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Distance Learning, COVID-19 Pose Challenges to Educators, Administrators and Parents

In Southeast Los Angeles’s most under-resourced and predominately diverse neighborhoods of Compton, Lynwood, and Bellflower, David Anderson has served as an educator in the expanding learning and youth development space for more than 15 years.

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The Houston Texans literally watched their playoff hopes vanish into thin air in Chicago last Sunday as they lost to the Bears 36-7 in Soldier Field. Now that they have been mathematically eliminated, Houston can still have an impact on …

County Commissioner Rodney Ellis Launches Podcast to Demystify County Government

Harris County Commissioner Rodney Ellis knows that the job of County Government officials is to meet people where they are and deliver to them the information and help they need as best as they can. Right now, that means meeting …

Georgia's Long History of Voter Suppression

Now that Donald Trump's baseless lies about voter fraud have been summarily dismissed by the courts, perhaps some attention can be paid to the true threat to free and fair elections: not voter fraud but systemic and massive voter suppression. …

Married couple, both teachers, die of Covid-19 while holding hands with their children

Married for 30 years, they died together from Covid-19 complications sharing one final embrace -- holding each other's hands and the hands of their children.

Former Houston police captain charged with pointing gun at repairman, believing he was a voter fraud 'mastermind'

A former Houston police captain was charged Tuesday with running a man off the road and pointing a gun to his head two weeks before the election as part of a baseless voter fraud conspiracy theory, the Harris County district …

What arrest of ex-cop in Houston shows about danger of conspiracy theories

On October 19, two weeks before Election Day, a retired police captain in Texas allegedly ran his SUV into the back of an air conditioning repairman's vehicle, when the man stepped out, he pointed a gun at him, forced him …

US surpasses 17 million official Covid-19 cases as FDA panel considers Moderna's vaccine candidate

The United States on Thursday surpassed 17 million official Covid-19 cases across the pandemic, while a key meeting currently underway could lead to authorization of a second coronavirus vaccine for the country.

Wrap Up the Holidays with Last Minute Gifts at Macy’s

Macy’s offers last-minute shoppers inspiration with thoughtful gifts for every personality and price point at macys.com/gifts

Supreme Court agrees to hear NCAA case on student athlete compensation

The Supreme Court agreed Wednesday to take up an appeal by the National Collegiate Athletic Association to a lower court ruling that allows colleges to compensate athletes for education-related expenses.

Glimmers of progress in stimulus negotiations as Trump's election sideshow drags on

For the first time in months there were small signs of a functioning government Wednesday as congressional leaders negotiated a Covid-19 relief package and millions of vaccine doses were shipped out under the watchful eye of officials with Operation Warp …

10 states sue Google for alleged anticompetitive behavior

Texas and nine other states sued Google on Wednesday, alleging that the company has stifled competition and enjoys "monopolistic power."

Police to wrap over 500 gifts for area children

Members of the Kansas City, Kansas Police Department’s Community Policing Unit are wrapping over 500 gifts for children in the area.

Everything is different in 2020, including your performance review

While 2020 annihilated business as usual at work, it didn't quite manage to kill off the annual performance review. But it has brought about changes to the process.

Biden sends his most blunt signal yet after Electoral College affirms him as the winner of the election

President-elect Joe Biden's forcible attempt to turn the page from President Donald Trump's baseless attacks on the integrity of the election reflects a need to urgently cement his own right to rule in a presidency that will need every ounce …