On Friday's Houston Matters: We discuss ongoing concerns about hospital capacity in the region with Douglas Lawson, CEO of CHI St. Luke’s Health, and Houston Fire Chief Sam Peña. Also this hour: In lieu of the annual Houston Pride Parade and Festival, local activists and LGBTQ advocates and allies will hold a virtual rally on Saturday. We talk with some activists about how racial and LGBTQ equality interact. Plus, from the spike in COVID-19 cases, to... <a href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/shows/houston-matters/2020/06/26/376883/fridays-houston-matters-how-the-fight-for-racial-equality-intersects-with-lgbtq-rights-june-26-2020/">Read More</a>

On Friday's Houston Matters: We discuss ongoing concerns about hospital capacity in the region with Douglas Lawson, CEO of CHI St. Luke’s Health, and Houston Fire Chief Sam Peña. Also this hour: In lieu of the annual Houston Pride Parade and Festival, local activists and LGBTQ advocates and allies will hold a virtual rally on Saturday. We talk with some activists about how racial and LGBTQ equality interact. Plus, from the spike in COVID-19 cases, to... Read More

On Friday's Houston Matters: We discuss ongoing concerns about hospital capacity in the region with&nbsp;Douglas Lawson, CEO of CHI St. Luke’s Health, and Houston Fire Chief Sam Peña. Also this hour: In lieu of the annual Houston Pride Parade and Festival, local activists and LGBTQ advocates and allies will hold a virtual rally on Saturday. We talk with some activists about how racial and LGBTQ equality interact. Plus, from the spike in COVID-19 cases, to... <a href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/shows/houston-matters/2020/06/26/376883/fridays-houston-matters-how-the-fight-for-racial-equality-intersects-with-lgbtq-rights-june-26-2020/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Read More</a>

Friday’s Houston Matters: How The Fight For Racial Equality Intersects With LGBTQ Rights (June 26, 2020)

Houston Matters is a radio program airing weekdays at 9 am on Houston Public Media News 88.7 FM in Houston. During each hour, we&#8217;ll investigate the issues and ideas, people and places that make Houston&#8230;well&#8230;Houston! We&#8217;ll talk about current events, politics, education, health care, the environment, business, transportation, arts and culture, literature, sports and leisure. But we also hope that what we do each day on Houston Matters serves as the beginning of a conversation &#8212; one we hope you&#8217;ll continue here, at home, at work, with family, with friends and neighbors. We hope to introduce Houstonians to one another, to celebrate our diversity, and to engage one another through stories and conversations that demonstrate depth and context. Just the sort of thing you count on from public media.

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Houston Matters is a radio program airing weekdays at 9 am on Houston Public Media News 88.7 FM in Houston. During each hour, we’ll investigate the issues and ideas, people and places that make Houston…well…Houston! We’ll talk about current events, politics, education, health care, the environment, business, transportation, arts and culture, literature, sports and leisure. But we also hope that what we do each day on Houston Matters serves as the beginning of a conversation — one we hope you’ll continue here, at home, at work, with family, with friends and neighbors. We hope to introduce Houstonians to one another, to celebrate our diversity, and to engage one another through stories and conversations that demonstrate depth and context. Just the sort of thing you count on from public media.

Houston Matters is a radio program airing weekdays at 9 am on Houston Public Media News 88.7 FM in Houston. During each hour, we’ll investigate the issues and ideas, people and places that make Houston…well…Houston! We’ll talk about current events, politics, education, health care, the environment, business, transportation, arts and culture, literature, sports and leisure. But we also hope that what we do each day on Houston Matters serves as the beginning of a conversation — one we hope you’ll continue here, at home, at work, with family, with friends and neighbors. We hope to introduce Houstonians to one another, to celebrate our diversity, and to engage one another through stories and conversations that demonstrate depth and context. Just the sort of thing you count on from public media.

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