Houston mayor Annise Parker announced that she filed re-election papers last Thursday afternoon at her campaign headquarters located off Allen Pkwy. “It’s an honor to serve the citizens of Houston; I am still excited to go to work everyday and I love the city even more with the experiences I’ve had,” said Parker who admitted
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Activist and founder of the National Black United Front died last Thursday from complications stemming from an episode of cardiac arrest last month. “I considered Ester my friend, my mentor and my champion,” explained P.K. McCary as she was preparing King’s obituary on a laptop computer at S.H.A.P.E. Community Center off Live Oak. “If he
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IRVING, TEXAS – The Texas Food Bank Network, Baylor University’s Texas Hunger Initiative and First Choice Power today released “Hunger by the Numbers: A Blueprint for Ending Hunger in Texas.” The report includes a hunger scorecard for each of the 254 counties of Texas, a state which ranks second in the nation for food insecurity.
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By PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press SAN ANTONIO (AP) _ Congressional Texas Democrats returned from Washington on Monday to bash redrawn voting districts in federal court, testifying that the GOP-backed map discriminates by crowding blacks and Hispanics into shared districts despite a statewide surge in minority growth. U.S. Reps. Eddie Bernice Johnson, Henry Cuellar and
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WASHINGTON – One of 10 small businesses from around the country will be selected as the National Minority Small Business Person of the Year at the 29th annual Minority Enterprise Development (MED) Week conference, hosted jointly in September by the U.S. Small Business Administration and the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Minority Business Development Agency. The
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The rate of HIV infection among African-American gay and bisexual men aged 18 to 29 increased 50 percent between 2006 and 2009, according to new data released by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Dr. Kevin Fenton, director of the National Center for HIV/AIDS at the CDC, said this segment of the population
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August is African American Business month and The Houston Sun went to the only financial institution established for African Americans for an interview. Unity National Bank has made a name for itself as not only being the only African American owned bank in Texas but for being dedicated to serving the community for the last
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) _ San Francisco’s Bayview-Hunters Point neighborhood has a new grocery store. On Wednesday, Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Market became the first grocery store to open in the neighborhood in more than two decades. Supporters tell the San Francisco Chronicle (http://bit.ly/nXoMoV) more residents will now have the option of buying fresh food. The
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ATLANTA (AP) _ Morris Brown College has settled a nearly $10 million debt with the U.S. Education Department. The college announced Tuesday that it had transferred money to the federal government to pay off the long-standing debt. The historically black college in Atlanta reached a settlement with the Education Department in April that $9.4 million
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WASHINGTON, DC – The National Park Service formally welcomed the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial as America ’s 395th national park on August 28 – the 48th anniversary of Dr. King’s “I Have a Dream” speech, delivered in 1963 on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. The National Park Service also emphasized its commitment to
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