Vol 27 Issue 43

November 13, 2022

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African-American News&Issues

“Addressing Current & Historical Realities Affecting Our Community”

Lina Hidalgo

Greg Abbott

Joe Gonzales

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Vol. 27, Issue 43

your vote matters Success is one of the greatest causes of failure.

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Tim O’hare

The 2022 Midterm Elections Cont. on Pg. 3

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United We Stand: Divided We Fall As a nation, we must focus our lives on the ingredients that make us real and not artificial. The most common, destructive circumstances that we are dealing with these days don’t really represent “real.”

When you have so many of the same people who spread untruth information about Trump not losing the presidential election, still pedaling the same untruths during this election, we must start recognizing that we are definitely drifting toward supporting the artificial. Sadly, to say, it appears to me that this continuous support of the artificial is only being pushed to make crooked artificial people look powerful.

I am fully confident that “the world is not judged by appearance but reality” and that angry crazy racist attempting to represent “real” will never be the “real” people that God has called to lead our nation and the world. When one looks at the history of evil people there are short periods of time where they really do appear to be

powerful; however, they always get defeated and stripped of their power because they are not God’s” real” leaders.

Recently, the crazy man who broke into US representative Nancy Pelosi’s home and attacked her husband was just another representative of Trump’s followers and their evil mindsets and operations. Those type of people will never take over America because America has many representatives like Nancy Pelosi who are true powerful governmental leaders who have clearly supported and represented “all” the people in a positive manner since their election to their respective positions.

I believe that if Trump’s people “ever” gain control of America, our nation is destined to lose its power, but I further believe that we will not lose power, because we have more Godfearing Americans than ungodly Satanic following Americans.

I close by stating that I have the greatest confidence in the fact that America will continue to be a “real” nation and without a doubt, one of the greatest nations on the planet, simply because we represent that which is real!

God Bless America and the rest of the world!

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A Revival of God

Consciousness Bobby Mills, Phd

Represent the Real If a nation does not understand its historical past, it is prone to make the same mistakes in the future. A phenomenal scientist, Einstein, stated it in this manner: “doing the same thing over and over, and expecting a different result is insanity.”

President Lincoln spiritually said it: “United we stand divide we fall, because a house divided against itself cannot stand.”

Lincoln’s Gettysburg address is a spiritually powerful warning: “Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty and dedicated

to the proposition that all men are created equal.

Now we are engaged in a great Civil War, testing whether that nation so conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal…”

Question: can we survive the desire of the GOP for White Privilege Dogma?

God in an ontological eternal silent voice said it best in the Life, Teachings, Death, and Resurrection of Jesus Christ: “There is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptations, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners” (1 Timothy 1: 15). Moreover, “For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God” (universality) (Romans 3: 23).

Democracy is a universalized governing ideology concerning human dignity and human rights, and cardinal spiritual Represent moral truths: “that all men cont’d Pg.7

We are looking for community and Black history writers

from all over the Houston area (Acreage Home, Independent Heights, Third Ward, Fifth Ward, Missouri City, Piney Point, Carverdale, Bordersville, North Forest, and all other Black communities) that can produce stories that address current and historical realities affecting our community.

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the 2022 midterm elections By: Chelsea Davis-Bibb, Ed.D.

The 2022 midterm elections have been the election that many have waited for. A lot was at stake and if the election results showed anything for Texas, is that Texas is far from turning blue.

One of the biggest races for Texas was the race for Governor between Greg Abott and Beto O’Rourke.

Texas decided that it wants to keep the conservative views of Abott. Even with the events surrounding Uvalde, where 19 students and two teachers died at Robb Elementary School, and the abortion laws that recently passed, this still

wasn’t enough to keep Abbott out of office. Abott said, “We started this campaign in South Texas, we celebrated my primary victory in South Texas and tonight we return to South Texas to celebrate my being your governor for four more years.”

Who knows what these next four years will hold.

