For generations, Blackfolk have been handed a peculiar measuring stick: Whiteness. Measure your career against white success. Your intelligence against white scholarship. Your beauty against white features. Your speech against white accents. Your spirituality against white religious perspectives....
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Episode: 2460 In praise of the City: A fine piece of the natural world. Today, another look at form and function.
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Jacurri Brown can’t help but feel a sense of freedom. He is free to be himself. He is free to test the limits of his game. He is free to be the leader he has wanted to be. And probably the biggest freedom of all is the freedom to be the starter. It hasn’t been easy for the Rice O...
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Robert Hodge wants Black Houstonians to stop just admiring Black art and start owning it. The Third Ward native, multidisciplinary artist and curator, opened his latest solo exhibition, Frequency , on Sept. 12 at Redbud Arts Center’s West Gallery. The show features new paintings ...
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As the midterm elections near, the Texas Senate race is heating up with James Talarico and Ken Paxton’s campaign teams strategizing to garner more voters. While Black voter turnout remains a concern for many, the demographic holds crucial voting power that could affect the race’s...
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Diesel prices have hit a record high in Texas, topping $6 a gallon and putting a significant financial strain on truck drivers and small trucking companies....
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Tierra Walker died after suffering multiple health problems, including seizures, blood clots and dangerously high blood pressure during the first four months of her pregnancy....
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It was a blockbuster PaperCity Philanthropy in Fashion Houston Best Dressed luncheon on Tuesday with records shattered on several levels. More than 800 beautifully dressed women and a sprinkling of men filled the Post Oak Hotel ballroom to its limit — the largest number of guests...
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The Texas City Police Department has updated their policy concerning Flock cameras and automated license plate reader technology after identifying two instances of possible misuse. The policy updates come at the direction of Interim Chief James Patterson after the department cond...
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Robert Kraft is pledging $2 million toward humanitarian relief after revealing that Ed Sheeran personally called and asked him to commit the donation. The move comes amid the growing controversy surrounding Macklemore’s removal from Sheeran’s tour....
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Millions in potential tax refunds are going unclaimed across the U.S. See which states have the most money left on the table, according to new data.
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FOX 26 is spotlighting Westfield Fire Chief Adrian Dillehay for Hispanic Heritage Month to highlight his impact on Northeast Harris County.
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The Houston Texans organization usually gets a lot of support from former players, including its only NFL Hall of Famer, Andre Johnson. On a Monday episode of the Legend Talk podcast, Johnson criticized the Texans’ starting quarterback after the week one loss to the Buffalo Bills...
