Faith & Reflection: Voices from the Black Church and Beyond AUSTIN, Texas (RNS) — Three Houston mothers are suing to stop displaying the Ten Commandments in Texas public school classrooms, arguing it violates the state’s religious freedom law and a voter-approved parental rights amendment. Their lawsuit is the latest challenge to Senate Bill 10 — this time under Texas law. Other attempts to prohibit the display of the Ten Commandments in public schools under federal law — primarily the First Amendment’s guarantee of separation of church and state — have been unsuccessful so far. The mothers’ suit, filed in Harris County…
Author: Savannah Herald
Black Background & Cultural Point Of Views: Political action committees (Special-interest groups) and very PACs emerged from different eras of American campaign‑finance legislation, each shaped by attempts to regulate cash in politics– and each transformed by Supreme Court choices that broadened the quantity of money that can flow right into political elections. The Creators never pictured anything like PACs or Super PACs– the idea that firms or well-off donors could put endless cash right into elections would have been politically unthinkable in 1787 However they absolutely anticipated the danger behind them. Madison alerted that focused riches would create intrigues powerful…
Aging Well: News & Insights for Seniors and Caregivers Who doesn’t love a good conspiracy? The juicy kind that makes the rounds on YouTube, Instagram, Facebook or Substack. Everyone is weighing in with a fury and writing madly about their take on this new mystery. I can only imagine what would have happened had we had social media during the Kennedy assassination, MLK or Bobby? Kennedy’s assassination as painful and excruciating as it already was would have been unbearable. It was already fraught with a cornucopia of theories from which to choose. And yet still to this day do we…
Real Estate News & Market Insights: Selling your home? Smart preparation leads to a smoother sale, stronger offers, and fewer surprises during closing. Preparing to sell your house involves much more than just snapping a couple of photos and listing the property. As high mortgage rates force more sellers to pull their homes off the market and keep buyers on the sidelines, being properly prepared to sell is critical. In this Redfin article, we’ll break down the 12 essential things to do before selling your house. This includes how to appeal to buyers, how to work with an agent to…
From Hollywood to Home: Black Voices in Entertainment By Staff In an industry where authenticity often separates the memorable from the merely successful, filmmaker, actor, writer, and director Justin Talley is carving out a lane entirely his own. With a creative voice shaped by childhood dreams, unwavering faith, and a passion for telling stories that celebrate resilience and overlooked communities, Talley has emerged as one of the most exciting independent filmmakers to watch. From earning the prestigious Irene Ryan Award early in his career to writing, directing, and producing original feature films, his journey is defined by purpose, perseverance, and…
Black Athletes in the Spotlight: HBCU Sports & Local Highlights Savannah Steel head coach Coretta Brown steps away for remainder of seasonBrown previously took a leave of absence from the team to attend to a personal family matter.SAVANNAH, Ga. —Savannah Steel inaugural head coach and general manager Coretta Brown announced Friday that she is stepping away from the organization for the remainder of the season. Brown shared the news in a post on Instagram. It reads, in part, “After careful consideration, I have decided not to return to the sideline for the remainder of the season. While this was a…
Black Athletes in the Spotlight: HBCU Sports & Local Highlights SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Ashton Lansdell is tattooed with reminders of her faith in herself. Her birthday, Feb. 22, makes the angel number 222 her “birthright,” she said. She also has a large leg tattoo that reads “dream until it’s your reality” that she got when she was 19.She saw a Pinterest post with the saying during her first year in junior college and it resonated with her. She always dreamed of being a baseball player and truly believed it would happen.The tattoo even has a crown on it, strengthening her belief that…
From Hollywood to Home: Black Voices in Entertainment Here’s a look at what celebrities have been up to as of late!Minka Kelly was out and about in New York City wearing the AGOLDE Arc Jean in Orten.Tom Holland was out and about in Paris, France wearing Jimmy Fairly’s The Idro sunglasses. The actor also wore Jimmy Fairly’s The Etty sunglasses in Mumbai, India. He was also out in London, England in the line’s The Etty sunglasses before being spotted again in New York City wearing the brand’s The Napoli sunglasses and The Idro sunglasses.Selena Gomez was out and about in London, England wearing earing Mejuri’s Stevie Hoop Earrings. The singer also wore…
Black Athletes in the Spotlight: HBCU Sports & Local Highlights Channing Crowder, a former NFL linebacker and co-host of The Pivot, is celebrating an offer from Howard University for his daughter, Ava Crowder.The incoming seventh grader has received her first Division I offer from Howard. Crowder announced the offer Saturday on Instagram, sharing a graphic that identified Ava as a member of the Class of 2032.“Help me congratulate my baby girl on her first D 1 offer @howardWBB,” Crowder wrote. He also encouraged followers to follow Ava’s journey as she works toward becoming a Division I basketball player.The offer represents a significant early accomplishment…
Tomorrow’s Tech, Today: Innovation That Moves Us Forward The Impossible Made Possible SQLite Cloud has released WASTE (Weight-Aware Streaming Tensor Engine), an open-source inference engine that achieves something previously thought impossible: running the complete, unmodified Kimi K3 model — a 2.78 trillion parameter mixture-of-experts model — on a consumer laptop with just 29 GB of RAM. This isn’t a distilled, pruned, or reduced variant. It’s the full model, running at 0.49-0.54 tokens per second on a MacBook Pro. This represents a fundamental breakthrough in making frontier-scale AI accessible to individual developers and researchers. The Problem: The Memory Wall Kimi K3…