One of the results many are waiting on is who will control the Senate? The republicans control the house, but results are still pending for if Democrats or Republicans will take the majority. Georgia

is a key state that will be a major factor as the senate race is headed for a runoff in December between Senator Raphael Warnock (DEM) and Herschel Walker (REP), the former NFL player who has been in recent controversy regarding the two abortions he paid for, false claims about his business and education, and domestic violence allegations.

Trump has been a major supporter of Walker and has been very active in helping those like Walker campaign.

Trump, who has yet to officially announce

Texas-State Major Races Greg Abbott (REP)-Governor Dan Patrick (REP)-Lieutenant Governor Ken Paxton-Texas Attorney General (REP) Glen Hegar (REP)-TX Comptroller Dawn Buckingham (REP)-TX Land Commissioner Sid Miller (REP)- TX Agriculture Commissioner Wayne Christian (REP)-TX Railroad Commissioner

Tarrant County Major Races Tim O’Hare (REP)-Tarrant County Judge Phil Sorrells (REP)-District Attorney Alisa Simmons (DEM)-Commissioner Precinct 2 Manny Ramirez (REP)-Commissioner Precinct 4

his run for the presidential bid in 2024 is strategizing for his “comeback.”

A major win for democrats is John Fetterman (DEM), who flipped the seat when he defeated Dr. Memet Oz, who was “Trumps chosen candidate.”

This was a great win for democrats as everyone is waiting on the results of Arizona, Nevada, and Georgia.

Depending on who will take majority, this could impact President Biden’s plans for the rest of his presidency.

When it comes to Harris County, there were a lot of

democrats who won their seats. According to Harris Votes, there were 2,575, 270 registered voters as of October 27, 2022. How many of you registered voters actually went to vote? One of the major races for Harris County was Harris County judge. Lina Hidalgo won after a close race with Republican Alexandra del Moral Mealer, who had a lot of major supporters like Mattress Mack who poured a lot of money into her campaign.

The Democratics in Harris County did well this election winning key seats,

and it has been said that Beto O’Rourke “won the county by more than nine percentage points over Governor Greg Abott.”

Regardless of the outcomes from this election, there are still many issues that this country still must resolve. For one, we are still a nation that is more divided than ever. We are a state that is divided more than ever. There are still many issues surrounding racism, women’s rights, inflation, gun control and so much more.

Harris County Major Races Lina Hidalgo (DEM)-Harris County Judge Marilyn Burgess (DEM)-Harris County District Clerk Teneshia Hudspeth (DEM)-Harris County Clerk Carla L. Wyatt (DEM)-Harris County Treasurer

Bexar County Major Races Peter Sakai (DEM)-Bexar County Judge Joe Gonzales (DEM)-Bexar County District Attorney Luke Warford (DEM)-Railroad Commissioner Mary Lou Alvarez (DEM/Inc.)-Texas 45rth District Court Judge Bexar County Michael Mery (DEM/Inc.)-Texas 144th District Court Judge Bexar County

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BUSINESS

November 13, 2022

NCRC Files HUD Complaints By:NNPA

Federal housing officials should sanction two appraisal firms in Baltimore over their discriminatory treatment of Black homeowners who participated in a recent “mystery shopper” investigation of appraisal bias, the National Community Reinvestment Coalition (NCRC) wrote in a pair of complaints filed with the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).

Authors of the extensive report noted that “the severity and subtlety of racial bias captured in our findings suggest that it will take sweeping and aggressive action from both policymakers and the industry itself to rid the appraisal marketplace of discrimination.”

Representatives from NRC and HUD wrote that the way that homeowners, lenders, and policymakers use the term “property values” often implies that there is one organic, objective, correct definition of what someone’s home is worth.

“But that is not the case,” they concluded.

“Our cultural conception of property values obscures the fact that human beings often determine those values,” the investigators determined.

They said professional appraisers make mistakes like anyone else.

However, they also carry biases, conscious or unconscious, into their workplace, and the consequences of an appraiser’s mistakes are much more severe than most people’s workday errors.

For instance, investigators said a store clerk who rings something up wrong could charge it back.

Likewise, a bartender who pours the wrong beer can turn around and serve the right one.

