On Wednesday's Houston Matters: A local public health official discusses the demographics of COVID-19 and why people of color – African Americans especially – are experiencing higher rates of serious complications and death from the illness. Also this hour: We discuss the latest news in our weekly political roundup. Plus we revisit a pair of conversations with Houstonians who won Pulitzer Prizes this week. First, we hear from Rice University's Caleb McDaniel, who won a... <a href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/shows/houston-matters/2020/05/06/368789/wednesdays-show-covid-19-demographics-and-local-pulitzer-winners-may-6-2020/">Read More</a>

On Wednesday's Houston Matters: A local public health official discusses the demographics of COVID-19 and why people of color – African Americans especially – are experiencing higher rates of serious complications and death from the illness. Also this hour: We discuss the latest news in our weekly political roundup. Plus we revisit a pair of conversations with Houstonians who won Pulitzer Prizes this week. First, we hear from Rice University's Caleb McDaniel, who won a... Read More

On Wednesday's Houston Matters: A local public health official discusses the demographics of COVID-19 and why people of color – African Americans especially – are experiencing higher rates of serious complications and death from the illness. Also this hour: We discuss the latest news in our weekly political roundup. Plus we revisit a pair of conversations with Houstonians who won Pulitzer Prizes this week. First, we hear from Rice University's Caleb McDaniel, who won a... <a href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/shows/houston-matters/2020/05/06/368789/wednesdays-show-covid-19-demographics-and-local-pulitzer-winners-may-6-2020/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Read More</a>

Wednesday’s Show: COVID-19 Demographics, And Local Pulitzer Winners (May 6, 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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