Civil rights organizations are suing Texas officials about alleged plans to purge thousands of naturalized citizens from its voter rolls, a move that intentionally targets minority voters, according to their lawsuit. The American Civil Liberties Union o ...
ABOVE: Senator Cory Booker and Senator Kamala Harris Dr. Shiela Harmon Martin said she recently got two very pleasant surprises within days of each other when Sens. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) and Cory Booker (D-N.J.) announced that they are joining the race ...
Black History Month is here. It is a time when we celebrate the many accomplishments and contributions of African American people. Parades happen, special church services occur and special awards are presented. It is a time for both reflection and joy. I ...
Good Afternoon Readers! Lens of The People is a column dedicated to the capture of the real-life scenarios and events in the local Houston area whilst also giving the thoughts and opinions of the Houston community its own voice to speak through. With Vale ...
TSU, ACLU-Texas and Anthony Graves build powerful alliance to help change Texas criminal justice system It was a brisk, cloudy day. Seven people had walked into the Martin Luther King (MLK) Humanities building auditorium on Texas Southern University’s c ...
According to the World Prison Brief, which is a unique database that provides free access to information about prison systems throughout the world, there are over 2 million people in prison and jails throughout the United States, which is approximately 0. ...
I am a Black dollar. I am the most disrespected piece of currency on the planet Earth. My potential is limitless, but my own people treat me like I’m completely worthless. They hand me over to people who care nothing about them in exchange for superfici ...
Good Afternoon, readers! Lens of The People is a column dedicated to the capture of the real-life scenarios and events of the local Houston area whilst also giving the thoughts and opinions of the Houston community itself its own voice to speak through. A ...
“I must confess that that dream that I had that day has in many points turned into a nightmare.” These were words spoken by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. during a May 1967 interview with NBC News correspondent Sander Vanocour. It was obvious tha ...
The New York City Council’s Committee on Health scheduled a session this past Wednesday, January 30, to discuss a plan to ban menthol and flavored cigarettes. It’s a move that many in the civil rights community, Black law enforcement and other communi ...
