November 21, 2025
GREATER HOUSTON EDITION
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Vol.30, Issue 44
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African-American News&Issues
“Addressing Current & Historical Realities Affecting Our Community”
WHERE ARE THE JOBS FOR YOUNG BLACK HOUSTONIANS IN 2025? By: Jamal Carter
THE SUPREME COURT’S WAR ON BLACK VOTERS By: Roy Douglas Malonson
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 was supposed to be the promise that America would never go backward — that the sacrifices made in Selma, Montgomery, and Birmingham actually meant something. It was the law that turned tears and blood into ballots. But sixty years later, that promise is hanging by a thread, and the U.S. Supreme Court looks ready to cut it. At the center of the storm is a case out of Louisiana. On paper, it’s about how congressional districts are
drawn. In reality, it’s about whether Black voters will still have a fair voice in their own government. For generations, the Voting Rights Act protected that voice. It forced states with racist histories to stop rigging the system through redistricting and voter suppression. But if the Court rules the wrong way, the last piece of that protection — Section 2 — could be wiped out.
Voters on pg. 3
Houston is a city that loves to brag about growth. New tech campuses are popping up, warehouses are expanding across the Beltway, and construction cranes seem to touch the sky everywhere you look. But if you walk through places like Acres Homes, Sunnyside, South Park or the Almeda corridor, you hear a very different story — one where young Black Houstonians are still struggling to find steady work in a city that claims to be full of opportunity. The truth is in the numbers. Teen unemployment across the Houston region sits above 14%, but for Black teens it’s even higher. For Black adults, unemployment has been reported at nearly double the rate of white workers. And in neighborhoods with long histories of underinvestment, it often feels like the prosperity happen- Jobs on pg. 5