community radio station KTSU, The Choice 90.9 is proud …
South Central Houston Census Mural Unites Community Around Census Message
Houston and Harris County’s local census drive, “Yes! to Census 2020,” will debut its final original census mural at the historic S.H.A.P.E Community Center, 3815 Live Oak Street in Houston, on Tuesday, July 14, 2020 at 11:30 a.m. The S.H.A.P.E. …
HAR-”D”-EN
With 16.2 seconds left on the clock in Sunday’s matchup between the Houston Rockets and Milwaukee Bucks, the reigning 2019 NBA MVP Giannis Antetokounpo found himself with an opportunity to take advantage of a statement he made earlier this year …
Rep. Coleman on Texas A&M System Researchers Analyzing Racial Profiling Data
Today, State Representative Garnet F. Coleman (D-Houston) made the following statement in response to the announcement that leading scholars and academics from universities within the Texas A&M System will be analyzing the data reported by law enforcement agencies on racial …
Astros Place Justin Verlander On the 10-day Injured List
Astros No. 1 starter, Justin Verlander was placed on the 10-day IL list with a right-arm forearm strain according to Houston Astros communication department. Astros manager Dusty Baker said that Verlander will not throw for two weeks and will be …
It Had To Happen One Day
Well you knew it had to happen one day this year in Houston and on Sunday it did. For the first time at Minute Maid Park since September 19, 2018 the Seattle Mariners (1-2) defeated the Houston Astros (2-1) by …
