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Black & Proud: I Want the World to Know
Violet, blue, green, yellow, orange, and red are the colors of the rainbow. All the colors are different in nature but beautifully coexist in a cohesive harmony without clashing with each other to make a wonderful masterpiece. There is no rhyme or reason to how they complement each other, they just do. No wonder why the LGBTQ community took these colors to represent who they are. The colors are bright, bold, and blissful just like the community of LGBTQ people.
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Break Free for Some Hot Fun in the Summertime
15 Fun Things to Do in the City
Break out this summer and have some well-deserved fun in the city! With relaxed restrictions in our city, Houstonians have now been given the green light to go outside to play. Get reacquainted with the fresh flowing air, the sight of people going here and there, and not feeling boxed in. As you unleash yourselves don't forget to do it in the safest and most respectable way. If you have not been vaccinated please do well by your fellow man by wearing your mask. All should still practice social distancing. Now is the time to get ready to go oooouuuuttttssssiiiidddeeee!!!!!!! And just to help you out we at Houston Style Magazine have a created a list of 15 things to do in and around the city.
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Tesla is following in the steps of an unlikely rival: Subaru
Tesla has long led the auto industry — sometimes controversially — with its driver-assist system Autopilot. Now, it finds itself suddenly following the lead of an unlikely rival: Subaru.
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Vaccine meeting offers glimmer of hope for the future while Trump harps on the past
President Donald Trump has abdicated his leadership role on the pandemic as he pursues his undemocratic quest to overturn the election, but Americans could get the first real glimmer of hope that their lives will return to normal Thursday when a key advisory panel meets to discuss greenlighting the first Covid-19 vaccine.
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All our recent progress with Covid-19 could be wiped out by variants, CDC director says. 'Please stay strong'
The US is at risk of losing all its recent gains in the battle against Covid-19 as highly contagious variants take advantage of Americans getting lax with safety measures.
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Women leaders you should know and the causes they champion
With the global pandemic, 2020 proved to be a tough year for everyone -- especially girls and women.
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Ida's remnants unleash massive, swift flooding in East and leave at least 15 dead
Water rescues still were underway Thursday across parts of the East after the remnants of Hurricane Ida unleashed deadly and paralyzing flooding at shocking speed across areas including New York City and Philadelphia.
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'She was going to be someone.' Families and friends remember the victims of the Uvalde school massacre as the first funerals are held
Ten-year-old Maite Rodriguez wanted to be a marine biologist before she could say the words.
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5 things to know for August 24: Primaries, Student loans, Ukraine, Teachers, Twitter
The climate crisis rarely evokes feelings of joy, but a discovery this week had some scientists excited about what a drought has revealed. Dinosaur tracks from around 113 million years ago were uncovered in a riverbed in Texas due to severe drought conditions -- and more prehistoric findings are likely as water levels continue to drop.
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Barack and Michelle Obama make first joint return to the White House for unveiling of official portraits
Former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama will visit the White House on Wednesday for the unveiling of their official White House portraits -- marking their first joint return since they left in 2017 and the return of a Washington tradition last celebrated 10 years ago.
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This powerful photo shows what's happening now at the border
It's a striking image that reveals one family's struggle and a major change at the US-Mexico border.
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Drag queen storytime in England promotes compassion and inclusion. British far-right extremists are importing US hate against them
An ordinary red-brick library in the southern English town of Reading is an unlikely backdrop for the latest front in the battle for equality for the LGBTQ+ community. But last week -- in scenes later repeated across the country-- Covid-19 conspiracists and far-right supporters lobbed homophobic and transphobic slurs at parents and children to try to stop the kids from meeting drag queens.
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Abortion rights were on the ballot in these states. Here's what voters decided
Voters in four states moved to affirm abortion rights on Tuesday, CNN projects, following a months-long push from Democrats nationwide to act on the issue in the wake of the Supreme Court's decision overturning Roe v. Wade in June.
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Twitter is less safe due to Elon Musk's management style, says former top official
Twitter owner Elon Musk's dictatorial management style risks driving the company headlong into unforced business blunders, content moderation disasters and the degradation of core platform features that help keep vulnerable users safe, according to a former top Twitter official who led the company's content moderation before abruptly resigning this month.
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US cancer death rate falls 33% since 1991, partly due to advances in treatment, early detection and less smoking, report says
The rate of people dying from cancer in the United States has continuously declined over the past three decades, according to a new report from the American Cancer Society.
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House Republicans race toward debt ceiling vote after 11th-hour rewrite
House Republicans are rallying around their proposal to raise the nation's borrowing limit and slash federal spending after leadership made a flurry of last-minute changes designed to win over key GOP holdouts -- a major reversal after leadership insisted they would not alter the bill text.
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The city that keeps changing America
Atlanta is a city that has been forged on the anvil of strife, that's risen from the embers of the Civil War.
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Naples' new tourist site rewrites ancient history
It's world-famous for the Roman ruins of Herculaneum and Pompeii, destroyed by the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 C.E., but the latest tourist attraction in Naples shows a very different side of the city.
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How Abu Dhabi became the world's hottest cycling city
Cycling vacations usually conjure up images of pedaling across the French countryside, a baguette lashed to the handlebars, or perhaps a breezy ride along the flat and friendly bike paths that weave their way through cities like Copenhagen or Amsterdam.
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'Napalm Girl' at 50: The story of the Vietnam War's defining photo
The horrifying photograph of children fleeing a deadly napalm attack has become a defining image not only of the Vietnam War but the 20th century. Dark smoke billowing behind them, the young subjects' faces are painted with a mixture of terror, pain and confusion. Soldiers from the South Vietnamese army's 25th Division follow helplessly behind.
