GM Ranks as Top Automotive Corporation in J.D. Power’s 2020 Initial Quality Study
GM has the highest ranked vehicle in IQS and wins top plant quality award
GM is the highest ranked automaker of 15 companies surveyed in the J.D. Power 2020 Initial Quality Study. The 2020 Chevrolet Sonic achieved the best score of any model in the study, and GM’s Yantai Dongyue North in China won the J.D. Power Platinum Award for plant quality as the highest ranked automotive manufacturing facility in the world.
'Sunday Best' on BET Set to Return for S10 on Sun. July 5th (w/ Kirk Franklin, Jonathan McReynolds, Erica Campbell & Kelly Price)
Returning to BET for season 10 is America’s most inspirational singing competition, “Sunday Best.” Kicking off in Sunday Best fashion, the series returned with a live audience and band from Tyler Perry Studios in Atlanta. 2020 marks both the 10th anniversary of the show and BET’s 40th anniversary.
In Light of the Coronavirus, New Analysis Finds 23 Million Americans at Risk of Losing Coverage Because of the Trump Administration’s Health Care Repeal Lawsuit
Today, the Center for American Progress released a new 50-state analysis estimating the number of Americans who could lose health care coverage if the U.S. Supreme Court sides with the Trump administration and strikes down the Affordable Care Act (ACA) during the pandemic.
Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. Awards Historic $100,000 Founders' Centennial Scholarship
Zeta celebrates 100 years with largest single recipient scholarship awarded by a historically Black Greek-lettered sorority or fraternity
Cayla Withers, a recent graduate of A.L. Brown High School in Kannapolis, NC, was awarded Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Incorporated's Triumphant Founder Arizona Cleaver Stemons Centennial Scholarship in the amount of $100,000 on June 19, 2020. The surprise presentation was recorded on news channel WSOC-TV.
Loni Love Shares Commends Grassroots Activists of Civil Unrest and Talks About Her Experience with Racism
During her first-ever appearance on ABC's "The View," Emmy & 2x NAACP Image Award winning talk show host Loni Love shared her experience with racism as a college student and what will prompt change in America.
Local JA Southeast of Texas Teens Win 2020 Junior Achievement Company of the Year Title
Teen entrepreneurs take national title by creating a reusable bamboo straw kit, as part of their sustainable lifestyle brand company
On Thursday, June 18, Junior Achievement USA® (JA) named the teen entrepreneurs who created the student-run start-up EVO (Elkins Very Own) from Junior Achievement of Southeast Texas as winners of the 2020 JA Company of the Year. The team was selected from among 15 competing student companies representing JA operations across the country.
Federal Reserve System Main Street Lending Program
The Federal Reserve is pleased to announce a NEW information session for minority and women-owned businesses and interested parties who wish to learn more about the Main Street Lending Program:
Kolache Factory Corporate Stores Re-Close Dining Rooms Effective Immediately
Effective immediately, dining rooms and restrooms at all corporate-owned Kolache Factory restaurants will be closed. For the safety of employees and customers, Kolache Factory stores will move back to carry-out, curbside, or drive thru service only.
Why Buddha Never Had Alzheimer's: The Answer Can Be Found In Meditation, Yoga And Music
There are currently 5.8 million people in the U.S. today suffering from Alzheimer’s – a number that is expected to double by the middle of the century. Is it possible to stop or slow down this disease? Award-winning physician, scientist and author, Dr. Shuvendu Sen, says “Yes! It can be reversed, and even stopped altogether.” Dr. Sen shares expert advice and discusses the success being achieved through yoga, meditation and dancing/music therapy in Why Buddha Never Had Alzheimer's: A Holistic Treatment Approach through Meditation, Yoga and the Arts.
Christian Hip-Hop Recording Artist RHYAN LAMARR Releases New Single, "RELIEF" Lifted From His Debut Album, Rhyan LaMarr's: "aPERFECTmess (Volume 1)"
"RELIEF" was written by Rhyan LaMarr and produced by Mod G., Jack Red & Rhyan LaMarr. The inspirational Hip-hop single features Rhyan LaMarr alongside Canon, John Givez, nobigdyl., Kris Noel, Byron Juane and Jack Red and is lifted from Rhyan's upcoming debut album, "Red Guerrilla Entertainment Presents- Rhyan Lamarr's: aPERFECTmess (Volume1)", available now on all streaming platforms, via the Empire/RMG Amplify label imprint. The powerful "RELIEF" music video was directed and conceptualized by Rhyan LaMarr.
