Big Brunch, for Children!
Dressed in their Sunday best, Houstonians dined for children at the annual Big Brunch: Building Blocks to the Future – A Celebration of Early Childhood, at the Ballroom at Bayou Place. Hosted by statewide organization CHILDREN AT RISK, nearly 300 …
Comcast and Faceforward Productions Partner for Upcoming Docuseries, “The Black Beauty Effect”
This first-of-its-kind docuseries examines the Black women who are serving as catalysts for social change within the beauty industry and features mega beauty influencers and industry titans Whitney White, Mikki Taylor, Cara Sabin, Esi Eggleston Bracey, Sam Fine, Amber Riley, …
Native Trails Now Offers 16 Copper Sinks in Polished Copper and Polished Nickel Finishes
Native Trails, a premier artisan-crafted kitchen and bathroom brand that makes a grand visual impression along with a positive social impact, is excited to expand its Polished Copper and Polished Nickel finishes to seven select sinks in the Copper Collection. …
Citizens for Judicial Fairness, Reverend Al Sharpton, and Local Activists Denounce Planned Confirmation of Another White Male Justice to All-White Chancery Court
Today, grassroots advocacy group Citizens for Judicial Fairness joined forces with famed civil rights leader Reverend Al Sharpton and local activists Pastor Blaine Hackett and Kendra Ray, sister of Jeremy McDole, to denounce the scheduled confirmation of Nathan Cook to …
HISD Transportation Services Job Fair
HISD Transportation Services is offering a $2,000 sign-on stipend to the first 120 CDL drivers (re-hires are not eligible) who are hired and start before August 22, 2022.
Check Out Love & Respect With Killer Mike As He Speaks To The Confess Project's Founder Lorenzo Lewis
With National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month starting in July and Mental Health Month ending in May, Revolt TV hit show Love & Respect With Killer Mike aired an in-depth interview featuring mental health expert and advocate The Confess Project …
TPPF CEO: Washington Will Not Save Lives Policymakers in the states must act to secure schools and protect students
The Texas Public Policy Foundation’s CEO Greg Sindelar released the following statement on the “Safer Communities Act” being debated in the U.S. Senate:
LSMAMP Summer Bridge Program gives incoming freshmen a jumpstart to earning STEM
Jackson State University will kick off its annual Louis Stokes Mississippi Alliance for Minority Participation (LSMAMP) Summer Bridge Program on July 6. LSMAMP is designed to help high school graduates transition to university life and inspire them toward high academic …
Louisiana governor signs bill to strengthen potential abortion ban if Roe is overturned
Louisiana's Democratic governor has signed a bill that will toughen an abortion ban that is ready to be implemented in the event that the Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade.
Georgia Supreme Court overturns Justin Ross Harris' murder conviction in his son's hot-car death
Georgia's highest court has overturned the murder conviction of Justin Ross Harris, the Cobb County father sentenced to life without parole for the 2014 hot car death of his 22-month-old son, Cooper.
Fact check: Kathy Barnette rejects Oz's claim that 'all' his former rivals have endorsed him
Mehmet Oz, the Republican nominee in Pennsylvania's US Senate race, has been claiming that everyone he defeated in the party primary has now endorsed him. But that's not true.
'Hang them all': January 6 committee members target of violent rhetoric on right-wing social media platforms
Calls for violence against members of the January 6 committee are circulating on some of the same online platforms that helped fuel the lies that led to the insurrection, a new analysis has found.
30 million people are under heat alerts as triple-digit heat bakes the Southeast
From California to the Great Plains and into the Southeast, 30 million Americans in 15 states are under heat alerts Wednesday.
Putin says Russia is rerouting trade to China and India
President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday that Russia is rerouting trade to "reliable international partners" such as Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa as the West attempts to sever economic ties.
The single most compelling witness of the January 6 committee hearings so far
Wandrea "Shaye" Moss was nervous. She couldn't get the microphone in front of her to work. She initially struggled to find the words to express herself.
