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Volume 32 | Number 47

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Jesse Jackson

Drug Companies Gouging Americans - It Has To Stop

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Reginald DesRoches

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8TH PRESIDENT AT RICE UNIVERSITY Words by Jo-Carolyn Goode

Robert F. Smith

Teams Up with Corporate Leaders to Tackle Digital Divide

Photography by Tommy LaVergne

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Garnet Coleman Announces Retirement

Charles H. Butt

Donates $5 Million to PVAMU For Student Scholarships

Danny Simmons

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COMMENTARY

DRUG COMPANIES GOUGING AMERICANS - AND IT HAS TO STOP

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By Jesse Jackson, National Political Writer

hen your doctor prescribes a drug for you to take, you are about to be gouged.

Consider the insulin Humalog. Introduced in 1996, it cost $21 per vial. Today, the exact same drug costs $275 per vial. It's the exact same product, as S. Vincent Rajkumar, a Mayo Clinic physician noted, "It's like the original iPhone selling today for a price 10 times higher."

On average, Americans pay two to three times the price for the same prescription drugs that citizens in other countries pay - even though the drugs are created here and the research for them is largely funded by taxpayers.

A detailed study by scholars at the Institute for New Economic Thinking (INET) concluded that "taxpayers have been footing the bill for every new drug - that's every new drug - approved by the FDA between 2010 and 2019." The big drug companies put money into R&D but the bulk of that is to pay for testing and to navigate approval of the drug. Taxpayers pay for the basic research and subsidize the rest. Yet the drug companies get the patent and decide the price.

And one in four Americans, the White House noted, who takes prescription drugs struggles to pay for the cost of the needed drugs.

There is only one reason for this outrage- and that is corruption. The big drug companies join in deploying an army of 1,500 lobbyists. Over the past 20 years, they've spent literally billions on lobbies, ad campaigns and campaign contributions. They may not buy legislators, but they rent them for the votes that they need.

The corruption is brazen. For example, when President George W. Bush got prescription drug coverage added to Medicare,

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the chair of the key committee in Congress was a Republican Texan legislator named Billy Tauzin. Tauzin managed to pass an indefensible provision in the act - prohibiting Medicare from doing what every other country does negotiating the price of drugs. Medicare must pay whatever price the drug companies set. The result: consumers are gouged, the government gets soaked, and the drug companies make out like bandits. Billy Tauzin left Congress to take a million dollar a year job as the head of Pharma, the pharmaceutical companies major lobby. And last year alone, the six largest U.S. drug companies collected nearly $50 billion in profits, while the 10 highest paid drug company CEOS pocketed over $500 million in total compensation.

For 20 years, politicians have promised to empower Medicare to negotiate the price of drugs. Barack Obama and Donald Trump both campaigned on the issue. In both cases, the drug lobby backed them down. Now President Joe Biden has put forth a proposal as part of his Build Back Better plan to empower Medicare to negotiate. The proposal would save the government hundreds of billions over the next 10 years and save those who need insulin and other drugs thousands each year.

Not surprisingly, the president's proposal enjoys nearly universal popular support.

The KFF Health Tracking Poll reported in May that an astounding 88 percent of Americans supported the plan, including 77 percent of Republicans, 89 percent of independents and virtually all Democrats.

And yet as of now, the drug lobby has succeeded in knocking the president's plan out of the bill. Every Republican stands in opposi-

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tion - despite the views of their voters. And a handful of Democrats - Krysten Sinema in the Senate, and a gang of four led by Rep. Scott Peters in the House expressed their opposition, which is all that's needed to block it. Not surprisingly, the Democrats against the bill are the leading recipients of drug company contributions, and Sinema is luxuriating in an utterly disingenuous drug company ad campaign praising her "independence."

There's still hope that progressives in the House - with Speaker Nancy Pelosi's support - will revive the proposal and force the Senate to consider it. Sinema, who previously campaigned for the proposal, will have to decide if she stands with her voters or with the drug companies willing to fill her campaign coffers.

Health care should be a right, not a privilege. No American should have to forego food or other necessities to pay for the prescription drugs they need. Americans who provide

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multi-billion-dollar subsidies to the drug companies should not pay two to three times the price for drugs that other countries pay. This isn't about government spending: reform would save the government money. This is about the stench of a brazen, indefensible corruption that will continue until voters make it clear they won't stand for it.

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POLITICAL: O'ROURKE ANNOUNCES BID TO TAKE ON GREG ABBOTT IN 2022 TEXAS GUBERNATORIAL RACE

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Beto O'Rourke (REUTERS/Daniel Acker)

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eto O'Rourke, the former congressman and 2020 Democratic presidential candidate, on Monday launched his campaign to unseat Texas Gov. Greg Abbott in 2022.

"I'm running for governor," he tweeted alongside a video announcement. "Together, we can push past the small and divisive politics that we see in Texas today -- and get back to the big, bold vision that used to define Texas. A Texas big enough for all of us."

In launching a campaign that many Democrats in Texas had identified as the party's only chance of denying Abbott a third term, O'Rourke -- an El Paso native and former punk rocker who launched an internet services company and served on the city council before being elected to Congress in 2011 -- is making his third run for office in four years.

His first statewide run in Texas, a longshot Senate campaign against Republican Ted Cruz

in 2018, electrified Democrats in a state where the party has rarely been competitive for a generation.

He rose from little-known congressman to fundraising dynamo, setting what at the time was the all-time record for money raised for a Senate bid. And he did it with a relatively bare-bones campaign structure, mostly driving himself to campaign events across the state with two staffers and live-streaming it all on Facebook.

