it’s pretty discouraging being a young parent in east montrose right now - hard not to feel like our kids matter less to our neighbors than their own nostalgia. congrats to them on torpedo-ing a really cool project that many of us who work and parent were too busy to advocate for

this is a mf BAR

Columbia called, CUNY answered!

We stand with the Columbia students & the Gaza Solidarity Encampment!

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Studio visit with the leader of the free world!

Featured post: From pollution to displacement, community advocates say TxDOT is breaking its promise to the federal government to minimize the discriminatory impact of new construction. From Reporting Fellow Josephine Lee ... texasobserver.org/houston-highwa…

Student protesters, May 22, 1989, Tiananmen Square. Sometimes, when I close my eyes, I still see this photo and feel their hope.

'Will there be singing in the dark times?
Yes there will also be singing
About the dark times'

Students singing at the Gaza Solidarity Encampment at Columbia university yesterday.

update: the judge denied the state's request for temporary injunction & ruled harris county's guaranteed income program can go forward

Doing some back of the envelope math, there are currently at least 40 flights a day from Houston’s airports to Dallas’s airports. Yeah, this needs to get built.

Can confirm. Multiple of our faculty members bringing in large food orders were asked questions at the gates.

It’s a pretty big deal when this KEY MESSAGE is in Scientific American. It suggests a bigger tipping point. “We Need to Make Cities Less Car-Dependent: Reducing the need for car travel is better for health, the environment and public safety.” Via @SciAm
scientificamerican.com/article/we-nee…

How does this not outrage you?? 5 billion?
Students are in debt.
People are staying unhoused at an alarming rate.
people can’t afford life saving healthcare.
Our water is contaminated.
Our air is contaminated.

#PooFreeHou

It's not fair to ask people to live in literal shit when there are 90k millionaires in Houston

houstonlanding.org/houston-is-rep…

Spoiler alert! 'The Highway Trust Fund was supposed to expire in the 1970s!...And yet here we are, fifty years later, stuck with the same system that funnels billions of dollars to roads and road expansions to the exclusion of every other form of transportation.'

'Advocacy organizations Northeast Action Collective, @WestStRecovery, and Bayou City Waterkeeper say private line sewer leaks are creating health risks to families and Northeast Houston residents.'

More on our partners' campaign from @SarahKGrunau: houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/…

‼️ACTION ALERT ‼️
- 6 hours after the Gaza Solidarity Camp was established, Columbia University admin has mobilized NYPD against students & barricaded entrances.
- We are asking students & faculty to attend today’s teach in!
- Bring your friends! ❤️‍🔥 #cu4palestine

Dozens of #Texas #water utilities have reported one or more PFAS chemicals exceeding the new federal drinking #water standard. Many are clustered around #Houston and #FortWorth . Story by Alejandra Martinez texastribune.org/2024/04/16/tex…

'I-35 is putting the health of children, seniors, and other vulnerable groups in our city at risk. We need to do everything in our power to address and mitigate those disparities, not worsen them.'

statesman.com/story/opinion/…

Remember friends to vote for Molly Cook for Texas if you live in SD 15 On May 4th AND May 28th! Go to Harrisvotes.com to find early voting dates and polling locations!