Business
In Gentrifying 5th Ward, One Developer Makes A Pitch To Former Residents
Posted on · Real estate investor Chris Senegal’s townhomes target young professionals who care about the community.
Tag: black
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 3222: The “Color” Black
Posted on · Episode: 3222 Black, the colorless and highly desirable color. Today, black is the “color.”
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1767: Lewis and Clark
Posted on · Episode: 1767 Weighing the near and far wake of Lewis and Clark. Today, after Lewis and Clark.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1681: Science in 1904
Posted on · Episode: 1681 The Literary Digest tells us about science in 1904. Today, a bright new century.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1667: On Trying to See
Posted on · Episode: 1667 In which we look at the problem of seeing what we expect to see. Today, we try to see what we’re looking at.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1521: John P. Parker
Posted on · Episode: 1521 John P. Parker, slave, freedom-fighter, inventor, and businessman. Today, we follow a slave out of slavery.
News
White Skin, Black Emojis?
Posted on · This week on Ask Code Switch: Is it OK for a white teenager to use emojis that don't match her skin color? ¯_(ツ)_/¯
News
The Meaning Of Meghan: ‘Black’ And ‘Royal’ No Longer An Oxymoron In Britain
Posted on · Whether or not she cares, princess-to-be Meghan Markle has become a symbol of biracial people's coming-of-age, and maybe of the country's collective adulthood on race
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1392: Fog In The Woods
Posted on · Episode: 1392 The nature of fog and of redwood trees. Today, fog in the forest.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1314: Cinque
Posted on · Episode: 1314 Amistad, art and revolution: artists join the fight for freedom. Today, art and slavery.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1206: Harriet Beecher Stowe
Posted on · Episode: 1206 Harriet Beecher Stowe: “No talent, only genius” Today, a woman turns slavery from theoretical wrong into personal evil.
Full Show
Racial Opportunity Divide, Political Roundtable, and Houston Dynamo: Houston Matters for Monday, August 25, 2014
Posted on · For the last two weeks, the nation has watched events transpire in Ferguson, Missouri. Nightly protests, occasional looting, and a general mistrust of the police by members of the community, have all been spurred by the shooting of an unarmed black 18-year-old by a Ferguson police officer. But as we've learned in the two weeks […]
Good, Bad and Ugly
Texans Sign Up for Healthcare, A New Craft Beer Fest & Rhino Hunting: The Good, The Bad & The Ugly of Houston News
Posted on · More than 118,000 Texans signed up for health insurance through the online marketplaces by the end of 2013; a new craft beer festival is coming to Houston; and in a closed door Dallas auction last weekend a man won a permit to hunt an endangered African black rhino in Namibia: It’s The Good, The Bad […]
Houston Matters
Dream of MLK Statue in Houston Close to Becoming Reality After Three Decades
Posted on · More than 30 years ago, Houston's Black Heritage Society, after being approached by Martin Luther King, Sr., wanted to find a way to memorialize Martin Luther King, Jr. in the city. While they wanted a statue, they ended up settling for a live oak tree on MLK Boulevard. That set in motion a series of […]