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Jalen Green Hosts Thanksgiving Event For Boys & Girls Club of Greater Houston

“Houston has shown me love, and I just wanted to show love back,” said Green before the event began. “Giving back to the community has always been a big thing for me.”

The Redneck Shop was a hub for the KKK. Years after the store's closure, a Southern city is reckoning with this history

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The suspect in the Waukesha parade tragedy was out on bond after allegedly running over a woman earlier this month

The man accused of careening his SUV into a Wisconsin parade, killing five people and injuring 48 others, was a registered sex offender in Nevada and had an active arrest warrant in that state, court records show.

Grammy nominations 2022: See the list of nominees

Nominations for the 2022 Grammy Awards are being revealed Tuesday.

Rockets Are Learning Quickly That The NBA Does Not Count Moral Victories

If they ever added a third column for moral victories, the Houston Rockets would have the best record in the league. On Saturday, the Rockets lost to the New York Knicks 106-99, and as it has been for most games throughout their season-high 14 games losing streak, they were close but couldn’t finish the deal.

Billionaire Robert F. Smith and Other Corporate Leaders Mount Campaign to Close the Digital Divide

With protests having erupted in cities across the country over police violence targeting Black men and women, the civil rights and social justice movements have shot to the forefront of U.S. politics in a way not seen since the 1960s.

Veterans Day Legislation Targets GI Bill Racial Inequities

For Veterans Day, a group of Democratic lawmakers is reviving an effort to pay the families of Black service members who fought on behalf of the nation during World War II for benefits they were denied or prevented from taking full advantage of when they returned home from war.

Ted Cruz has found the real vaccine enemy: Big Bird

It's hard to imagine how we all missed it. After all, an 8-foot, 2-inch yellow bird is sort of hard to miss. But, lucky for all of us, Ted Cruz is on the case!

How 'Passing' and similar stories force us to reckon with identity

There's a scene in Rebecca Hall's film "Passing" in which the character Irene Redfield vents to her husband about a childhood friend.

Judge gives final approval of $626 million settlement for people affected by Flint water crisis

A federal judge has given final approval of a $626 million settlement for people affected by the Flint water crisis, according to court documents filed Wednesday.

Why are all the ambulances and firetrucks there?

I couldn’t imagine exactly why the question made me ponder. My body had left from night one of Astroworld Festival, feet and legs tired from walking a mile from the festival grounds back to my car.

Casting Black actors in period pieces isn’t diversity. It’s history.

There is a moment in “The Harder They Fall” that director Jeymes Samuel can’t stop smiling about. It arrives with a locomotive around the end of Act 1 and subsequently barrels through every preconceived notion of what a western is supposed to be.

Biden’s Infrastructure Plan Will Set Aside About $35 Billion for Texas Projects

The White House estimates that Texas will receive about $35.44 billion over five years for roads, bridges, pipes, ports, broadband access and other projects after federal lawmakers passed a long-anticipated national infrastructure bill on Friday.

Children’s Museum Houston channels the force with intergalactic appearances Saturday, Nov. 20, beginning at 10 a.m.

A hospital sought a Black expert's help to diversify. They fired him over his stance on race.

Joseph B. Hill was four days from starting a new position as vice president, chief equity, diversity and inclusion officer at Memorial Hermann Health System in Houston, when he received an email that changed the trajectory of his career.

Mayor Turner Releases City Permits Related to AstroWorld Fest

In the interest of transparency and amid great public interest, Mayor Sylvester Turner has released all permits filed with the City related to this Nov. 5, 2021 Astroworld Fest incident where eight people died and hundreds more were injured.

Reginald DesRoches Named 8th President of Rice University

One hundred and nine years after its founding and 56 years after the first African American graduate, the prestigious Rice University has named its first African American president. How ironic that a university established by a white rich slave owner would now have at the head an African American from one of the poorest countries in our nation. Talk about progress and achieving the American dream.

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