But an appraiser’s mistakes, misjudgments, or prejudices can derail generations of work to build wealth within a family.

The treatment a homeowner receives while selling their home can have severe impacts,

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EDUCATION

Texas A&M name finalist for president at Prairie View A&M

BRYAN-COLLEGE STATION, Texas (Nov. 10, 2022) — The Texas A&M University System’s Board of Regents on Thursday named Tomikia P. LeGrande as the sole finalist to become the ninth President of Prairie View A&M University.

After a nationwide search, Chancellor John Sharp recommended Dr. LeGrande as sole finalist and the Board approved. Under state law, the Board of Regents name a finalist for at least 21 days before making the appointment at a subsequent meeting.

Dr. LeGrande, who is currently Vice President for Strategy, Enrollment Management and Student Success at Virginia Commonwealth University, would not assume her duties at Prairie View A&M until the end of the 2022-23 school year.

She would succeed Dr. Ruth Simmons, who will become President Emerita and will hold a faculty appointment as University Professor, a position that will allow her to remain a campus figure raising money, expanding the national profile of the university and lecturing to another generation of students.

“Dr. LeGrande will provide great leadership for the Panthers for many years to come,” said Chancellor Sharp. “Her experience and leadership in enrollment management and student success is exactly what PVAMU needs at this juncture to build on the great work Ruth Simmons has provided these past five years. I’m excited by where PVAMU is headed.”

Dr. LeGrande, who has been at

Virginia Commonwealth University since 2018, has experience in Texas.

She served as an administrator for student affairs and enrollment management at the University of Houston-Downtown from 2012 to 2018. She also received a doctorate in higher education administration from Texas Tech University.

Prior to her duties in Houston, Dr. LeGrande worked at North Carolina A&T State University and Winston-Salem State University.

She received her bachelor’s in chemistry from Savannah State University and a master’s in chemistry from North Carolina A&T State University.

“I want to thank Chancellor Sharp and the Board of Regents for the opportunity to serve as President of Prairie View A&M University. PVAMU has a strong legacy of transforming the lives of its students and contributing to the surrounding region and state of Texas, both educationally and economically. I look forward to working with the faculty, staff, and community as we honor and build upon the university’s powerful legacy and upward trajectory.”

In May, a 14-member committee was created to conduct a national search to find Dr. Simmons’ successor. The search was led by Bill Mahomes, Vice Chairman of the Board of Regents, and Regent Elaine Mendoza.

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Democracy is not about vulgar White Privilege Corporate Capitalism. Democracy is not about materialism as an economic way of life. Unfortunately, in American society, the GOP promote and misrepresent democracy as vulgar corporatism.

In so doing, the GOP has fostered societal confusion, ungodliness, and hate speech and hate crimes.

Hatred engenders violence, and violence is not problem solving.

In the twenty-first century, we are experiencing the spiritual moral decline of civility and decency in

November 13, 2022 the family, and the spiritual walls of multi-cultural democracy are being ripped down. Consequently, we are experiencing the age of emotional family trauma and societal stupidity in America rather than the age of spiritual enlightenment and brotherly reconciliation, based upon the eternal question: “Am I My Brother’s Keeper.” Civil society is based upon being your “brother’s keeper.” Jesus said it, Presidents Lincoln, Kennedy, Johnson, Carter, G. H. Bush, G. W. Bush, Obama, and now President Biden is saying it.

Eternal happiness is found in personal relationships, ontological (being) and healthy sociopsychological family relationships.

Happiness is not found in material things, because individuals cannot purchase happiness in department stores. Thus, vulgar materialism as a way of life produces stupidity, and stupidity creates violence. The Bible boldly declares that God knows our material needs. Therefore,

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“Seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself.

Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.” (Matthew 6: 33-34).

Sadly, in American culture, there are some among us who are hellbent on absolutizing free speech, without spiritually understanding that in a democracy individuals should walk and talk in wisdom, and: “Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every

man” (Colossians 4: 6). Individuals should never, “Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him. Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit” (Proverbs 26: 4-5). America, get right with God and get right with each other in our families through God, and we can come together as a multicultural democratic society. Amen!

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