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Social Security Accelerates Decisions for People with Serious Disabilities
Agency Adds to Compassionate Allowances List
Andrew Saul, Commissioner of Social Security, today announced four new Compassionate Allowances conditions: CDKL5 Deficiency Disorder, Pitt Hopkins Syndrome, Primary Peritoneal Cancer, and Richter Syndrome. Compassionate Allowances is a program to quickly identify severe diseases and medical conditions that meet Social Security’s standards for disability benefits.
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Governor Abbott Appoints Hughs As Texas Secretary Of State
Governor Greg Abbott has appointed Ruth Ruggero Hughs as the Texas Secretary of State. The Secretary serves as Chief Election Officer for Texas, assisting county election officials and ensuring the uniform application and interpretation of election laws throughout Texas. The Office of the Secretary of State also provides a repository for official and business and commercial records required to be filed with the Office.
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Rice research to study hurdles women face pursuing STEM careers
Why do so few women pursue careers in engineering? A new study from a Rice University researcher will seek to find out by examining their everyday work experiences in the profession.
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Local Charity Is Committed To Changing The Way We See Life-Changing Diseases Through A Children's Fashion Show
Houston's ARC Village, The Gibson Lupus Resource Center is hosting their 1st Annual Children's Autoimmune Disease and Awareness Fashion Show at Go Cajun Subs (1027 Sawdust, Rd. #375 Spring, TX 77380) on August 24, 2019 from 6pm-8pm. The Gibson Center is seeking young models to participate from ages 5-15 years. Kid model call is on August 3, 2019 from 12pm-2pm at Go Cajun Subs.
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Thomas Erikson/Surrounded by Idiots author Credit Maria Ostlin (umlaut over the O)
Published on August 19, 2019
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COCO Open House Fundraiser
Photography by Vicky Pink - The Coalition of Community Organizations is celebrating their new office/studio …
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Carla Brailey Campaign Kickoff
Photography by Vicky Pink - Dr. Carla Brailey officially kicked off her campaign for Houston …
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Amanda Edwards' Brunch Fundraiser
Photography by Vicky Pink - Amanda Edwards continues to garner support for her campaign for …
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School Day Solutions
Family-friendly recipes for breakfast, lunch and dinner
Morning routines, homework, practices and more are all part of back-to-school season, and even when time is short, flavorful meals can be, too.
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Simple Steps for Back-to-School Success
Finding new clothes and gathering pens, pencils, notebooks and other supplies are always part of the back-to-school fun, but there are other needs and wants to consider when another school year rolls around.
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HISD to offer no-cost flu shots to all students for 2019-2020 school year
The Houston Independent School District is once again partnering with Healthy Schools, LLC, a division of CareDox, to offer no-cost flu vaccines to students during the 2019-2020 school year.
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Improve Academic Outcomes through Access to Health Care Coverage
With each school year, parents dust off their annual checklists that help them organize their needs as their kids head back to the classroom. This school season, make sure one priority at the top of your to-do list is ensuring your children have health insurance.
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Film Review: Brian Banks
In this #MeToo age, a biofilm about a wrongfully convicted high school football player, who was accused, tried and imprisoned for rape, is timely.
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Alpha Kappa Omega Presents 21 Young Ladies in Society Debut
The energy was electric as 21 young ladies jubilantly twirled in circles, nervously practiced their curtseys and carefully walked to ensure no missteps would be taken before they made their official debut at the biennial debutante ball hosted by Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. – Alpha Kappa Omega Chapter. Each debutante’s brains, beauty, and benevolence were celebrated as “Royal Roses of Excellence” before a wall-to-wall crowd of onlookers and well wishers.
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“Surrounded by Idiots” by Thomas Erikson
Every day of the week, you want to pound your head against your desk.
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Hitting the Books with Dr. Brooks
As a seasoned educator with over 20 years of classroom experience, my job has often felt never-ending. Summers were often spent trying to cram as much as I could into my realm of relaxation, without complaining that as a mother of 3, that relaxation that I had been dreaming about all school year may not live up to the hype. With all the added stress that being a parent to school-aged children brings to my job as a teacher, all I ever want to do in the summer is sleep a little later and not have to worry about planning anything. The only advantage of this for my children was the fact that if mommy is on break- we are ALL on break.
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Comcast Announces Largest Ever Expansion Of Its Internet Essentials Program
Comcast announced it is significantly expanding eligibility for its broadband adoption program Internet Essentials to include all qualified low-income households in its service area. Comcast estimates that more than three million additional low-income households, including households with people with disabilities, are now eligible to apply.
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Money, Power, and Sex: The Imperfect Trifecta, Which Enables Jeffrey Epstein’s of the World
To be clear: money, power, and sex have been longtime bedfellows. No matter where you look, on the blocks, in churches, schools, boardrooms, politics, Hollywood, the music industry, you name it and you will likely see them together. From the pimp on the street corner using his money and power to both dominate and dazzle ‘his’ women to the president admitting that powerful men can walk up to women and do whatever they want, in almost every aspect of life, you can find scenarios that validate the fact.
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Houston Native Trains to be a U.S. Navy Future Warfighter
Sailors are some of the most highly-trained people on the planet, according to Navy officials, and this training requires highly-dedicated instructors.
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Damaged hearts rewired with nanotube fibers
Texas Heart doctors confirm Rice-made, conductive carbon threads are electrical bridges
Thin, flexible fibers made of carbon nanotubes have now proven able to bridge damaged heart tissues and deliver the electrical signals needed to keep those hearts beating.
