State & Local

Local Business Owner Wins $5K Elevator Pitch Competition at Texas Black Expo’s 6th Annual CEO Roundtable

by Jeffrey L. Boney January 19, 2022

by Jeffrey L. Boney January 19, 2022

HISD Board of Education Elects New Officers for 2022 and Approves Interlocal Agreement with Prairie View A&M

January 19, 2022

by Forward Times Newswire via HISD January 19, 2022

Ronnie Williams of Law Elementary School Wins 26th Annual MLK Jr. Oratory Competition

January 19, 2022

by Forward Times Newswire via HISD January 19, 2022

Calling All Dads… Get Paid To Attend Relationship Building Programs for (D.A.D.s.)

January 19, 2022

by Forward Times Newswire January 19, 2022

National News

Is COVID-19 Fatigue Contributing to the Surge?

by Jeffrey L. Boney January 19, 2022

by Jeffrey L. Boney January 19, 2022

BITTERSWEET JUSTICE: Black People Shouldn’t Have to Mourn Victims While Praying the Justice System Gets it Right

January 12, 2022

by Jeffrey L. Boney January 12, 2022

Maya Angelou: First Black Woman on U.S. Coin

January 12, 2022

by Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent January 12, 2022

Slow but Steady Rise in Eviction Filings

January 5, 2022

by Pilar Marrero via TriceEdneyWire.com January 5, 2022

Sports

The Firing of David Culley and Brian Flores Means There is Only One Black Head Coach in the NFL

by Grace Boateng January 19, 2022

by Grace Boateng January 19, 2022

Adejokun Records Best Mark in the Nation at the Leonard Hilton Memorial Invitational

January 19, 2022

by U of H Athletics Official Release January 19, 2022

PVAMU Track and Field Break Records at the HBCU Showcase

January 19, 2022

by PVAMU Official Release January 19, 2022

University of Houston: Men’s Hoops Reveals All-Time Starting Five

January 12, 2022

by University of Houston Official Release January 12, 2022

Entertainment

Barbie Honors Anti-Lynching Activist and Suffragist Ida B. Wells with New Doll

by Chelsea Lenora White January 19, 2022

by Chelsea Lenora White January 19, 2022

Forbes Names Highest Earning TikTokers – No Black Creators Made the List

January 19, 2022

by Jasmine Browley January 19, 2022

Da Pink Celebrity: Houston’s new underground Queen of Hip-Hop

January 18, 2022

by Forward Times Staff January 18, 2022

Sidney Poitier, Who Paved the Way for Black Actors in Film, Passes at 94

January 12, 2022

by Chelsea Lenora White January 12, 2022

Editorial

To Test Frequently or to Vaccinate? That is The Question

by James B. Ewers Jr. Ed.D., Forward Times Contributor January 19, 2022

by James B. Ewers Jr. Ed.D., Forward Times Contributor January 19, 2022

Gallup: U.S. Political Party Preference Sees Dramatic Shift

January 19, 2022

by Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent January 19, 2022

The Silent “white” in America

January 19, 2022

by Oscar H. Blayton January 19, 2022

Keeping Schools Open Remains the Focus for Many Systems

January 12, 2022

by James B. Ewers Jr. Ed.D., Forward Times Contributor January 12, 2022