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Houston Community College Hit With $100 Million Dollar Racial Discrimination Class Action Suit Filed On Behalf of Black Employees on Juneteenth

A $100 million racial discrimination lawsuit has been filed in a Houston, Texas state district court on behalf of hundreds of Black present and former employees of the Houston Community College (“HCC”). The suit was intentionally filed Friday, June 19, 2020– “Juneteenth—the anniversary date that Black slaves in Texas learned they had been freed from slavery two years earlier by President Abraham Lincoln.

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First Lady's Office Calls Out T.I. for 'Disgusting' Video Depicting Melania Trump

First lady Melania Trump's spokeswoman on Tuesday went after rapper T.I., whose most recent music video features a Trump lookalike dancing without clothes in a fake Oval Office. T.I., whose real name is Clifford Harris, stars in the video as himself, seated at a fake Resolute Desk in a setting made to look like the Oval Office.

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How Meghan Markle will use her royal voice

In America, royal well-wishers tend to come in pairs, mothers and daughters, keen to catch a glimpse of a real-life prince and princess. Hollywood can take much of the credit for that.

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How Mark Zuckerberg went from 2020 darling to political scourge

Less than a year ago, here's how Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg's potential political aspirations were being treated by the media.

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Anthony Anderson To Host The Andrew J. Young International Leadership Awards and 85th Birthday Celebration for Ambassador Andrew Young

On June 3, 2017, The Andrew J. Young Foundation will present the second biennial Andrew J. Young International Leadership Awards and welcome the city of Atlanta and guests from around the world to celebrate the 85th birthday of its founder and chair, Ambassador Andrew Young. The gala event will be held at the Philips Arena in downtown Atlanta.

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Bernie Sanders launches second presidential campaign

After months of deliberation, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders announced Tuesday that he is running for president again in 2020. It will be Sanders' second consecutive bid for the Democratic nomination after losing to Hillary Clinton in 2016.

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The Mayor's Office of Cultural Affairs Awards $62,500 to Projects Amplifying Artistic Creativity and Innovation

The City of Houston Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs (MOCA) is awarding $62,500 in grants to 25 individuals and nonprofit organizations for specific programs that amplify artistic creativity and innovation taking place in the City of Houston.

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Lamar Odom Regrets Affairs, Says Cocaine Helped End Career

Lamar Odom says he’s “a walking miracle” after being found unconscious with cocaine in his system in a Nevada brothel in 2015.

Women: Transform A Dismal Year Into A Happier Personal Journey

COVID-19 has played havoc with many people’s careers, but it may have been especially detrimental to women.

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A Tradition Like No Other

Five Astros Named to the 2018 MLB All-Star Game in D.C.

In college, there was a young man who would drive over an hour every Friday just to make it to his parents’ house for dinner. You could almost set your watch by it because he had the same routine. Get out of class, pack up his vehicle, and hit the road no later than 4 pm. So, one day I asked him why he leaves campus every Friday to go home? He looked at me and said, “Our family tradition is to have dinner as a family every Friday night no matter what. We have been doing it for years.”

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The Latin Recording Academy® to Honor Lucecita Benítez, João Bosco, Ilan Chester, Victor Heredia, Los Del Río, Guadalupe Pineda, and Cuco Valoy with The Lifetime Achievement Award

The Latin Recording Academy® announced today Lucecita Benítez, João Bosco, Ilan Chester, Victor Heredia, Los Del Río (Antonio Romero Monge and Rafael Ruiz Perdigones), Guadalupe Pineda, and Cuco Valoy will receive the this year’s Lifetime Achievement Award.

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Toni V. Smith: 14 Years Later and Still Fighting

A boxer never steps into any ring ill-prepared. Muscles in their body must be trained for weeks to condition the body, build endurance, and enhance speed. The mind must be trained to focus. If a boxer believes they are stronger and faster than their opponent, they have already lost the fight. But how do you prepare for a fight when you know nothing about your opponent? There is no time to plan a strategy. It’s as if you are being sucker-punched from the get-go, leaving you confused – Is your on-the-defense mechanism to bob and weave or duck and jab? How does you prepare for the fight of your life?

Jada Pinkett Smith's mom was not a fan of Olivia Jade's 'Red Table Talk'

Adrienne Banfield Norris let her feelings be known about having Olivia Jade Giannulli on "Red Table Talk."

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Bail set at $2 million for suspect in Trader Joe's standoff

Los Angeles police identified the suspect in Saturday's deadly armed standoff at a Trader Joe's grocery store as Gene Evin Atkins.

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Sierra Leone native selected as most promising Engineer in Government by Black Engineer of the Year Awards

Lt. Timothy Horton, Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command (NAVFAC) Washington assistant public works officer at the Washington Navy Yard, was selected as the 2023 Most Promising Engineer in Government by the Black Engineer of the Year Awards (BEYA) in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM).

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Patty Jenkins Set to Direct 'Wonder Woman' Sequel

Warner Bros. Pictures has roped in director Patty Jenkins to helm the sequel to "Wonder Woman," a source close to production confirms to CNN.

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Nineteen Dr. Joseph Graham Fellows to attend national March for Life

Texas Right to Life is proud to send 19 Dr. Joseph Graham Fellows to the national March for Life in Washington, D.C., Friday, January 19, to commemorate the 45th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision which legalized abortion-on-demand in America. The 2018 March for Life, which in years past has drawn hundreds of thousands of participants, begins with a rally on the National Mall and culminates with attendees marching up Constitution Avenue to the Supreme Court.

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What broke the American Dream for Millennials

Rachael Gambino and Garrett Mazzeo planned their financial life by the book: They went to college, paid down debt, saved aggressively, got married, bought a house, started a family. The dream.

Another American tourist died in her hotel room in the Dominican Republic, resort says

Another US tourist has died in the Dominican Republic, bringing to eight the number of Americans to die in the country over the past year.

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Soledad O’Brien hosts Oct. 8 conversation about race across Hearst outlets

Initiative Brings Together Hearst Consumer Media Resources, Encompassing Television Stations, Newspapers & Magazines to Share Program Live Across Digital Platforms

On Thursday, October 8 at 7 p.m. ET, the urgent conversation about race, equality and justice will be the focus of a live, multimedia, interactive forum across many of America’s most familiar media brands with the debut of “The Hard Truth About Bias: Images and Reality.” The one-hour digital program, originating from New York and featuring a wide array of topic leaders from across the nation, is a special project of Matter of Fact with Soledad O’Brien, the Hearst Television public affairs program, now among the most watched weekend issues talk shows in the country.