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Harry Shearer voices multiple characters on "The Simpsons" -- including a Black doctor -- and has some thoughts about White actors voicing non-White characters on …
Published on August 4, 2020
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U.S. President Joe Biden holds a meeting with White House officials and baby formula manufacturers, as part of the U.S. response to the ongoing baby …
Published on June 23, 2022
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Boris Epshteyn, a special assistant to President Donald Trump who leads the White House's television surrogate operations, is expected to leave the White House, potentially …
Published on April 17, 2017
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Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator Deanne Criswell speaks via video during a news briefing with White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre at the White House …
Published on August 15, 2023
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Former first lady Michelle Obama, 2nd right, said her family felt an enhanced sense of responsibility during their time in the White House as the …
Published on March 14, 2023
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The White House is rejecting House Oversight Chairman Elijah Cummings' request to interview a former White House official who now represents the Trump Organization, the …
Published on March 11, 2019
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President Donald Trump, seen here on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC, October 1, 2020, will be taken to Walter Reed …
Published on October 2, 2020
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Earth, Wind & Fire drummer Fred White, seen here performing on stage in an undated photo, has died, according to an Instagram post from his …
Published on January 3, 2023
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Trump Aide Epshteyn Joining Trump-friendly TV Network
A controversial White House aide is not landing another job within the Trump administration as had been expected since his departure.
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New Bill Preventing Firing Employees For Political Expression
A bill proposed in the Texas Legislature on Friday would prevent employers from firing off-the-clock employees who express their political views.
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Mick Mulvaney joins others in resigning from his post as special envoy to Northern Ireland. Pictured here during a briefing at the White House on …
Published on January 7, 2021
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Activists hold signs as they attend a Student Loan Forgiveness rally near the White House on April 27. The White House is leaning toward canceling …
Published on August 23, 2022
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The 1st Trump White House Petition is in: Release Tax Returns
The first petition on the White House's page for citizens to petition has its first entry mere hours after President Donald Trump was sworn in. And it's a request for him "immediately" release his full tax returns.
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Black Women's Equal Pay Day Provides Reflections On Gender and Racial Inequality
One of the great contradictions of America is that inequality is still rampant—despite the widespread belief that hard work can overcome any barrier. Women, for example, are still paid less than men and the wage gap for women of color in the workforce is even greater than it is for white women.
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Black Chef Charging White People More than Black People For Their Meals -- And His White Customers Don't Mind It!
A nice meal and a purposeful advocacy? Tunde Wey, a chef from Nigeria, has been offering both through his pop-up stalls that serve meals and aims to change people's racial perspectives.
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White House press secretary Jen Psaki says that the White House is seeking more information on the "horrific" viral videos that appear to show US …
Published on September 21, 2021
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Hyundai’s Chief Communications Officer – Dana W. White Named to Women in Automotive Board
Dana W. White, Chief Communications Officer, Hyundai Motor North America, has been named to the Women in Automotive board. In this role, White will be a resource and advocate for the organizations’ mission to empower and develop women in the automotive industry as thought leaders, industry executives and mentors for other females seeking career advancement and growth opportunities. The Women in Automotive organization currently has 20 executive-level board representatives from a variety of automotive technology, supplier, media outlets and dealerships.
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UH Medical Students to Receive First White Coats
College of Medicine Inaugural Class White Coat Ceremony on Aug. 8 to be Livestreamed
The University of Houston College of Medicine will welcome 30 newly-minted medical students to their chosen profession during a White Coat Ceremony on Saturday, Aug. 8 at the Hilton University of Houston. The ceremony is designed to clarify for students, prior to their entrance into the medical community, that a physician’s responsibility is to both take care of patients and also care about patients.
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How Opportunity Zones Could Help Restore The Economy After COVID-19
The COVID-19 shutdown has created financial setbacks for millions of Americans and their communities, but economic troubles – whether caused by the pandemic or otherwise – don’t hit everyone equally.
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Texas’ Hispanic population grew by 2 million in the past decade, on pace to be largest share of state by 2021
New U.S. census estimates show the gap between Hispanic and white populations in the state continues to narrow.
Texas’ Hispanic population has grown by more than 2 million since 2010, according to new population estimates released Thursday by the U.S. Census Bureau, and the state's demographer now predicts that Hispanics will be the state's largest population group by mid-2021.
