Category : Southwest

M. Night Shyamalan’s ‘Glass’ is No. 1 with $40.6M debut

By JAKE COYLE This image released by Universal Pictures shows Samuel L. Jackson in a scene from M. Night Shyamalan’s “Glass.” (Jessica Kourkounis/Universal Pictures via AP)NEW YORK (AP) — M. Night Shyamalan scored his fifth No. 1 movie as the direct...

Jesse Jackson meets with GM workers about racist threats

Jesse Jackson TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — The Rev. Jesse Jackson says General Motors should sit down with its workers in Ohio who say they’ve been facing ongoing racial harassment, including finding nooses inside the plant. Jackson visited Toledo on Tue...

Eye On IAAM

Dr. J. Ester Davis Over the holidays I visited the African American Museum at Fair Park. After touring the “Slavery at Monticello” Exhibit, which has an extended stay at the museum through January, 2019, I asked about Dr. Harry Robinson, the Foun...

Dallas ISD William Brown Miller Fourth-grader Jasira King wins top prize in MLK Jr. Oratory finals

All eight finalist before competitioin began. (Photo Credit: Dallas ISD)The winner of the 27th annual Dallas Martin Luther King Jr. Oratory Competition is Jasira King, a fourth-grader at William Brown Miller Elementary School. The second-place fi...

Eye on Texas: ‘My Joyful Dance’

Fri, Jan 25, 2019 at 7:02 am CST Ivan Pierre Aguirre/UTEP Communications Even when you’re having a long day and feeling numb, there are some assignments that can only bring a smile to your face. That’s how I felt when I photographed the recital f...

“A SURVEY OF THE BOOK OF ROMANS” ROMANS 9:1-13 THE SOVEREIGNTY OF GOD IN RELATION TO THE NATION OF ISRAEL

Rev. Johnny C. Smith, Pastor – Mount Moriah Missionary Baptist Church Having arrived at the 9th chapter of the grand book of Romans, we have discussed Paul’s awesome argument that both the Gentiles and the Jews stood guilty before Holy God. The Ge...

Texas Border Sheriffs: There is No Crisis and We Don’t Want Trump’s Wall

Despite Trump’s attempt to paint the Texas-Mexico border as a war zone, border counties are safer than the president’s own backyard. And local lawmen don’t believe a wall will do any good. Thu, Jan 24, 2019 at 2:29 pm CST Hidalgo County Sheriff J...

Loon Star: Bull Pulpit

Ben Sargent on the president's soapbox. Thu, Jan 24, 2019 at 7:01 am CST Ben Sargent To see more political cartoons from Ben Sargent, visit our Loon Star State section, or find Observer political reporting here.

After 2016 ruling, battles over juvenile lifer cases persist

By SHARON COHEN and ADAM GELLER Locked up for life at 15, Norman Brown remains defined by the crime that put him behind bars. Twenty-seven years ago, Brown joined a neighbor more than twice his age to rob a jewelry shop in Chesterfield, Missouri, an...

Kamala Harris is Right Choice to ‘Save our Country’

By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Correspondent@StacyBrownMedia “Justice. Decency. Equality. Freedom. Democracy. These aren’t just words. They’re the values we as Americans cherish. And they’re all on the line now,” Harris said in the video, teasing...

What is the Black Church’s Role in Advancing African American Wealth?

NAACP Set to Change Tax Status to Engage Politically