Four Tips to Help Communities and Churches Battle Human Trafficking: Baylor Expert
Super Bowl shines spotlight on global epidemic
Super Bowl festivities in Houston will be in full swing this week as the nation gears up for the NFL’s premier event on Sunday. Thousands of people will pour into the city. Unfortunately, those crowds will include those involved in human trafficking.
Boy Scouts Open Membership To Transgender Boys
The Boy Scouts of America says it will begin accepting members based on their gender identity, opening the door for transgender boys to join.
Congressman Al Green: Beware of Racially-Charged and Religiously-Inflamed Incendiary Branding
On Monday, January 30, 2017, Congressman Al Green (TX-09) released the following statement on President Trump’s anti-refugee and anti-Muslim executive order.
Ride METRORail and Enjoy Four Nights, Four Districts, for Free
Start your Super Bowl celebrations right now as Game City Showcase kicks off tonight offering four nights of free entertainment in four city districts. METRORail is the easiest way to reach the events scheduled each night from 6 pm -9 pm, starting Monday, Jan. 30 through Thursday, Feb. 2.
Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee Statement on President’s Firing of Acting Attorney General Sally Yates
Jackson Lee: “As a senior member of the House Judiciary Committee, I have worked closely with Deputy and Acting Attorney General Sally Yates, whom I know to be a person of honor, intellect, and integrity. Instead of firing Ms. Yates for her fidelity to the Constitution, the President should have consulted her, in her capacity as the nation’s chief law enforcement officer, before issuing his unconstitutional and discriminatory executive order banning Muslims from predominately Muslim countries from entering the United States.”
Black and Latino Amazon Drivers File Discrimination Class Action
Complaints Allege Amazon Illegally Fired Drivers Based On Overly Stringent Background Checks
A group of eight Black and Latino former Amazon drivers filed class action complaints this morning with the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination (MCAD), charging that Amazon illegally discriminated against them and other similarly-situated drivers when it fired them last year. The complaints allege that Amazon’s mass termination of predominantly minority drivers was based on an overly stringent background check policy that included old and minor offenses, and came months after the drivers were on the job and performing successfully.
Super Bowl LI Kicks Off With A Lively Opening Night
Super Bowl Opening Night had a bit of everything on Monday, ranging from funny to serious. It also included a touching moment by Tom Brady and almost a major disaster involving the Atlanta Falcons' game plan.
The Texan's Texas: Easygoing Charm in Brenham
When outsiders think of rural Texas, their thoughts tend to run toward cactus, tumbleweeds, oil derricks, coyotes and armadillos, cowboys and pickup trucks.
Madeleine Albright: Trump's Travel Ban Is 'Flat Anti-American'
Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright is slamming President's Trump's travel ban as reckless and "flat anti-American."
Super Bowl LI Kicks Off With a Lively Opening Night
Super Bowl Opening Night had a bit of everything on Monday, ranging from funny to serious. It also included a touching moment by Tom Brady and almost a major disaster involving the Atlanta Falcons' game plan.
Exxon Profit Falls 40% as Cheap Oil Pain Lingers
Depressed oil prices are keeping the heat on Exxon at a time when the oil behemoth's longtime CEO Rex Tillerson has left to join the Trump administration.
Ikea to Sell Tugs Made by Syrian Refugees in 2019
Ikea plans to roll out a new range of rugs and textiles made by Syrian refugees in 2019.
Amazon, Expedia Back Lawsuit Opposing Trump Travel Ban
Amazon and Expedia have joined a legal challenge to President Trump's travel ban.
U.S. Does $220 Billion in Trade with Muslim Countries
President Trump's travel ban on the citizens of seven Muslim-majority countries has created confusion and concern across the Middle East and parts of Asia.
Oprah Winfrey Becoming a Contributor to CBS' '60 Minutes'
Oprah Winfrey will contribute several stories to the coming season of "60 Minutes," CBS announced Tuesday.
Oprah Winfrey Returns To Television As ’60 Minutes’ Contributor
Beginning this fall, the TV icon will join “60 Minutes” as a special contributor, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Her longtime friend, Gayle King, is a co-host on “CBS This Morning.”
Super Bowl LI Will Be the First We Can Watch in Virtual Reality
This may be the 51st Super Bowl, but it's the first to be broadcast in virtual reality.
Madeleine Albright: Trump's Ban 'just flat anti-American'
Former US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright said Donald Trump's controversial travel ban, preventing travelers from seven majority-Muslim countries and halting Syrian refugees from entering the US indefinitely, goes against America's fundamental values.
Donald Trump's Early Crisis
President Donald Trump begins his 11th day in office shrouded in crisis, roundly criticized for a chaotic unveiling of immigration measures and under new scrutiny after he fired the nation's top law enforcement officer who refused to enforce them.
Trump to Continue Obama Order Protecting LGBTQ Federal Workers
An executive order protecting federal employees from anti-LGBTQ discrimination that was signed by President Barack Obama in 2014 will continue to be in effect in President Donald Trump's administration, the White House announced Tuesday.
