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Srage 13 Docuseries "MARCH" on HBCU Band Life Debuts Tonight on The CW

Step into the riveting and demanding world of the Marching Storm, the award-winning band at HBCU Prairie View A&M University, as its members strive to climb in the rankings, balance the demands of life and school, and carry the bold legacy of the university. Stage 13’s docuseries MARCH debuts on Monday, January 24 at 8:00pm ET/PT on The CW. The 8-episode series is executive produced by Jamail Shelton (“Love & Hip Hop”), Emmy winner Cheryl Horner McDonough (“The T Word”), and Stage 13 EPs Shari Scorca and Marcel Fuentes.

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Rex Tillerson may Have Left Exxon at Right Time

Did Secretary of State Rex Tillerson leave Exxon at the top of the oil market?

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GOP Leader to Conservatives: You're With Pelosi or Trump

House GOP leaders, trying to shore up support for their health care bill, are giving conservatives a stark message: Are you with Nancy Pelosi or are you with President Donald Trump?

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GM is Selling Its European Business in $2.3 Billion Deal

General Motors has reached a deal to sell its money-losing European operations to the French maker of Peugeot and Citroen cars.

New trade agreement good for US digital products, says Baker Institute expert

The United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) sends a clear and welcome message acknowledging the enormous importance of digital products produced in the U.S. for sale around the world, according to a report from the Center for the United States and Mexico at Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy.

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Top CFOs are being targeted by a sophisticated email scam

A group of hackers based in Nigeria is trying to trick thousands of top executives across the globe into sending them company funds

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Walmart is buying India's Flipkart

Walmart has agreed to buy India's leading online retailer Flipkart, paying $16 billion for a controlling stake of 77%.

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Seattle passes a smaller version of the 'Amazon tax'

A controversial proposal that will tax big businesses in Seattle to alleviate the city's homelessness and affordable housing problems was approved Monday.

House drug bill dooms medical research

House lawmakers recently voted to pass the "Lower Drug Costs Now Act," which would enable government officials to set the price of lifesaving medicines. The bill would reduce pharmaceutical companies' revenues by a staggering $1 trillion over the coming decade.

Tom Steyer Announces 10-Year Plan to Revitalize HBCUs in Texas

Steyer discusses HBCU 2030 plan with South Carolina State Representative Jerry Govan and Allen University students

Today, Democratic presidential candidate Tom Steyer announced his HBCU 2030 plan to revitalize our nation’s Historically Black Colleges and Universities. Steyer unveiled his plan at Allen University, an HBCU in Columbia, South Carolina. In conversation with Representative Jerry Govan and Allen University students, Steyer discussed the need to invigorate the next generation of leaders, pioneer new research, and continue the proud academic legacy of HBCUs in our nation.

ATU demands transit systems implement “Safe Service” policies

Union reminds employers that transit workers have legal right to refuse hazardous work

With thousands of transit workers infected and more than 70, including 19 Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) members, dying after contracting COVID-19, the ATU is launching a Safe Service campaign to demand transit systems provide workers the critical protections to be safe on the job. The Union also reminds employers that its members have the legal right to refuse assignments that put them in imminent danger.

Exercising Bayh-Dole march-in rights would handicap COVID-19 innovation

Scientists across America are working hard to develop treatments for and vaccines against COVID-19. Unfortunately, several activist groups are making their jobs harder.

AmeriHealth Caritas Names Karen Dale as New Chief Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Officer

Appointment will further cultivate diverse perspectives to drive a more inclusive business culture

Advancing its ongoing commitment to linking diversity, equity, and inclusion with performance excellence, AmeriHealth Caritas, a national leader in Medicaid managed care and other health care solutions for those most in need, announced today that Karen Dale has been named to the newly created position of Chief Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Officer (CDEIO). She will report directly to CEO and Chairman, Paul A. Tufano, and will join the CEO’s Executive Council.

The Energy Industry Was Ready For COVID-19

The COVID-19 outbreak has made a lot of things uncertain. Americans don't know the next time they'll see toilet paper in a grocery store, let alone whether or not they'll stay healthy or have a job in a week.

Four HISD students receive National Merit scholarship awards

Four Houston Independent School District graduating seniors have received $2,500 each from the National Merit Scholarship Corporation, which selected them from a pool of more than 15,000 outstanding students nationwide.

More trouble for Kraft Heinz: Its bonds could soon be rated junk

The problems facing Kraft Heinz are growing. The stock sank last week following a dismal earnings report. Now, credit ratings agency Fitch is warning that the company's bonds could get downgraded to junk status if things don't turn around.

Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee Calls for a Federal Civil Rights Investigation following the Killing of Atatiana Jefferson in her Home

Jackson Lee—“I call on the United States Department of Justice to conduct a thorough investigation of Atatiana Jefferson’s killing to determine how and to what extent Atatiana’s civil rights were violated. While the shooter has resigned from his position as an officer of the Fort Worth Police Department and he has been charged with murder, the shameful and sad reality is that none of this will bring back Atatiana to her loving family. For Botham Jean, Atatiana Jefferson and countless innocent others whose lives were taken too soon and wrongly, law enforcement must develop and vigorously implement methods to limit the loss of life of innocent individuals. My heartfelt sympathies are with Atatiana’s family at this time. I know that if we could bring back Atatiana, we would. But we cannot. We can only hope her death was not in vain. Until that day and beyond, may she rest in peace.”

Hogg Foundation Awards $11.5 Million in Grants to Address Well-being in the Houston Area

The Hogg Foundation has awarded $11.5 million in grants to 11 organizations for the Communities of Care initiative. The initiative supports collaborative approaches to well-being in the Houston Metropolitan Statistical Area. The grants will strengthen efforts to transform the environments where people live, learn, work, play and pray, bringing a population health approach to support resilience, mental health and well-being for all members of a community, and with a focus on children and youth of color and their families.

For the sake of American energy, it's time to end the trade war

Recently, Chinese President Xi Jinping met with Trump administration officials in Beijing in an attempt to defuse trade tensions between the world's two largest economies.

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CBCF 5th Executive Economic Summit in Houston - Dec 10-11, 2017

The Congressional Black Caucus Foundation (CBCF) will be in Houston for their 5th Executive Economic Summit. Chairwoman Sheila Jackson Lee is hosting the distinguished delegation to discuss relevant economic issues, especially during this current post-Hurricane Harvey period. The focus and theme will be: “Economic Lessons Learned and the Role of Business in National Disaster Relief Efforts”.