On Wednesday's Houston Matters: HISD Interim Superintendent Dr. Grenita Lathan discusses back-to-school plans and answers your questions. Also this hour: We recap the 2020 Democratic National Convention and other news in our weekly political roundup. Then, Yale professor Alan Mikhail turns much of the narrative many Americans learned about the Ottoman Empire on its head. He wrote a book called God's Shadow: Sultan Selim, His Ottoman Empire, and the Making of the Modern World. And we discuss some... <a href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/shows/houston-matters/2020/08/19/379973/wednesdays-houston-matters-hisd-interim-superintendent-dr-grenita-lathan-the-week-in-politics-and-the-blue-learning-lab-aug-19-2020/">Read More</a>

On Wednesday's Houston Matters: HISD Interim Superintendent Dr. Grenita Lathan discusses back-to-school plans and answers your questions. Also this hour: We recap the 2020 Democratic National Convention and other news in our weekly political roundup. Then, Yale professor Alan Mikhail turns much of the narrative many Americans learned about the Ottoman Empire on its head. He wrote a book called God's Shadow: Sultan Selim, His Ottoman Empire, and the Making of the Modern World. And we discuss some... Read More

On Wednesday's Houston Matters: HISD Interim Superintendent Dr. Grenita Lathan discusses back-to-school plans and answers your questions. Also this hour: We recap the 2020 Democratic National Convention and other news in our weekly political roundup. Then, Yale professor&nbsp;Alan Mikhail&nbsp;turns much of the narrative many Americans learned about the Ottoman Empire on its head. He wrote a book called&nbsp;God's Shadow: Sultan Selim, His Ottoman Empire, and the Making of the Modern World. And we discuss some... <a href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/shows/houston-matters/2020/08/19/379973/wednesdays-houston-matters-hisd-interim-superintendent-dr-grenita-lathan-the-week-in-politics-and-the-blue-learning-lab-aug-19-2020/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Read More</a>

Wednesday’s Houston Matters: HISD Interim Superintendent Dr. Grenita Lathan, And The Week In Politics (Aug. 19, 2020)

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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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