Hurricane Harvey damage was both immediate, severe and now long-term. Time flies. It has been over a year since Hurricane Harvey wreaked havoc on Texas in August 2017. Unfortunately, the short-term effects of Hurricane Harvey ...
Rice University announced a big new free tuition program for low and middle-income students, will other universities follow? On Tuesday Rice University, a prestigious private university in Texas, announced a new plan called the Rice Investment ...
(By James Barragán, Reveal) Just days after Hurricane Harvey released its grip on Texas a year ago, Guillermo Martinez Ayme was hard at work in the rebuilding effort. He was one of more than 100 workers ...
The heirs of Walmart, the Waltons, are well known for supporting school choice; they committed in 2016 to spend $1 billion on charters over five years. The Walton Foundation website has a “public charter startup grant.” https://www.waltonfamilyfoundation.org/grants/public-charter-startup-grants Steuart ...
Texas inmates donated more than $53,000 to charity to help with hurricane relief efforts. (The Free Thought Project, by Matt Agorist) Houston, TX — Showing that bad laws actually put good people behind bars, inmates serving time in Texas ...
Hurricane Harvey and public health concerns from contaminated drinking water, raw sewage and dead bodies. (The Conversation, by Neil S. Grigg, Colorado State University) The historic rainfall dumped by Hurricane Harvey has already led to deaths ...