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Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee Announces $300,324 Grant Awarded to The University of Houston’s “Collaborative Research: Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Synthetic Microbial Consortia”
Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee announced today that the University of Houston has been awarded a $300,324 grant from the National Science Foundation:
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Confederations Cup: The Fan Experience
Traveling around a country as vast as Russia is bound to throw up some logistical problems.
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Parents, Alumni Push HISD Board To Revisit HSPVA Naming Rights
Ever since the Houston school board approved the naming rights to its flagship arts high school last fall, a vocal group of parents and alumni have opposed the deal. It let the Kinder Foundation add its name to the High School for the Performing and Visual Arts, commonly called HSPVA, in exchange for $7.5 million.
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George W. Bush: Scalise's wife says he is 'fighting hard and getting better'
Jennifer Scalise, the wife of Louisiana Rep. Steve Scalise, told former President George W. Bush on Thursday night that her husband is "fighting hard and getting better," Bush said in an Instagram post Friday afternoon.
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Statement from President Donald J. Trump on Juneteenth
Melania and I send our warmest greetings to all those celebrating Juneteenth, a historic day recognizing the end of slavery.
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Rep. Coleman on Sandra Bland Act passing out of the House Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence
Today, May 15, the House Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence passed SB 1849—the Senate companion to HB 2702, also known as the Sandra Bland Act—out of the Committee. SB 1849 will now head to the House Committee on Calendars. Chair Coleman released the following statement:
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Octavia Spencer Announces Plans To Become Hollywood Producer
Octavia Spencer is up for her second Academy Award this year, but the star of “Hidden Figures” said Monday that she has even bigger plans.
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NAACP Stages Sit-in at Jeff Sessions’ Office to Protest of His Nomination as Attorney General
Donald Trump wants Jeff Sessions to be attorney general and the NAACP isn’t having it.
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Chance The Rapper Raises Over $100K For Charity At His Birthday Bash
Lil Chano comes through for the kids again.
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Neighborhood Eats: Kitchen 713 during Houston Black Restaurant Week
Kitchen 713 is one of 21 restaurants taking part in Houston Black Restaurant Week. It starts Monday and continues through next week.
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Houston Petset to Honor Local Animal Rescue Organizations
Houston PetSet’s 8th Annual Gifting Event will be held on Wednesday, November 28, 2018 at One Allen Center, 500 Dallas Street (77002). The event will be held from 6:00 PM until 8:00 PM.
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Texas Students Protest Gun Violence After Florida School Shooting
Nearly 500 students at three Austin-area districts participated in walkoutsas well, the Austin American-Statesman reported. Students said the activity seen in Texas schools is largely due to the example Parkland survivors have been setting.
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Disney Donates $1 Million to STEM Education Following ‘Black Panther’ Success
In celebration of the record-breaking success of Marvel Studios’Black Panther, The Walt Disney Company is donating $1 million to the Boys & Girls Clubs of America (BGCA).
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Movement for Black Lives Launches Project for ‘electoral justice’ for Black People
The Movement for Black Lives, a massive group including the Black Lives Matter movement, has launched a new project aimed at providing ‘electoral justice’ for Black people.
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The Southern Christian Leadership Conference Extends Prayers to Longtime Civil Rights and Political Leader John Lewis
Dr. Charles Steele, Jr., president of the Atlanta-based Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), issued the following statement today in response to news that legendary civil rights and political leader John Lewis has been diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer. Lewis is the longtime representative of Georgia’s Fifth Congressional District.
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Judge OK’s Lawsuit to Stop Obama Library In Chicago
A federal judge gave the green light Tuesday to a parks-advocacy group’s lawsuit that aims to stop for good the delayed construction of former President Barack Obama’s $500 million presidential center in a Chicago park beside Lake Michigan.
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Man requests people bring shoes instead of flowers to his funeral
A local man who recently died of cancer made one special request to people attending his funeral.
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Meet the 4 Black Teens Who Created a Generator That Uses Urine As Fuel
Back in 2012, four teenage girls from Africa, who were just 14 and 15-year olds at that time, invented a generator that is powered by what seems to be an unlikely source of electricity: urine.
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Wisconsin Senate Refuses to Honor Colin Kaepernick
Republicans who control the Wisconsin Senate refused to mention NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick in a resolution honoring Black History Month passed Wednesday, rejecting calls from Democrats who said ignoring the Milwaukee native put them on the wrong side of history.
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Substitute Teacher Resigns After Telling Classroom of Students to Kill Themselves
A North Carolina substitute teacher resigned after she allegedly told a predominantly Black classroom of 10-year-old students that Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. killed himself and that his assassination was a myth.
