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Houston Women Prepare to March on Washington

Houston women are getting in formation – all in the name of girl power. They are joining hundreds of thousand of women who are making their way to the capitol for the Women’s March on Washington.

Chadwick Boseman receives posthumous 'Hero for the Ages' award at MTV Movie & TV Awards

The late Chadwick Boseman was honored at Sunday's MTV Movie & TV Awards: Greatest of All Time.

These are the world's best airports for customer experience

There's way more to an airport than the mechanics of getting from point A to point B, and the best airports put a lot into making passengers' journeys as seamless and pleasant as possible.

Alley Theatre Receives Bank of America ACTivate Award from Theatre Forward

The Theatre Forward Grant will accelerate Alley Theatre’s effort to create a more equitable and inclusive environment

The Tony Award®-winning Alley Theatre is proud to be one of six recipients of the Bank of America ACTivate Awards. The Bank of America ACTivate Awards, a Theatre Forward grants program, seeks to foster and accelerate theatres’ efforts to become more equitable, diverse, and inclusive of Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) individuals and groups.

Fashion icon André Leon Talley is dead at age 73

André Leon Talley, the former longtime creative director for Vogue and a fashion icon in his own right, has died at age 73, according to a statement on his official Instagram account.

Advocates Push to Pardon 110 Black Soldiers Guilty in 1917 Houston Riots

The South Texas College of Law Houston, the local NAACP chapter, advocates and supporters plan to push for the pardon of 110 Black soldiers convicted of mutiny and rioting at Camp Logan in 1917, the Houston Chronicle reported. The soldiers were hanged, executed or sentenced to life in prison after being found guilty in the 1917 riots, which occurred after months of racial tensions toward the all-Black Third Battalion of the United States Army’s 24th Infantry Regiment.

Harris Health Dedicates Permanent Site for COVID-19 Pandemic Memorial Exhibit

Nearly 1,000 photographs of people who died during the COVID-19 pandemic from greater Houston are now permanently memorialized on the walls of Harris Health Quentin Mease Health Center through an art exhibit called Living ICONS, A Commemoration of Victims of Houston’s COVID-19 Pandemic, by Houston artist Joni Zavitsano.

MacArthur ‘Genius’ Kiese Laymon to serve as Jackson State University’s 2023

Spring undergraduate commencement speaker

Jackson State University is pleased to announce award-winning novelist and MacArthur Fellow Kiese Laymon as its 2023 undergraduate commencement speaker on Saturday, April 29, at 9 a.m. CST at the Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium.

Why Kim Kardashian wanted President Trump to free me

Alice Marie Johnson first wrote this piece in 2016, and updated it in early May when Kim Kardashian West was advocating on her behalf. On June 6, President Trump commuted her sentence. After serving 21 years of a life sentence received after a conviction for a first-time nonviolent drug offense, Johnson is expected to be released from prison soon. Kim Kardashian West tweeted: "BEST NEWS EVER!!!!" Her commutation is Trump's sixth act of clemency since taking office and the second after a celebrity appealed to him. Last month, Trump pardoned Jack Johnson after Sylvester Stallone raised his case with him.

Saudi Arabia Fast Facts

Here's a look at Saudi Arabia, a large, oil-rich Middle Eastern country bordering Yemen, Oman, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Iraq, Jordan, the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf. Saudi Arabia is home to Islam's holiest cities, Mecca and Medina.

Tony Bennett, crooner who sang ‘I Left My Heart in San Francisco,’ dies at 96

Legendary singer Tony Bennett, best known for singing “I Left My Heart in San Francisco,” has died, according to his longtime publicist, Sylvia Weiner.

UNCF Welcomes Top Lawyer and Community Leader as Honorary Chair of 29th Annual “A Mind is…” Gala

Wonderful things happen when a community works toward a common goal, something Houston knows well after Hurricane Harvey. In the face of this hardship, UNCF is as determined as ever to continue its work of helping young people attend college.

Good Housekeeping Names Toyota Prius Two Eco ‘Best New Hybrid’

Good Housekeeping this week announced the winners of its Best New Car Awards for 2017, and selected the 2016 Toyota Prius Two Eco as the Best New Hybrid. The Awards appear in the February issue, on newsstands January 17.

Lil Nas X Joins Riot Games As President of League

Today, Riot Games announcedToday, Riot Games announced that Lil Nas X has come onboard as the new President of League of Legends ("League"), one of the most-played competitive games in the world. In this role, starting with the 2022 League World Championship (“Worlds”), the genre-defying rapper, singer, and songwriter will be responsible for creating explosive musical moments, an ingenious League champion skin, and a spectacular live Worlds performance for the 180+ million monthly players and fans in the League universe.

USHCC to Honor Zoe Saldana with Excellence in Leadership Award

The United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce (USHCC) is proud to announce that internationally acclaimed, award-winning actress Zoe Saldana will be the recipient of the 2018 “Excellence in Leadership Award.” Zoe will receive this award at the organization’s National Convention in Philadelphia this September.

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