It is not about tomorrow, it’s about today, about getting to another Monday night. This one in Detroit, 89 miles from where Kelvin Sampson convinced Jud Heathcote to give him a shirt and a chair, and his first coaching job of sorts. Make no mistake, this revamped University of Houston team is bui...
Being an auntie or uncle is not always about age. Sometimes it is a state of mind that arrives quietly, usually after you realize you have opinions about bedtime, snacks, spending habits, and why nobody called before coming over. For Black families, that role can carry real cultu...
Written by David Hill Kicking a walk-off field goal to win a football game is a kicker’s dream. It’s a dream Texas Southern University freshman kicker Miguel Arana III thought about just one day before the Tigers faced Southern University in their Homecoming game at Reliant Stadi...
The “Ugly American” is a familiar character in international travel: The entitled, arrogant American who expects everyone to speak English, demands royal treatment, and treats people in other countries like personal servants. This tourist believes the world owes America—and Ameri...
Tamra Nicole believes your clothes are telling a story about you long before you open your mouth. The question is whether they’re telling the story you want people to hear. It’s a message the Houston native has spent nearly two decades sharing with clients, from corporate executi...
In the wake of the Blue/Black Wave celebrations and victory laps, Black voters who played an outsized role in the Nov. 3 midterm election results have work to do translating those victories into policies that address issues important to their communities. Those issues include edu...