Discover why HBCU homecoming is more than a football game. From PVAMU to TSU, explore the deep traditions, family bonds, and ...

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Prairie View football coach Tremaine Jackson is finding out the grass isn’t necessarily greener in his second season, having had to replace When a team expected to compete for championships sits at ...

Kid influencers face rising risks from predatory commenters and AI-generated sexual images, prompting calls for increased ...

For Jamika Phillips, getting your nails done should feel like more than another appointment squeezed onto an already crowded ...

More than three years after the Texas Education Agency took control of Houston ISD, a commission comprising elected officials ...

Black professionals represent only 7.4% of the high-tech workforce. Experts propose a Black innovation district in Houston to ...

Texas Southern University's homecoming parade and festivities are set to drive revenue for Houston businesses and student ...

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Rep. Christian Menefee marks his first 250 days by resolving 500 constituent cases and filing the SET Act to mandate timely ...

Prairie View A&M University received a $9.9 million federal grant to expand AI research for national defense via COMMAND-AI.

By now, there’s little question that a maternal health crisis is rocking the Black community. The data tells the story: Black moms are dying during childbirth at three times the rate of white moms, a ...