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Comcast Corporation Names Broderick D. Johnson Executive Vice President, Public Policy and Executive Vice President, Digital Equity
Comcast Corporation announced today that Broderick D. Johnson will join the company as Executive Vice President, Public Policy and Executive Vice President, Digital Equity. Mr. Johnson will oversee the company’s Public Policy team in Washington, DC, and will take overall responsibility for Comcast’s leading role in the digital equity space. He will report to Tom Reid, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary. Mr. Johnson will succeed Rebecca Arbogast leading the Public Policy team and will work in concert with Mitch Rose, Executive Vice President, Federal Government Affairs who oversees the company’s legislative and regulatory teams.
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Will Smith responds to Jada Pinkett Smith’s ‘Worthy,’ while she says they are in a ‘beautiful’ place
Will Smith has shared his thoughts on Jada Pinkett Smith’s new memoir.
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What Shaped King’s Prophetic Vision?
The name Martin Luther King Jr. is iconic in the United States. President Barack Obama spoke of King in both his Democratic National Convention nomination acceptance and victory speeches in 2008:
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Woman says supermarket called police on her while she was helping a homeless man
Barbecuing while black. Napping while black. Now add helping homeless people while black to the list of things that can lead to a visit from police.
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'Pent-up racial anger' led to killers' pursuit of Ahmaud Arbery, prosecutor says in closing arguments of hate crimes trial
The three White men convicted of murdering Ahmaud Arbery pursued him in a fit of illegal vigilantism -- and they did it because they saw "a Black man in their neighborhood and assumed the worst of him," a prosecutor said in closing arguments of their federal hate crimes trial.
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The cases of Robert Kraft, R. Kelly and Jeffrey Epstein tell us something awful about powerful men and poor women
At ESPN Magazine, a few male executives had a common lunchtime joke. It went something like this:
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Donald Trump's trip to Europe was an unmitigated disaster
US President Donald Trump's European tour, much feared by European leaders and NATO powers alike, was an unmitigated disaster.
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Trump inflames war on Justice Dept. by declassifying Russia docs
President Donald Trump showed no signs of backing off his highly unprecedented order to declassify various documents and text messages related to the Russia investigation Tuesday, saying it wants it done for "transparency."
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TikTok is trying to remove a graphic suicide video
TikTok is working to take down a graphic and disturbing video showing a man shooting himself with a gun.
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President Trump says he is resuming his weekly visits to "Fox & Friends," the morning show that gave him a direct relationship with the Republican …
Published on September 15, 2020
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Congress races clock to avert shutdown before Friday deadline
Congress is on track to avert a partial government shutdown before the end of the week with both the Senate and House poised to pass a short-term funding extension on Thursday.
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Searching for Acceptance: Hollywood Adding LGBTQ to Modern TV
It is no secret that the Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Queer (LGBTQ) community has faced many hardships from not being accepted by others because of their sexuality, and even committing self-harm amongst themselves because they feel like they have hit rock bottom.
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'Totally Under Control' dissects failures in the US coronavirus response
"Totally Under Control" is, in some ways, a greatest-hits collection of Trump administration failures and missteps pertaining to Covid-19, but with an extraordinarily timely kicker in the president's own diagnosis. Director Alex Gibney and his collaborators also earn degree-of-difficulty points for having assembled this documentary during the pandemic, designing a remotely operated "Covid-cam" to safely record interviews.
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Four Tips to Help Communities and Churches Battle Human Trafficking: Baylor Expert
Super Bowl shines spotlight on global epidemic
Super Bowl festivities in Houston will be in full swing this week as the nation gears up for the NFL’s premier event on Sunday. Thousands of people will pour into the city. Unfortunately, those crowds will include those involved in human trafficking.
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Beyond the Rhetoric: We did not Die, We Multiplied
It is without question. Blacks, as a race of people, are the most resilient human beings walking on God’s earth. Starting in the 1500’s, Europeans began the greatest holocaust known to history. The enslavement of Africans would last for over 350 years. A good portion of the captives died within weeks during the passage across the Atlantic Ocean.
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Blinken warns ‘there will be consequences’ for continued Houthi attacks
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken warned Wednesday that “there will be consequences” for the continued Houthi attacks in the Red Sea.
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Sweden Terror Suspect 'confesses' to Stockholm Attack
The man suspected of the Stockholm truck attack has admitted to carrying out a "terrorist crime", his lawyer said.
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Sarah Harding appears on the "Loose Women" TV show in London in September 2017. Harding, singer with the English chart-topping band Girls Aloud, has died …
Published on September 7, 2021
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Gulfton Community Celebrates Ribbon Cutting of New Murals
CHAT unveils “Together We Play” & “All Hands In” murals on July 22
Today, Culture of Health Advancing Together (CHAT) held a special celebration and ribbon cutting event to unveil the new Gulfton-area murals titled “Together We Play” and “All Hands In.” Event speakers included Council Member Edward Pollard, CHAT Executive Director Dr. Aisha Siddiqui, and Amer Kumar, Vice President of Ashford Communities, as well as artists Amy Malkan and Thaddaeus Arvie. All community members were invited to join this event, held at the sports courtyard of Ashford Crescent Oaks Apartments (6711 Hornwood, Houston, TX 77074).
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Kanye West explains his 13th Amendment comments
Kanye West wants to clarify his controversial comments about the 13th Amendment.
