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April is National Donate Life Month: New Heart Means a New Life for a Pacific Northwest Little Girl
April is celebrated nationwide as Donate Life Month. National Donate Life Month was instituted by Donate Life America and its partnering organizations in 2003 and features an entire month of local, regional and national activities to help encourage Americans to register as organ, eye and tissue donors and to celebrate those who have saved lives through the gift of organ and tissue donation.
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NFL Returns to Mexico Oakland to Host New England in Mexico City in 2017
Building off the tremendous success of the 2016 game in Mexico, the NFL will return to Mexico City in 2017 when the Oakland Raiders host the New England Patriots at Estadio Azteca, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell announced at his press conference in Houston in advance of Super Bowl LI.
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Dallas Jones named Texas Political Director of Biden-Harris Campaign
I’m pleased to forward the announcement of the selection of Dallas Jones (my former district director) as Texas Political Director of the Biden-Harris Presidential Campaign.
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Rice News Release: Grant backs effort to build useful bacterial colonies
NIH award to Rice, UH will advance science of synthesizing microbial structures
The award to principal investigators Bennett and Krešimir Josić, a professor of mathematics at the University of Houston, and co-principal investigator Oleg Igoshin, a professor of bioengineering and biosciences at Rice, will enable the development of technologies like synthetic “tissues” that enhance soils or gut microbiomes, or self-healing coatings that continuously synthesize protective molecules.
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Baby On Board Badge Not Just for Cars in New York
The "Baby on Board" motto works for more than just car commuters. At least that's what the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority hopes as it launches an awareness campaign to encourage courtesy in subway cars.
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Shea Serrano’s Life Story Is Set to Come to ABC
The New York Times best-selling author of ‘The Rap Year Book: The Most Important Rap Song From Every Year Since 1979, Discussed, Debated, and Deconstructed’ and ‘Basketball (and Other Things): A Collection of Questions Asked, Answered, Illustrated’ is set to pen a pilot to an upcoming ABC comedy helmed by ‘Parks And Recreation’ creator Mike Schur. The premise for the single-camera comedy focuses on Serrano’s childhood in San Antonio where his five uncles all had varying perspectives on manhood.
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Representative Thierry's Statement on Proposed Detention Center for Immigrant Children in Houston
On Tuesday, June 19, 2018, Representative Shawn Thierry (D-Houston) addressed the issue of a newly submitted application by Southwest Key Programs to manage a detention facility in Houston which will hold immigrant children who have been separated from their parents resulting from President Trump's new immigration policy.
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Will Smith’s book tour kicks off with Queen Latifah and DJ Jazzy Jeff in Philadelphia
One of the most dynamic and globally recognized entertainment forces of our time opens up fully about his life, in a brave and inspiring book that traces his learning curve to a place where outer success, inner happiness, and human connection are aligned. Along the way, Will tells the story in full of one of the most amazing rides through the worlds of music and film that anyone has ever had.
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Governor Abbott Appoints Three To The Texas Board Of Criminal Justice
Governor Greg Abbott has reappointed Larry Miles and has appointed E. F. “Mano” DeAyala and Patrick O’Daniel to the Texas Board of Criminal Justice for terms set to expire on February 1, 2023. The Texas Board of Criminal Justice provides confinement, supervision, rehabilitation, and reintegration of the state’s convicted felons.
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Cellista’s Multimedia Noise Opera Transfigurations at Santa Monica’s Highways Performance Space
‘Transfigurations’ confronts issues of identity, loss, displacement, and acceptance within the arts community at large. It is a raucous avant-garde response to the experiences of artists during these uncertain and sour times. ---Cellista
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Civil Rights Icon Roger Wilkins Honored with Building at George Mason University
George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia, recently named its North Plaza in honor of Roger Wilkins, a former long-time faculty member who died this past March. Angel Cabrera, president of George Mason University, said at the dedication ceremony, “when Roger came to George Mason, few knew much about this fledgling university in the suburbs of Washington D.C. Roger was one of those intellectual pioneers who helped put this university on the map.”
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Judge blocks Thursday's execution by lethal injection of Alabama death row inmate who says he requested to die by nitrogen hypoxia
A federal judge has granted an order prohibiting Alabama from executing a death row inmate by lethal injection this week after he asserted he chose to die by nitrogen hypoxia -- an untested and unproven execution method Alabama officials say they're not ready to use.
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Amanda Edwards Files Official Candidacy for Congressional District 18, Securing Over $1 Million in Funds, Key Endorsements, and Momentum
Amanda Edwards officially enters the race for Congressional District 18 with over $1 million raised in four months, strong grassroots support, key endorsements, and momentum, positioning her as the leading candidate for the historic seat held by Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, previously occupied by Barbara Jordan and Mickey Leland.
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GoFundMe and MLBD Contributions Enable Reconstruction of Stolen and Vandalized Jackie Robinson Statue
A Kansas youth baseball league will be able to replace a statue of Jackie Robinson that was stolen and destroyed last week after a flood of private donations – and a commitment by Major League Baseball.
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Commissioner Ellis, Julia C. Hester House Officials Celebrate Historic Community Center’s 80th Anniversary of Providing Programs and Social Services to Fifth Ward Area
Celebration Includes Dedication of Mural that Recreates a Late John Biggers’ Painting
Harris County Commissioner Rodney Ellis and Julia C. Hester House officials on Thursday, April 13 celebrated the 80th anniversary of the community center that was established as a settlement house to enhance the quality of life for African Americans in Fifth Ward.
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Teens Are Still Having Sex, Most Use Contraception
American teens' sex habits and contraceptive use haven't changed much over the past decade, according to a new report from the National Survey of Family Growth, which is administered by the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Texas Survey Examines Trust in Law Enforcement, Immigration
Stark Contrasts Found by Race, Political Ideology
A survey released today found areas of agreement within two of the hottest political topics in the state — criminal justice and immigration. Though wide separations were revealed, too, in the latest Texas Trends report by the UH Hobby School of Public Affairs and TSU Barbara Jordan–Mickey Leland School of Public Affairs. Those differences were especially sharp when comparing responses by ideology, race and generation.
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Here's what we know about the Senate stimulus plan
The Senate is negotiating how much to adjust the Democrats' massive coronavirus relief package that passed the House last week.
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Terrell Brown appointed director of the JSU Master of Social Work Program
The Jackson State University (JSU) School of Social Work has named Terrell Brown, Ph.D.,director of the Master of Social Work (MSW) program. Brown is a tenured associate professor in the College of Health Sciences.
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Commissioner Rodney Ellis: “We must create an equity framework for relief from the economic impacts of the pandemic”
Following the passage of President Biden’s American Rescue Plan, which includes more than $900 million in direct aid to Harris County, Precinct One Commissioner Rodney Ellis is advocating for an equity framework to ensure that these funds effectively address the needs of Harris County residents most affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.