Missouri Ranked #1 for Black Homicide Victimization
95 Percent of Black Homicide Victims in Missouri were Killed with Guns
For the fourth year in a row, Missouri has the highest black homicide victimization rate in the nation with a rate of 57.30 per 100,000 — nearly triple the national black homicide victimization rate and 11 times the overall homicide rate nationwide — according to a new analysis by the Violence Policy Center (VPC).
‘Wrongful Conviction with Jason Flom’ Spotlights Georgetown University Students and the Case of Terrel Barros
Imprisoned in 2013, Barros Has a New Hearing This September
Today, Wrongful Conviction with Jason Flom takes on the case of Terrel Barros – a case so powerful that it attracted the attention of the students of the “Making an Exoneree” course at Georgetown University.
Springer Nature Group Donates $50,000 to The HBCU Foundation
The HBCU Foundation, a Columbus, Ohio-based nonprofit whose aim is to provide scholarship aid to deserving students attending Historically Black Colleges and Universities, announced on Monday, a $50,000 grant from the leading academic publishing company, Springer Nature.
ABC13/KTRK-TV Houston to Host Virtual Town Hall to Discuss Violence Against Transgender Women of Color
Virtual Town Hall Airs Thursday, June 25 (7:00 – 8:00 p.m. CDT)
Stream Live at ABC13.com, ABC13's Facebook Live and YouTube and ABC13's connected TV apps on Amazon FireTV, Android TV, Apple TV, Roku
Best F&I Products For Used Vehicles
Topic Expert: Rick Kurtz, Protective Asset Protection
Used cars and trucks are in growing demand heading into the July 4th weekend of sales. According to media reports, pricing information for used cars and trucks revealed value hikes last week much higher than a week earlier. Analysts said overall car segments increased by 1.54% (compared to 0.88% the prior week) and the overall trucks and SUV segments increased again this past week at 1.11% (compared to 0.52% during the prior week).
Krishnamoorthi and Tlaib Investigate Potential Abuses in Treasury Department’s Opportunity Zone Program
Today, Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy, and Subcommittee Member Rashida Tlaib sent a letter to Secretary of the Treasury Steven Mnuchin requesting documents about the Opportunity Zone program established by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.
Break'em Off Records Signs Rising Star Asianae
Releases New Visual For Saucy Single "Dumb" With More Than 130K Views
Break'em Off Records is pleased to announce newcomer, and rising Rap star ASIANAE has made a splash with the visual for her debut single "Dumb" with more than 130K views on YouTube since the videos release. The visual was directed by Rexway while the song was produced by Budda Beats.
Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Houston launches new teen social justice initiative
Be The Change You Want 2 See
Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Houston (BGCGH) just launched its new teen social justice initiative called Be The Change You Want 2 See with three events last week to educate and inspire teen Club members to be catalysts for social change and racial justice in Houston and our nation. The objective of the initiative is to amplify youth voices and activism through critical and intentional conversations, artistic expression and service learning projects. The youth-led initiative uses the hashtag #bethechangeBGCGH.
HHS Announces Partnership with Morehouse School of Medicine to Fight COVID-19 in Racial and Ethnic Minority and Vulnerable Communities
$40 Million Initiative Will Help Communities Hardest Hit by the Pandemic
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Minority Health (OMH) announced the selection of the Morehouse School of Medicine as the awardee for a new $40 million initiative to fight COVID-19 in racial and ethnic minority, rural and socially vulnerable communities. The Morehouse School of Medicine will enter into a cooperative agreement with OMH to lead the initiative to coordinate a strategic network of national, state, territorial, tribal and local organizations to deliver COVID-19-related information to communities hardest hit by the pandemic.
SPLC Statement on Noose Found in Bubba Wallace’s Garage at Talladega Superspeedway
The Southern Poverty Law Center’s Lecia Brooks issued the following statement after a noose was found in Bubba Wallace’s garage stall at the Talladega Superspeedway in Alabama.
