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‘Resilient’ TSU students graduate despite tough year for university – and a pandemic too

The students at Texas Southern University have had quite a 2019-2020 school year, being front and center of some of the biggest headlines across the country (good and bad). Mixing the highs with the lows, students who could no longer strut down the “Tiger Walk” due to the global pandemic still came out swinging, proudly crossing the “virtual” stage as graduates.... Read More...

Confessions of a Black Mother

In lieu of having two adult children, I've had time to go back and reconsider how I raised them. If I could do it over again, I would have been more emotionally available. My reason for not doing so was my previous belief that it would "weaken" them if they had gotten used to being treated a certain way and I knew this society would not treat them the same way. I wanted them to have "tough skin" so that they could survive. ... Read More...