On Wednesday's Houston Matters: Attorney Christina Beeler walks us through an upcoming hearing regarding the January suspension of two Black students from the Barbers Hill Independent School District for wearing dreadlocks. Also this hour: The latest in local, state, and national politics with Renee Cross from the University of Houston and Mark Jones from Rice University. Plus: Dr. Eric Alan Storch from the Baylor College of Medicine joins us to talk about how we can... <a href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/shows/houston-matters/2020/07/22/378355/wednesdays-houston-matters-school-district-hearing-political-roundup-and-quarantine-mental-health-july-22-2020/">Read More</a>

On Wednesday's Houston Matters: Attorney Christina Beeler walks us through an upcoming hearing regarding the January suspension of two Black students from the Barbers Hill Independent School District for wearing dreadlocks. Also this hour: The latest in local, state, and national politics with Renee Cross from the University of Houston and Mark Jones from Rice University. Plus: Dr. Eric Alan Storch from the Baylor College of Medicine joins us to talk about how we can... Read More

On Wednesday's Houston Matters: Attorney Christina Beeler walks us through an upcoming hearing regarding the January suspension of two Black students from the Barbers Hill Independent School District for wearing dreadlocks. Also this hour: The latest in local, state, and national politics with Renee Cross from the University of Houston and Mark Jones from Rice University. Plus: Dr. Eric Alan Storch from the Baylor College of Medicine joins us to talk about how we can... <a href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/shows/houston-matters/2020/07/22/378355/wednesdays-houston-matters-school-district-hearing-political-roundup-and-quarantine-mental-health-july-22-2020/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Read More</a>

Wednesday’s Houston Matters: School District Hearing, Political Roundup, And Quarantine Mental Health (July 22, 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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