<img class="alignnone wp-image-381306 size-medium" src="https://cdn.hpm.io/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/06202851/HM-CC_Banner-FB-Share-1000x525.png" alt="The Houston Matters logo on a white background" width="1000" height="525" />On Wednesday's show: We discuss the latest developments in the presidential race and other news in politics in our weekly roundup.Also this hour: As the <a target="_blank" href="https://www.paralympic.org/paris-2024" rel="noopener">2024 Summer Paralympic Games</a> kick off in Paris, we learn about a local running group called <a target="_blank" href="https://eyecanalliance.org/" rel="noopener">Eye Can Alliance</a>, which supports blind and vision-impaired athletes.

On Wednesday's show: We discuss the latest developments in the presidential race and other news in politics in our weekly roundup. Also this hour: As the 2024 Summer Paralympic Games kick off in Paris, we learn about a local running group called Eye Can Alliance, which supports blind and vision-impaired athletes.

On Wednesday's show: We discuss the latest developments in the presidential race and other news in politics in our weekly roundup.Also this hour: As the <a href="https://www.paralympic.org/paris-2024" rel="noopener noreferrer">2024 Summer Paralympic Games</a> kick off in Paris, we learn about a local running group called <a href="https://eyecanalliance.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Eye Can Alliance</a>, which supports blind and vision-impaired athletes.

The week in politics (Aug. 28, 2024)

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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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