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5 Ways to Earn Passive Income During Pandemic: from Dogecoin Mining to Internet Connection Sharing

The Covid-19 pandemic and its induced lockdown have made working from home part of many people’s everyday reality. Along with the lockdown-induced increase in online freelancing, the internet has been offering a variety of ways for generating passive income streams.

Biden to host GOP West Virginia Sen. Shelley Moore Capito as bipartisan infrastructure talks continue

President Joe Biden on Wednesday will host Republican Sen. Shelley Moore Capito of West Virginia at the White House as Republicans and the White House continue infrastructure negotiations but remain far apart on new spending and how to pay for it.

Vice President Harris' team tries to distance her from fraught situation at the border

In the weeks since the President asked her to take charge of immigration from Central America, Vice President Kamala Harris and her staff have sought to make one thing clear: She does not manage the southern border.

The one BIG problem with the GOP's 'election security' push

Texas Republicans have a simple reason for the broad changes they have proposed to tighten the rules on who can vote when and how: It's the only way to combat rampant election fraud.

Biden to announce new steps to close racial wealth gap while marking 100th anniversary of Tulsa Race Massacre

President Joe Biden will visit Tulsa, Oklahoma, on Tuesday to mark the 100th anniversary of the Tulsa Race Massacre and announce new actions his administration will take to reduce the racial wealth gap as he commemorates one of the worst acts of racial violence in US history.

Houston is ready for the green energy transition, says Baker Institute expert

Houston’s “energy capital of the world” status is here to stay — no matter the type of energy — according to a new report from Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy.

New Sharon Begley-STAT Science Reporting Fellowship Aims to Increase Racial and Ethnic Diversity Among Next Generation of Science Journalists

STAT, MIT's Knight Science Journalism Program Launch the Fellowship with Support from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative

STAT, the nation's leading health, science, and medicine publication, and the Knight Science Journalism Program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) announced today the launch of the Sharon Begley-STAT Science Reporting Fellowship, with the goal of diversifying the ranks of science and health journalists and fostering better coverage of science that is relevant to all people. The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) will provide $225,000 to support the first two years of the program, named in honor of Sharon Begley, an award-winning science writer for STAT, who died in January 2021 at 64, from complications of lung cancer.

Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Houston announces winners in Building Industry Leaders Urban Plan competition, funded by Reliant

Club members also participated in Digital Pathways, a digital communications program

Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Houston announces that the team from Houston Texans Teen Club was named the winner of the Building Industry Leaders (BIL) Urban Plan competition, a program of the Urban Land Institute and funded by a grant from retail electricity provider Reliant. Each of the five team members who created the winning case study received a $1,000 scholarship toward future education. Other teams participating in the competition included the Morefield Club, Galveston Island Teen Club and the Allen Parkway Club participated.

Texas Democrats celebrate blocking restrictive voting bill, but warn of future threat to voting access

Texas Democrats on Monday cheered their derailment of a restrictive voting bill, while warning of the continued threat of the legislation that Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has promised to bring back during a planned special session.

The most ominous part of Texas' voter suppression move

If you cherish US democracy, you should be outraged by what's just happened in Washington, DC, and Texas. In the US Senate, Republicans managed to block a bill to launch an independent inquiry into the deadly January 6 attack on the Capitol. And in Texas, the GOP tried to enact new restrictive voting measures that not only would make it harder for people of color to vote, but would alarmingly make it easier for Texas judges to overturn election results -- something Donald Trump was unable to do after he lost the 2020 election.

Hawaii Tourism Authority monitoring 'extreme growth' of visitors to the islands

A recent survey found nearly 80% of Americans are ready to travel again. The Hawaii Tourism Authority (HTA) has been monitoring what it calls "extreme growth" of visitors locally. In January, about 74,000 people flew into the state.

Woman connects with family of father's friend using postcards from 80+ years ago

Imagine someone out there held the history of one of your relatives who served their country more than 80 years ago, including details of their travels overseas, their joys, their frustrations.

Child malnutrition is spiking in Haiti amid pandemic, says UNICEF

Severe acute childhood malnutrition in Haiti is expected to more than double this year as the country deals with rising violence, the coronavirus pandemic, and a lack of access to essential services, UNICEF, the United Nations' children's agency, said in a statement Monday.

Biden proclaims day of remembrance on 100th anniversary of Tulsa Race Massacre

President Joe Biden on Monday issued a proclamation to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Tulsa Race Massacre, when hundreds of Black Americans were killed by a White mob that attacked a prosperous Black neighborhood and burned dozens of city blocks to the ground.

Echoing QAnon forums, Michael Flynn appears to suggest a Myanmar-style coup should happen in the United States

Michael Flynn, former President Donald Trump's first national security adviser, appeared to endorse a Myanmar-style coup in the United States on Sunday.

Florida governor opposes CDC's condition for cruises

Even though cruises have been given the green light to sail again, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is pushing back against the CDC's only condition.

Read: President Biden's proclamation to mark the 100th anniversary of the Tulsa race massacre

President Joe Biden released a proclamation for a day of remembrance for the centennial of the 1921 Tulsa race massacre, calling on the American people "to reflect on the deep roots of racial terror in our Nation and recommit to the work of rooting out systemic racism across our country."

A 12-year-old was killed and two others were injured in shooting in New Orleans

New Orleans Police are searching for whoever was responsible for the fatal shooting of a 12-year-old girl late Sunday night.

Las Vegas police release new image of boy found dead on trail

Police have released a new digitally enhanced photo of the boy whose body was found by a hiker on a trail near Las Vegas on Friday morning.

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Club members also participated in Digital Pathways, a digital communications program

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