Mayor Turner's Statement on the death of Mr. Ovide Duncantell
Mayor Sylvester Turner released the following statement following the death of Mr. Ovide Duncantell.
Waller County Voter Suppression Continues Against Students at Prairie View A&M University
Waller County once again voted last night to deny students at Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU) equal and accessible access to vote on campus in the first early vote week of the midterm election.
Trump Has No Coherent Plan to Make Health Care Affordable
What is this year's midterm election about? President Trump wants it to be about him, stumping the country saying that he's on the ballot. Or that it's about immigrants, or Justice Brett Kavanaugh, or tax cuts, or about hurricanes, droughts …
Stacey Abrams Could Forge a New Path for Democrats In the Old South
A pair of young volunteers for Democrat Stacey Abrams' campaign for Georgia governor stood under umbrellas on a sloping suburban street in Decatur, a 15-minute drive east of Atlanta, chewing over Georgia's premier political contest -- and one of the …
Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Condemns Secretary Brian Kemp’s Motion to Halt Court-Ordered Relief for Absentee Voters in Georgia
Today, Defendant Brian Kemp, Georgia’s Secretary of State, filed an emergency motion for a stay pending appeal of the preliminary injunction issued hours ago by U.S. Federal District Court Judge Leigh May. Judge May’s order requires that voters whose absentee …
Representative Coleman and Representative Walle on Approval
Today, October 25, 2018, the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board approved the University of Houston's request to create a College of Medicine. Representative Garnet Coleman (D-Houston) and Representative Armando Walle (D-Houston) released the following statement:
NAACP on Bombing Attempts against Media, African American Leaders and Progressives
With less than two weeks before the critical midterm elections, the discovery of pipe bombs across the country sent to those who have been critical of the current president shows, yet again, how fractured we are as a society.
Governor Abbott Attends Grand Opening Of Texas A&M University's New McAllen Campus
Governor Greg Abbott today joined education officials and local elected leaders for the grand opening of Texas A&M University's new campus in McAllen, Texas. This historic new campus will provide top quality education for students in McAllen and throughout the …
Dr. Yasmin Davidds Celebrates Programs Merger with $100,000 in Available Scholarships
On the heels of the merger of the Latina Global Executive Leadership Program and the Multicultural Women Executive Leadership Program (MWELP), Dr. Yasmin Davidds, the founder of both programs, is proud to announce $100,000 in available scholarships for qualified MWELP …
Rothko Chapel to Host 34th Annual Houston Interfaith Thanksgiving Service
On Thursday, Nov. 15, at 7 p.m., the Rothko Chapel will host the 34th Annual Houston Interfaith Thanksgiving Service. In advance of the Chapel’s scheduled 2019 Symposium, “Toward a Better Future: Transforming the Climate Crisis,” the theme of this service …
An aggrieved Trump digs in after pipe bomb scares
President Donald Trump believes he is being unfairly linked to the pipe bombs delivered to frequent targets of his acrimonious rhetoric and has watched with disdain as the national conversation has shifted to his role in shaping the divisive political …
Trump wants to change how Medicare pays for certain drugs
President Donald Trump will outline a plan Thursday to revamp how Medicare pays for certain pricey drugs -- a step that comes as Republicans seek to bolster their standing with voters on health care in the days before the midterm …
'I ain't scared': California Democrat Maxine Waters responds to being target of suspicious packages
Democratic Rep. Maxine Waters of California says she won't be intimidated even though she was the intended recipient of two suspicious packages intercepted Wednesday.
Philip Green, Topshop boss, named in UK harassment claims
Philip Green, the billionaire chairman of Arcadia group, the retail empire that includes Topshop, has been named in the UK parliament as the subject of abuse claims.
Judicial complaints against Brett Kavanaugh may not go far
In the two weeks since Chief Justice John Roberts referred a series of misconduct complaints against Justice Brett Kavanaugh to a Denver-based appeals court, many experts on judicial discipline have predicted the complaints will never be resolved.
