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Beyond the Rhetoric: Providing Match Makers Throughout the Black Diaspora – Way Cool!
During the mid-1990’s we began sponsoring exploratory or fact-finding trips to nations in the Caribbean and West Africa. Then we expanded to East Africa and South America, i.e. Brazil. After getting comfortable and understanding the “Export/Import” challenges, we dared to start doing formal Trade Missions. During Thanksgiving week in the year 2000, we took 84 Black owned businesses to Rio de Janeiro for an aggressive Match Making event.
Man discovers 30 year old Apple computer still in working order
A New York professor has Gen Xers reminiscing about their childhood after he posted images of his decades old Apple lle computer on Twitter Saturday night.
Amy Klobuchar's novel pitch for the Democratic nomination: Pragmatism
Sen. Amy Klobuchar seems willing to say one word that often goes unspoken by presidential candidates eager to win over voters: No.
Walmart had a blowout holiday quarter
Walmart's all-important holiday sales blew past expectations, a sign the retailer can more than hold its ground against Amazon.
Bernie Sanders launches second presidential campaign
After months of deliberation, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders announced Tuesday that he is running for president again in 2020. It will be Sanders' second consecutive bid for the Democratic nomination after losing to Hillary Clinton in 2016.
Houston Educator Named Finalist for 2019 H-E-B Excellence in Education Awards
Educators to Compete on a Statewide Level for $430,000 in cash prizes
On Monday, a Houston teacher was named the first Houston-area finalist for the 2019 H-E-B Excellence in Education Awards, spotlighting him among the best educators in Texas.
War on e-cigarettes: Hong Kong intends to jail vaping offenders. But will it make people quit?
Robert Chan lit his first cigarette aged 18. He quickly became hooked, smoking 15 a day for more than a decade.
Elizabeth Warren to release universal child care plan paid by 'wealth tax'
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren is set to release a sweeping universal child care plan on Tuesday that would guarantee child care from birth until the time children enter school.
National Study Finds Americans Do Not Know The Facts Or Their Risk For Heart Disease
While 7 out of 10 Americans acknowledge heart disease as the number one killer of both men and women, a national survey conducted by MDVIP and Ipsos finds that people still worry more about cancer (62 percent) than they do a heart attack (55 percent). A staggering 62 percent of Americans failed the "Heart Attack IQ" quiz, proving a concerning lack of knowledge about heart disease, the risk factors and prevention.
2019 Statewide Warrant Roundup Runs Through March 16
Missouri City is taking part in the Statewide Warrant Roundup again, allowing offenders to settle their fines without going to jail. Payments started being accepted on Friday, Feb. 15—in person and by phone—and will continue to be accepted through Saturday, March 9.
Free Shuttle for Riders During METRORail Service Interruption
Green & Purple Lines Impacted by Power Line Work
On Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2019, free METRO shuttles will be provided to METRORail riders from the Theater District to Magnolia Transit Center and Palm Center while CenterPoint Energy works on a high-voltage power line in East Downtown.
Is it time for Real Madrid to say goodbye to Brazilian Marcelo?
When a player has been at a club for so long, almost becoming part of the furniture in the process, it's often hard to remember a time without them.
Michael B. Jordan makes us all look lazy
It's late November and Michael B. Jordan is preparing to head overseas. He leaves on Thanksgiving for an international leg of press for his film "Creed II." His travels were going to take him to places like London and Africa. Then his schedule had him diving into award season here in the states. March, he said, would bring a breather.
The top nine reasons to visit Houston in 2019
From its integral role in the world's first moon landing 50 years ago this July to a new lineup of appealing options in the arts and culinary scenes, Houston has never been more ripe for exploration.
He's made crosses for more than 25,000 victims since Columbine. The five he just made were the toughest.
Greg Zanis' 26,275 crosses have been seen at nearly every national tragedy since Columbine. Now, five more stand in his hometown.
Science being 'debunked:' Why are some countries making a vaccine U-turn?
More than a century before Facebook, anti-vaccination campaigners had another method for spreading their message -- an eye-catching march through town with tiny children's coffins emblazoned with the words: "Another victim of vaccination."
The Ethiopian migrants braving Yemen's war to find a better life in Saudi Arabia
They trudge, exhausted, along the desolate winding road to Obock in northern Djibouti, flanked on either side by a black, alien landscape created millennia ago by volcanic eruptions.
Shooter in deadly Illinois rampage was not supposed to own a gun, police say
Gary Martin took a gun into work Friday, a pistol he didn't legally own.
Anthony Weiner has been released from federal prison
Anthony Weiner has been released from federal prison and is serving out the rest of his sentence in a halfway house, records show.
Grand jury seated in wake of new R. Kelly allegations, sources say
A grand jury has been convened in Cook County, Illinois, in connection with new allegations against singer R. Kelly, according to two sources close to the case.