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Chevrolet Partners with America’s Black Publishers to Help HBCU Students Discover the Unexpected

Since 2016, General Motors Chevrolet brand and the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) have partnered to provide deserving HBCU students with the exciting opportunity to “Discover the Unexpected” about themselves and their communities via a journalism fellowship program.

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“Ladysitting: My Year with Nana at the End of Her Century” by Lorene Cary

You were their hope for the future. For your elders, your birth represented things they wished would happen but that they’d never know. It was a joy for them to see you come into the world but for you, as in the new book “Ladysitting” by Lorene Cary, it’s harder to see them go.

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Atlanta lawmaker calls for release of rapper 21 Savage from ICE custody

A Georgia lawmaker is urging federal officials to release rapper 21 Savage after Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials detained him in Atlanta this week.

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Correcting A Mistake

Rockets Defeat the Jazz 118-98 to Go Up 2-0 In the 2019 NBA Playoffs

“Never let a mistake become a problem. Correct the mistake and you will solve the problem,” is what my late Pastor Steve Crampton from Bissonnet Baptist Church use to tell me all the time. The Rockets learned from their mistake they made last year in a game 2 loss and took care of business this year by defeating the Utah Jazz 118 – 98.

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Paris slams on the brakes and sets 30 kph speed limit to reduce pollution

Authorities in the French capital of Paris are forcing drivers to slow down, setting a speed limit on almost all the city's roads, in a bid to reduce pollution and improve road safety.

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First-Ever Jazz Music Awards Adds Hosts Delroy Lindo and Dee Dee Bridgewater

Performances by Dianne Reeves, Ledisi, The Baylor Project, Kenny Garrett, Somi, Lizz Wright, Jazzmeia Horn, Brian Bromberg and Lindsey Webster

The Jazz Music Awards: Celebrating the Spirit of Jazz, the first awards celebration to exclusively focus on Jazz announces a star-studded lineup of acclaimed artists who will perform live under the musical direction of NEA Jazz Master and three-time Grammy Award-winning musician, composer, and educator Terri Lyne Carrington. Grammy and Tony Award-winning artist Dee Dee Bridgewater and multiple award-winning British-American stage and screen actor Delroy Lindo will serve as co-hosts for the Jazz Music Awards, set for Saturday, October 22, 2022, at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre in Atlanta, GA.

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Houston Texans Announce Dates and Times for 2023 Training Camp Presented by Xfinity

Team to host eight practices free and open to all fans, including Back Together Weekend

Houston Texans Training Camp presented by Xfinity will begin on Wednesday, July 26, as the Texans take the field in preparation for the 2023 Season. Eight training camp practices will be free and open to all fans: Friday, July 28; Sunday, July 30; Friday, August 4; Saturday, August 5; Tuesday, August 8; Sunday, August 13; Wednesday, August 16; and Thursday, August 17.

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Texas Southern University Board of Regents Appoints Interim President

Dr. Mary Evans Sias, Higher Ed Thought Leader and Experienced University President, Named for Role

Members of the Texas Southern University Board of Regents have unanimously appointed Mary Evans Sias, Ph.D. to assume the role of interim president. Dr. Sias, a member of the TSU Board of Regents and appointed by Texas Governor Greg Abbott in October 2020, has resigned from her board role during this interim period. The role will become effective June 30th. The Acting Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Dakota Doman, will remain in place until the beginning of the interim presidency term.

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Jet Setters Ball '23: Lone Star Flight Museum Pays Tribute to Founder Robert L. Waltrip

The Lone Star Flight Museum is hosting the Jet Setter’s Ball ’23 on Saturday, Nov. 11. This year’s fundraising gala will pay tribute to Robert L. Waltrip, the museum’s founder, and will recognize his accomplishments, philanthropy and life in an evening filled with more than 500 guests and supporters.

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cullud wattah at Stages February 10-March 31

After appearing at The Public to widespread acclaim, this gorgeous, emotional play makes one of its first appearances outside New York at Stages. Winner of the 2021 Smith Blackburn Prize, cullud wattah follows three generations of Black women living through the current water crisis in Flint, Michigan. It’s been 936 days since Flint has had clean water. A third-generation General Motors employee, Marion is consumed by layoffs at the engine plant.

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UHD Prepare Teachers to Lead as Principals in New Master of Educational Leadership Program

Powered by $150,000 Grant from Powell Foundation

For more than three decades, the University of Houston-Downtown’s (UHD) College of Public Service (CPS) has been training teachers with stunning results: More than 2,000 teachers trained by UHD have been placed in area school districts. In addition, UHD’s undergraduate teacher-preparation program was among just 23 percent of programs nationwide recently awarded an “A” by the National Council on Teacher Quality for teaching the science of reading.

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Mayor Whitmire Instills Renewed Leadership in Houston Housing Authority

In a decisive move to combat financial irregularities and enhance the operational efficacy of the Houston Housing Authority (HHA), Mayor John Whitmire has appointed a new slate of esteemed Commissioners. This strategic change comes in the wake of HHA ceasing the issuance of housing vouchers due to budget overruns, a decision that notably affects veterans, the disabled, and the homeless.

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FBI Finds 30 Pages of Clinton-Lynch Tarmac Meeting Documents – Wants Six Weeks to Turn Over Docs

Judicial Watch was informed yesterday by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) that the FBI has located 30 pages of documents related to the June 27, 2016, tarmac meeting between former Attorney General Loretta Lynch and former President Bill Clinton, and proposes non-exempt material be produced no later than November 30, 2017 (Judicial Watch v. U.S. Department of Justice (No. 1:16-cv-02046)).

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Correcting this faulty belief about COVID-19 will save lives

In times of emergency, misperceptions can prove deadly. That's certainly the case today, amid widespread belief that COVID-19 mainly threatens older Americans.

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Chit, Chat & Chew

Before you can market, sell or even open a business, you must be vigilant in honing your leadership skills. I am Joi Beasley, a Houston business owner for the last 16 years. Houston has so many great programs that teach us to how to sell, market, operate, purchase, accounting, finance, etc. all the elements of doing business. What I have found there are a lot assumptions about small business owners, their #2s, CEOs and the C-Suite. The assumption is they were taught to lead. Leading is a lifelong learning journey that has to grow and develop as our businesses grow and develop.

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The Plant Project Houston Launches PLANTChella -a Fun, FREE Three-Day Green Event for First Anniversary

The Plant Project Houston, the first Black woman-owned plant shop in Houston, is inviting the community to their first-ever “PLANTChella”; a fun, FREE, three-day Green event, July 29-31, 2022, in celebration of their 1-Year Anniversary in Houston!

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New York state judge orders Trump Organization to comply with NY Attorney General subpoena by end of April

A New York state judge ordered the Trump Organization to comply by the end of April with a subpoena from the New York attorney general as part of its long-running civil investigation into the former president and his real estate company.

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Gifts that Dad Would Never Buy for Himself But He Totally Needs

Let's face it, dad is probably one of the hardest people to shop for and who wants to gift another tie or grilling accessory? We went a little out of the box and thought of a few gift ideas for dad that he totally needs but would never buy for himself.

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City of Houston Awards Five Scholarships to Area High School Seniors

Scholarships were awarded to five Houston area high school seniors who shared their thoughts on ways City of Houston employees could strengthen the city and improve quality of life for residents.

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City of Houston Awards Five Scholarships to Area High School Seniors

Scholarships were awarded to five Houston area high school seniors who shared their thoughts on ways City of Houston employees could strengthen the city and improve quality of life for residents.