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Lancôme and Lupita Nyong'o Award Scholarships to 40 Finalists of the NAACP's Act-So Competition Through the Write Her Future Scholarship Fund
After providing mentoring and career services to ACT-SO applicants, year one of Lancôme's partnership with the NAACP for Write Her Future culminated in the donation of $400,000 in scholarships.
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Unprecedented Demand for Mental Health Services in the Local Region Creates Urgent Need for HGI Counseling
After more than two years of the onset of the global COVID-19 pandemic, the 44-year-old nonprofit organization HGI Counseling is confronting an unprecedented demand for its mental health services in the Greater Houston region. Since March 2020, HGI Counseling has experienced an increase of 600 percent in the number of therapy sessions it completes on an ongoing basis.
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Beto Can't Expand Support Beyond His Liberal Base
“Liberal Beto O’Rourke said he wants to win support from Republican and Independent Texans, but his extreme liberal record will make it impossible to achieve. No matter how hard Beto tries to reinvent himself, he can’t run from his liberal policies that align him more with President Biden than Texans.” – Mark Miner, Communications Director
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The Houston HBCU Alumni Association - HHBCUAA Will Hosts Its Annual “HBCU Awareness Counselors Summit” Friday, July 22, 2022 Buffalo Soldiers National Museum
The Houston HBCU Alumni Association HHBCUAA will host its Annual “HBCU Awareness Counselors Summit” on Friday, July 22, 2022, from 10am – 1pm at the Historic Buffalo Soldiers National Museum, 3816 Caroline St., 77004. The event is “SOLD OUT” with representation from the Greater Houston Area High School Districts!
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NBC News: After a Texas School Shooting, Conservatives Blamed ‘Woke’ Programs Once Approved by Republicans
In 2018, GOP politicians promoted social and emotional education as a tool to stop mass shootings. Now some conservative activists are arguing those programs are not a solution to school violence, but a cause.
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Mayor Sylvester Turner, Harris County Commissioner Rodney Ellis and Houston Police Department Launch Gun Buyback Program
Program Part of City-County Efforts to Combat Violent Crime
The City of Houston, Harris County Precinct One and the Houston Police Department (HPD) announced details of a gun buyback program today during a news conference at Wheeler Avenue Baptist Church. Watch the full news conference here.
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Federal judge temporarily blocks Biden administration from protecting transgender students and workers in 20 states
The Biden administration must pause its enforcement of federal guidance seeking to protect transgender students and workers in 20 states, a federal judge ruled Friday, siding with Republican-led states fighting to enforce anti-trans policies on their books.
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2022 is already a record year for state bills seeking to curtail LGBTQ rights, ACLU data shows
State lawmakers across the US have introduced at least 162 bills targeting LGBTQ Americans this year through July 1, according to a CNN analysis of data compiled by the American Civil Liberties Union, already marking a record-breaking year for such legislation.
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Roberts clears way for Indiana to try to implement law restricting abortion access for minors
Chief Justice John Roberts on Monday cleared the way for Indiana to attempt to implement a law that restricts a minor's access to abortion.
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Opinion: Trump White House confrontation that says it all
In the 1850s, a barroom brawler named John Morrissey took on and defeated some of the leading boxers of the time. Nicknamed "Old Smoke," the Irish immigrant who grew up in Troy, NY, would go on to mastermind a gambling empire, found the famed Saratoga horse racing track and win a seat in the US House of Representatives. But Morrissey is also known for popularizing one enduring phrase.
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Commissioner Rodney Ellis, Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner’s Office will Announce Details on Gun Buyback Program
Program Part of City-County Efforts to get to the Root Cause of Crime
Harris County Commissioner Rodney Ellis, Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner’s Office and Police Chief Troy Finner will Announce Details on Gun Buyback Program that Takes Place Later this Month
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Assault weapons are weapons of war
In the United States, 20 million assault rifles are in private hands, and nearly 400 million guns of all sorts. In the first 190 days of this year, Americans have suffered 320 mass shootings, more than one a day. Highland Park, Illinois, Uvalde, Texas, Chattanooga, Tennessee – the list is endless. Sixty-two people were shot and 10 killed in Chicago on the same holiday weekend that the Highland Park massacre took place, without garnering nearly as much attention.
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Uvalde School Shooting Surveilance Video Fuels Scrutiny Over Police Delays By Elizabeth Wolfe, Travis Caldwell, Rosa Flores, Rosalina Nieves and Dakin Andone, CNN.com / StyleMagazine.com
Surveillance video of law enforcement’s response during the Uvalde school massacre gives the clearest account yet of how officers waited outside an elementary classroom as the gunman continued firing, killing 21 students and teachers on May 24.
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Chris Hollins Breaks $1.1 Million in Mayoral Campaign Fundraising with Extraordinary Number of Individual Contributions
“The Hollins for Mayor campaign received 2,408 individual contributions from nearly 1,700 individual donors"
Today, the Hollins for Mayor campaign released information about a record-breaking fundraising period, which concluded June 30. Driven in part by grassroots email and text-banking efforts, Hollins’s campaign announced a total amount raised of over $1.1 million in less than five months since Hollins announced his candidacy.
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Queen of Yum is bringing the "Watermelon & Red Birds" Cookbook to Life!
As we are still enjoying the high spirits of the nation's first Juneteenth, Chef Vicky V, Queen of Yum, is keeping the spirits going with her Cookbook Brunch in partnership with Kindred Stories. This month she is featuring the recipes from "Watermelon and Red Birds" cookbook by Nicole A. Taylor. "Watermelon and Red Birds" cookbook is an ode to Juneteenth that showcases traditional Juneteenth foods with a 21st-century vibe. The cookbook includes recipes like Beef Ribs with Fermented Harissa Sauce and Roasted Nectarine Sundae. Chef Vicky V will bring these mouth-watering recipes to the table for us to enjoy.
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A truly massive interest rate hike is now on the table
Central banks have made clear that after a sluggish start, they're serious about putting a lid on inflation. Now, as prices soar even faster than expected, they're weighing increasingly drastic options.
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Social Security recipients could see a 10.5% increase in their payments next year, driven by the steep rise in inflation, according to a new estimate …
Published on July 14, 2022
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Social Security checks could grow by about $175 a month as the cost of living continues to surge
Social Security recipients could see a 10.5% increase in their payments next year, driven by the steep rise in inflation, according to a new estimate.
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Nick Cannon says he'll never have another love like Mariah Carey
Nick Cannon has nothing but love for his ex-wife Mariah Carey. In a new interview, Cannon describes their marriage as a "fairytale."
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Brittney Griner court appearance ends without a verdict -- another hearing is scheduled for Friday
WNBA star Brittney Griner's hearing in a court outside Moscow ended Thursday without a verdict, and a fourth hearing in her trial was scheduled for Friday morning, a US official familiar with the matter said.
