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HISD Board Names Auditorium After Late District III Trustee Manuel Rodríguez Jr.

The HISD Board of Education honored the late District III Trustee Manuel Rodríguez Jr. by naming the Hattie Mae White Educational Support Center auditorium The Manuel Rodríguez Jr. Board Auditorium during their monthly agenda review meeting.

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States Help Minorities Enter Marijuana Industry

Some cities, states with legal pot are trying to make up for the toll marijuana enforcement took on minorities by giving them a better shot at joining the growing marijuana industry.

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Steve Harvey Heads to Texas Court Over Alledged Racist Rant Lawsuit

RadarOnline.com reports that Steve Harvey is heading to court in just days over accusations he went on racist rants against white people, among other disturbing statements.

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Houston Streetlights Concentrated Mostly in Black, Hispanic Neighborhoods

A report from Rice University's Kinder Institute for Urban Research, "Streetlights in the City: Understanding the Distribution of Houston Streetlights," says that of Houston's 173,724 streetlights, most are concentrated in black and Hispanic neighborhoods, as opposed to white neighborhoods, as of August 2015.

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Texas Drivers in Minority Neighborhoods Pay Higher Auto Rates

Texas drivers living in minority areas are generally charged more for auto insurance than people with similar risk profiles who live in white neighborhoods — despite laws that ban discriminatory rate setting, a new study of car insurance pricing shows.

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Fake Nike Coupon With Colin Kaepernick Campaign Slogan Offers Huge Discount 'For People Of Color'

Some white people are so desperate to be upset at Nike’s Colin Kaepernick ad (and be oppressed and marginalized so bad) that someone on the Internet decided to create and circulate a fake Nike coupon featuring Colin Kaepernick offering huge discounts to “people of color.”

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Dallas Police Officer Could Face Stiffer Charge for Killing Unarmed Neighbor

A Dallas police officer stands charged with manslaughter in the fatal shooting of a man she mistakenly thought was in her apartment, but a prosecutor would not rule out a more serious charge.

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For the First Time Ever, A Black Woman Is the New Face of the $10 Bill in Canada

More than 70 years ago, Viola Desmond stood up for civil rights in Canada when she refused to leave a whites-only section of a theater. Last week, she was honored as the first Black person and a non-royal woman to become the face of a dollar bill in Canada.

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School District With Racial Bias Issues Challenges The Education Plan For An Autistic Black Student

Henrico is one of four state school districts that the Virginia Department of Education flagged for disproportionately punishing Black students with learning disabilities, compared to what it provides White and Hispanic students with similar challenges.

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New Study in Texas Finds Liver Cancer Diagnosis And Treatment Can Vary By Race

A new study seeking detailed information about the ongoing increase in liver cancer in the U.S. found racial and ethnic differences in the outcomes.

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Boeing Stock Woes Worsen After the United States Grounds 737 Max Jets

The bad news for Boeing investors arrived on Wednesday. The United States joined other countries and grounded its 737 Max planes. Shares of Boeing, which had lost about 11%, or more than $28 billion in value, before the announcement, fell another 3% immediately after President Donald Trump announced the move from the White House.

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Mom Wants Teacher Fired For Telling Her Son He Might Be Lynched

A white teacher in Ohio who told a black boy student that his classmates will form a mob and lynch him if he doesn’t “get on task” is not going to be fired nor suspended.

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Trump Voting Commission Bought Texas Election Data Flagging Hispanic Voters

White House and Texas officials said the state’s voter data was never delivered and the voting commission was disbanded January 3.

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Trump Makes 'Pocahontas' Crack at Event Honoring Navajo Code Talkers

President Donald Trump, during an event at the White House honoring Navajo code talkers Monday, referenced his nickname for Sen. Elizabeth Warren, "Pocahontas," a label he has long used about the Massachusetts Democrat.

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Smoking may lead to more belly fat; new study suggests - here’s why

Mark another point against smoking: It may cause an increase in a type of body fat linked to serious disease, according to a new study.

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Federal government braces for long/expensive road recovery from Baltimore bridge collapse

Rebuilding the Francis Scott Key Bridge and getting the critical Port of Baltimore back online will require an enormous interagency effort – and significant federal funding.

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How Tesla and its Chinese competitor compare, in 4 charts

In 1995, metallurgy graduate Wang Chuanfu founded BYD, a small Chinese company focused on producing rechargeable nickel-cadmium batteries more cheaply than Japanese competitors.

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Why cloudy forecast doesn’t mean your eclipse is ruined

The total solar eclipse is just days away and the cloud forecast is looking grim for some regions.

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Charles Barkley tears into Barack Obama’s March Madness bracket as fans bid to beat the near-impossible odds once again

It’s that time of year again, when anyone and everyone turns into a college basketball expert. It’s one of the few things in sport that has never been done before, but that doesn’t stop fans from across the world attempting to successfully complete their perfect March Madness bracket every year.

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Men’s March Madness: Everything you need to know about national championship game between UConn/Purdue

History beckons for both UConn and Purdue in the national championship game on Monday.