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After Week of California Fires, Progress Made in Fighting Flames

A week after several wildfires ignited in Northern California, firefighters are making progress toward containing the massive blazes that have killed at least 40 people and burned about 5,700 structures.

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Houston Public Library Offers a Free Career Online High School Program Qualified Adults Can Earn an Accredited High School Diploma

The Houston Public Library (HPL) is offering qualified library customers the opportunity to earn an accredited high school diploma and credentialed career certificate through Career Online High School, a free program offered by Gale, a Cengage company. Part of the world’s first accredited, private online school district, Career Online High School is specifically designed to reengage adults into the education system and prepare them for entry into post-secondary career education or the workforce. This is not a GED program!

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The Rose Hosts 4th Annual Ensemble Theatre Fundraiser to Decrease High Breast Cancer Death Rate of African American Women

On Sunday, October 8, 2017, The Rose bought “out the house” at the Ensemble Theater in Midtown Houston for an afternoon of entertainment, refreshments and great door prizes, plus a chance to impact the lives of African American women. The Reception started at 1:30 p.m., followed by an exclusive showing of Sassy Mamas, a romantic comedy about three women who confidently pursue their heart’s desires. This year, The Rose @ The Ensemble raised over $30,000 to fund 200 mammograms for patients of The Rose.

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Cook for a Cure

If you love to entertain and want to support a good cause, now you can do both at the same time. Currently, in its 16th year, Cook for the Cure is a program that gives those with a passion for cooking a way to support the fight against breast cancer. Through culinary-based fundraising, events, auctions and the sale of select products, the partnership between KitchenAid and Susan G. Komen for the Cure® has raised more than $10.7 million for the cause.

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"Marshall" Is A Measured, Solid Biopic

The parallels between the American justice system of say the late 1940s and today aren’t so much different, especially with matters of race. Even as more crime procedurals hit television, real-life has shaped our beliefs of the justice system and a fair deal. Hollywood also knows this. It’s also figured out a way to navigate the space of telling good to great biopics in the same time frame. In “Marshall,” the story of the first African-American Supreme Court Justice and arbiter of the Civil Rights Movement doesn’t roll out a point A-to-B story, or even rundown his life’s work like the re-telling of a Wikipedia page. Instead, the latest Chadwick Boseman starring biopic centers around one of the first significant cases he argued and won.

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Terry Crews Explains Why Sexual Assault Survivors Don't Come Forward

Actor Terry Crews said he understands why women are reluctant to raise sexual harassment allegations against Hollywood power brokers like Harvey Weinstein. Why does he get it? "Because this kind of thing happened to ME," Crews said Tuesday.

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Heartbreaker: Houston Texans Lose Whitney Mercilus and J.J. Watt to Injuries in Loss to Kansas City Chiefs

American poet Maya Angelou once wrote, “You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats, so you can know who you are, what you can rise from, how you can still come out of it.”

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Disney's Tiffany Thornton Defends Remarrying Two Years After Husband Died

A former Disney Channel star has struck back at online commenters who are questioning her new marriage less than two years after her first husband died.

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Trump's Grievance With the NFL Goes Way Back

President Trump took a shot Tuesday at the NFL's tax breaks. What he didn't say is he has had a long-running grievance with America's most popular sport.

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Woman In Dove Ad Says Company Should Have Defended Its Vision

A woman featured in a controversial Dove ad says the spot is being misinterpreted. Lola Ogunyemi, a black woman, wrote Tuesday in the Guardian that she agreed with the company's decision to apologize for its ad, which was seen by many as racially insensitive.

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Lottery Winner Miguel Pilgram to Use Part of $52M Prize to Revitalize Street in Fort Lauderdale’s Oldest Black Community

A childhood in the black community of Memphis. A cruise line career that delivered him to a life in South Florida. And a lottery ticket he bought at a gas station. A winning lottery ticket. They are the factors in Miguel Pilgram‘s life that bring him now to Sistrunk Boulevard, a corridor the county calls the “historical heartbeat of Fort Lauderdale’s oldest black community.”

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As Democrats Denounce Weinstein, Clintons and Obama Stay Mum

Many Democratic office holders were quick to repudiate disgraced Hollywood executive Harvey Weinstein following a bombshell report detailing decades of alleged sexual harassment.

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Jemele Hill Is Paid to Opine, So Why Has She Been Silenced?

Jemele Hill has one job responsibility: To opine on the world of sports. She is not employed by ESPN to solve climate change. She is not employed by ESPN to waltz with Maksim Chmerkovskiy. She is not employed by ESPN to make you a scrambled egg, to repair your muffler, to entertain you with stories of the olden days with Chaka Khan and Bob Hope.

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9 Black Women Share Their Painful Divorce Experiences in New Book, “How Divorce Became My Deliverance”

Because researchers estimate that marriages have a 50% chance of survival, these women have come together to share how they moved past the pain of divorce. While some chose to leave and others were left, they all walked the path to self-discovery and empowerment. This collection of stories is not a tale of woe; they are stories of encouragement for any woman coping with the stigma, heartbreak and hardship of divorce.

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Donald Trump Just Used Mike Pence for a PR Stunt

On Saturday, Vice President Mike Pence was in Las Vegas honoring the victims of the largest mass shooting in modern American history. Less than 24 hours later, he was in Indiana walking out of the Indianapolis Colts game against the San Francisco 49ers after several of the players failed to stand during the National Anthem.

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Dove Apologizes for Ad: We 'missed the mark' Representing Black Women

Dove apologized this weekend for a social media post that the company says "missed the mark" representing black women. The offending ad was a 3-second GIF hawking Dove body wash that was posted Friday to the brand's Facebook page. It was taken down Saturday.

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5 Things for October 9: DACA, Donald Trump, Harvey Weinstein

It's Columbus Day (or, in some places, Indigenous Peoples Day). Donald Trump's presidential proclamation for the day is a lot different than Barack Obama's.

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Local Lingerie Boutique Wins Industry Award and Immediately Switches Gears to Help Women Affected by Harvey

Locally owned and operated lingerie boutique Top Drawer Lingerie recently received a Best of Intima Award from industry publication Intima Magazine. The annual award honors the best independent lingerie, swimwear, and loungewear retailers in North America and arrived just before Hurricane Harvey devastated the store’s hometown of Houston.

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Clinique invites you to take it all off.. for a good cause!

Starting TODAY, October 6th, 2017, Clinique is challenging America to take it all off during the month of October. No, not your clothes.. Your makeup! And we’re inviting you to help us make this challenge a huge success.

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espnW and Toyota Recognize 5th Class of ‘Everyday Heroes’ at 2017 The espnW: Women + Sports Summit

Brown Girls Surf, Lady Maverick Wheelchair Basketball, and Somali Girls Rock Receive Toyota Driving Solutions Grant

Last night at the eighth annual espnW: Women + Sports Summit presented by Toyota, espnW and Toyota announced the fifth class of Toyota “Everyday Heroes,” an award that celebrates individuals making a difference for women and girls in their local communities through sports. Grants in the amount of $10,000 are provided to the organizations honored.