No Doubt Global Warming Is a Reality
Record fires in Oregon and California. Floods in Houston and New York. Deadly winter storms in Texas. Droughts across much of the west. Flash floods in England and Germany. Blinding dust storms in China. 100-year cyclones devastate Fiji and Indonesia. …
The Peril of Trump Keeps Growing Nearly 8 Months After He Left the White House
Add another evidence dump to the growing case that a second Donald Trump presidency would be more extreme and dangerous than the first.
Comcast RISE to Award an Additional $1 Million in Grants to Minority-Owned Small Businesses in Houston
Comcast will again award $1 million to small businesses owned by people of color, including Black, Indigenous, Hispanic, and Asian American owners, among others, in Houston. This effort is part of the Comcast RISE Investment Fund program, a multi-year, multi-faceted …
UNCF Houston 2021 Virtual Walk for Education – Houston
UNCF has reimagined the Walk, and they are going virtual! Show your support by making a donation, participate individually, form or join a team. Make a difference while practicing social distancing—walk, run, cycle, dance—all in honor of UNCF, our students …
Woman Jailed at 14 for Allegedly Shoving White Teacher’s Aide Releases Memoir Detailing Life in the Aftermath
On September 30, 2005, 14-year-old ShaQuanda Cotton attempted to enter a school building to take a prescribed medication before classes began. An encounter with a teacher’s aide on her way to the nurse’s office that morning led to her arrest, …
Neighborhood Matching Grant Program Call for Applications
The FY 2022 Neighborhood Matching Grant Program application period is open! The program supports neighborhood improvement and beautification projects by providing dollar-for-dollar matching grant reimbursements ranging from $500 to $5,000. The application deadline is November 5, 2021, 5 p.m. The …
Black Woman Takes on Male-Dominated Women’s Online Fashion Industry
Dionne Middlebrooks, founder of online fashion retailer Shop Style Shark, is changing the game as a female owner. The fashion industry – and particularly online fashion – continues to be male-dominated even though women spend over 200% more money on …
The ozone hole over the South Pole is now bigger than Antarctica
The hole in the ozone that forms every year over the South Pole is now larger than Antarctica, scientists from the European Union's Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service said Thursday.
SpaceX's Inspiration 4 crew is in orbit, but that doesn't mean they'll get astronaut wings
The four people currently in orbit on SpaceX's Inspiration 4 mission will fly higher than the International Space Station, but that still may not be enough to earn them their official commercial astronaut wings from the federal government.
Biden to argue US has reached an 'inflection point' in speech pushing economic agenda
President Joe Biden will argue in a speech on Thursday that the US has reached an "inflection point" as the President pushes for his economic agenda, a White House official told CNN.
Oprah Winfrey shares her concerns about where we are as a country
Oprah Winfrey discusses her concerns about the United States in an interview with wellness author Deepak Chopra.
Germany averted possible attack on synagogue during Yom Kippur, minister says
German officials on Thursday said a possible Islamist terror attack on a synagogue in the western city of Hagen was averted after authorities were tipped off.
As leaders struggle to dispel misinformation about vaccines, some celebrities create more
Those Nicki Minaj tweets? Let's talk about them. On Monday, Minaj said that her cousin in Trinidad, where the superstar is from, "won't get the vaccine cuz his friend got it & became impotent. His testicles became swollen."
Former Minneapolis cop Derek Chauvin pleads not guilty to federal charges
Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, who was convicted in April on state murder charges for killing George Floyd, pleaded not guilty on Thursday to federal charges related to the use of unreasonable force on a 14-year-old in September 2017.
In popular culture, cave men (and women) are often draped in furs, but archaeological evidence of what our Stone Age ancestors actually wore and how they made clothes is thin.
Airport gates are usually the last point of solid ground that fliers experience before taking to the skies, but at one US airport this month, a remarkable engineering feat saw several gates embark on their own incredible journey.
