Designed to complement rather than replace its long-standing home at Reliant Park, the new facility will expand capacity for livestock pens, horse stalls, and interactive educational programming. Funded entirely by the organization and set to open for the 2029 season, the volunteer-named complex...
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Episode: 1651 Specificity and understanding: Coming to grips with September 11th. Today, six weeks later, we think about specificity.
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This article was originally written by Willy Blackmore for Word In Black. With Election Day [tomorrow], the NAACP launched a new electoral tracker dashboard focused on what could be a defining local issue for Black voters in the midterm elections: data centers. LEARN MORE: A Bill...
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Recently, I attended a couple of community events and spoke with local Black Houston residents about voting and whether they’ve registered. Both of them said “No.” One of them said, “I don’t do politics,” while the other said, “I don’t really watch the news because I’m not that k...
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For a century, Black physicians in Houston have done more than practice medicine. They have challenged inequities, expanded access to care, pioneered medical advances, and invested in the next generation of healthcare professionals. Founded in 1926 by physicians of African descen...
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The State of Texas, acting through the Office of the Attorney General, filed a lawsuit against Harris County Clerk Teneshia Hudspeth and Director of Communications Irene Nuñez. The lawsuit alleges that Hudspeth’s office used Meta’s advertising tools to direct voter-information ad...
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With midterms hours away, Black Republicans said they want more GOP outreach in Black communities. Conservative voters recently gathered in Houston to support Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s U.S. Senate campaign. For the few Black attendees at the event, including longtime Re...
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After more than a decade under Ken Paxton, Texas voters will choose a new attorney general on Tuesday, Nov. 3. Republican Mayes Middleton, Democrat Nathan Johnson and Libertarian Tom Oxford are running for the statewide office. The race comes as Paxton leaves the position he has ...
