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NFL Shines a Spotlight on the Issues and Causes Important to Players, Beginning This Week with My Cause, My Cleats Campaign
As part of its ongoing work in collaboration with NFL players, the NFL today announced a multi-month focus on player causes, beginning with today's My Cause, My Cleats Unboxing Day. Across the league today, teams will debut their players' custom cleats for this weekend's My Cause, My Cleats campaign, now in its third year.
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Press-Freedom, Social-Justice Groups Call on Congress to Fund Journalism and Treat Local News as Essential Service during Pandemic
A coalition of more than 45 organizations and scholars has called on Congress to include vital funding for local news in the next coronavirus stimulus package. In a letter sent today, Free Press Action, PEN America, Common Cause, and other organizations urged the House and Senate leadership to consider local press an “essential service” vital to the nation’s health, prosperity, and recovery.
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COVID-19 highlights long-term inequities in some communities
Just as the coronavirus pandemic strains states and the nation, it also has stressed the resources of neighborhoods and individuals
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All The Things We Never Knew
A Novel by Liara Tamani
Eleanor & Park meets “Love & Basketball” in ALL THE THINGS WE NEVER KNEW: A Novel by Liara Tamani(Greenwillow/HarperCollins, on sale June 9 2020; Hardcover, eBook), a tumultuous, lyrical teen romance about two African American, high school basketball stars who fall in love hard and fast but struggle while navigating their own tough family issues.
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Fort Bend County Rallies for Children: 2,192 Stakes of Resolve in the Fight Against Child Abuse
In the heart of Fort Bend County, Texas, a poignant visual has emerged at the historic courthouse grounds, commanding attention, and driving a powerful message home. April in Fort Bend is marked by a sea of 2,192 stakes, each a sobering testament to the reported instances of child abuse within the county. This striking display sets the stage for Child Abuse Prevention Month, drawing the public eye to the urgent need for protection and advocacy for our most vulnerable.
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Racist rhetoric greets increasing population of Latino students in this Tennessee county
Sitting in the back of a packed room in the Hamilton County Schools administration complex, Clara fought the urge to leave. She had taken the day off from her factory job to be there but was nervous to see a crowd of people supporting a board member who had referred to Latino students as a burden.
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Gilbert Garcia, Former Metro Board Chair, Announces Candidacy for Mayor of Houston
The “Texas Bond King” Has Big Plans for Houston
Gilbert Garcia, the bond investor and former Metro chairman, is running for mayor of Houston.
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House Oversight Committee chairman says she will subpoena Smith & Wesson for documents
House Oversight Committee Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney said Wednesday she intends to subpoena the gun manufacturer Smith & Wesson for documents related to the sale and marketing of the company's AR-style semiautomatic rifles and similar firearms.
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Law student, scholar and politician's family among victims in Ethiopian Airlines crash
Grief and sorrow know no borders, but Sunday's Ethiopian Airline crash is truly an international tragedy.
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Do humans need to hibernate? What research shows
Does the colder season have you dragging during the day, feeling like the amount of sleep you usually get in other parts of the year doesn’t seem to be enough now?
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‘Relaxed’ T cells critical to immune response
Rice University researchers model how cells handle invaders, ignore imposters
Like finding that needle in the haystack every time, your T cells manage what seems like an improbable task: quickly finding a few invaders among the many imposters in your body to trigger its immune response.
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Houston Health Department earns CDC designation as Center of Excellence for wastewater epidemiology
The Houston Health Department announced today it is now recognized by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) as a National Wastewater Surveillance System Center of Excellence.
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Trump's new drug pricing plan isn't "the best deal" for patients
Within days, President Trump will unveil a new plan to reduce drug prices.
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American Girl’s “Girl of the Year” for 2017 is African-American Doll Gabriela McBride
Dollmaker American Girl named its “Girl of the Year” Friday, revealing a new African-American doll named Gabriela McBride. She’s the first Girl of the Year doll since 2011 who wasn’t white. American Girl, a Mattel-owned company, sells the popular — but expensive, at $115 a pop — 18-inch dolls that aim to teach young girls about different historical eras and perspectives. The dolls also come with books, outfits, and accessories to personalize each one.
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Stormy Daniels polygraph report released
Stormy Daniels was "truthful about having unprotected vaginal intercourse with Donald Trump in July 2006," according to a polygraph test report from 2011.
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Former Astros longtime clubhouse manager Liborio passes away
Was popular, well-respected among players, staff and media during 32 seasons in Houston
Dennis Liborio, former longtime Astros clubhouse manager, passed away on Monday. He served as the Astros clubhouse manager for 32 seasons (1980-2011) before retiring in January of 2012 due to health reasons.
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Young child in critical condition after fall from window of Boston apartment building
A young child remains in critical condition after he fell from a window at an apartment building in Boston's Dorchester neighborhood Wednesday afternoon.
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Khloe Kardashian on raising her biracial child as a White mom
Khloe Kardashian is the mother of a biracial child and wants to fully embrace that. Appearing on Leomie Anderson's "Role Model" podcast the reality star/entrepreneur talked about raising her 3-year-old daughter, True, whose father is professional basketball player Tristan Thompson.
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Seven Tyson-Approved Apps to Check Out
There are tons of apps out there to help you invest, manage your money, and save a few bucks. Eric Tyson, MBA—author of the new book Personal Finance in Your 20s & 30s For Dummies®—offers a few to check out.
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Protesters are taking to the streets in Moscow. The Kremlin is watching to see if others will do the same
It's marching season in Moscow: Over the weekend, police detained more than 1,000 people in protests over municipal elections scheduled for September.