O'Rourke's near-miss in the Senate race -- he finished less than 3 percentage points behind Cruz -- led to a short-lived presidential run the following year. By the time he dropped out of the race in October 2019, Democrats in Texas were already publicly musing about him as a candidate for governor in 2022.

This time, though, O'Rourke faces longer odds. In 2018, with then-President Donald Trump in the White House, the political environment was extremely favorable for Democrats. In 2022, amid

the Biden presidency, it's Republicans who hope the midterm electorate will sweep them into power in Washington and statehouses.

In the two-minute video announcing his campaign, O'Rourke used the February failure of the Texas power grid during a severe winter storm to criticize Abbott's leadership, saying those without power and water were "abandoned by those that were elected to serve and look out for them."

"When the electricity grid failed and those in power failed all of us, it was the people of Texas who were willing to put their differences behind them and get to work doing the job at hand, which meant helping our fellow Texans get through that crisis," he said. "We did that out of a sense of duty and responsibility to one another. Now imagine if the governor of Texas felt that same way."

He said Abbott and Republicans in Austin have failed to tackle larger issues, including expanding Medicaid, legalizing marijuana, improving

the electricity grid and improving schools.

"Instead, they're focusing on the kind of extremist policies around abortion or permitless carry or even in our schools that really only divide us and keep us apart and stop us from working together on the truly big things that we want to achieve for one another," he said. "It's a really small vision for a big state. But it doesn't have to be that way."

O'Rourke's support in Texas remains deep among Democratic loyalists, many of whom never took down their white-and-black "Beto" yard signs and bumper stickers. But with Democrats on defense across a much larger playing field, it's not clear he'll be able to tap into the same kind of national fundraising resources he did in 2018.

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NATIONAL: BILLIONAIRE ROBERT F. SMITH AND OTHER CORPORATE LEADERS MOUNT CAMPAIGN TO CLOSE THE DIGITAL DIVIDE

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Robert F. Smith (Elise Amendola/Associated Press)

ith protests having erupted in cities across the country over police violence targeting Black men and women, the civil rights and social justice movements have shot to the forefront of U.S. politics in a way not seen since the 1960s.

While much of the conversation rightly has centered on police brutality and the role law enforcement plays in American society, communities of color also are discriminated against in numerous other ways. Many Black Americans, Latinos and other people of color are given substandard educational opportunities, lack avenues to workforce training and advancement and, arguably most important in today’s tech-driven world, face a dearth of access to reliable, affordable broadband internet.

Congress made a good first step in ameliorating this dire situation when it passed President Biden’s infrastructure bill, but the $65 billion allocation in broadband for all is hardly enough to close the digital divide.

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The gap in digital access is particularly wide in communities of color, where one in three families with children lack a high-speed internet connection at home — a rate of disconnection more than 50 percent higher than that of white families. The problem is exacerbated in areas across the South from Atlanta to Houston where 35 percent of Black adults lack any access to broadband at home.

The private sector is already doing this with a little-known but ambitious effort like the Southern Communities Initiative. It is seeking to address the socio-economic challenges that African Americans face throughout the region. And among the goals of this partnership is to expand broadband access across six metro areas throughout the South: Atlanta, Birmingham, Charlotte, Houston, Memphis, and New Orleans. The effort has the backing of some of the most powerful individuals in corporate America, including PayPal CEO Dan Schulman, Vista CEO Robert F. Smith and BCG CEO Rich Lesser.

We are not too late to bridge the digital

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divide, and the Southern Communities Initiative will almost certainly play an important role in helping accomplish that in communities like my hometown of Atlanta. But this important work cannot be left to private individuals and organizations alone. Lawmakers must do their part to ensure that high-speed internet is available and affordable to every American, no matter where in the country they live.

While policymakers in Washington have focused on getting broadband access to rural areas, we must also make sure that urban areas are not overlooked. Census data has shown that while there are approximately 5 million rural households without broadband access, this problem is three times as large in urban areas—with around 15 million urban or metro households without broadband.

Affordable and ubiquitous access to high-speed internet, however, is just the starting point. We also must expand access to the hardware and software people need to take full advantage of all the internet has to offer and maintain an

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ecosystem of digital educators, repair workers, designers and other tech specialists who can keep improvements going long into the future.

Guaranteeing that all Americans have broadband access would not only help close the digital divide but would also give the United States an edge in global competitiveness as it would bring millions of people more fully into the digital economy. One study from last year found that only about 30 percent of African Americans had access to broadband compared with about 60 percent of whites.

There is a broad consensus from civil rights leaders to corporate heads to policymakers inside the Washington Beltway that broadband access is a right of every American. Lawmakers must take note and ensure that all Americans have the ability to log on.

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BUSINESS: GREEN JOINS PRESIDENT BIDEN FOR SIGNING OF INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT & JOBS ACT By www.StyleMagazine.com

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n Monday, November 15, 2021, Congressman Al Green (TX-09) released the following statement: “I am honored to witness the ratification of the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act by joining President Biden at the White House today. The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act is one of the most consequential pieces of legislation in recent history. It will create good-paying infrastructure-related jobs across America to restore our railways, roadways, seaports, airports, and more. In Texas alone there

are 818 bridges and over 19,400 miles of highways in poor condition. This bill provides $537 million over five years to Texas for bridge replacement and repairs,”Congressman Al Green stated. “Equally as important, this legislation strengthens public transportation for Texans by allocating $3.3 billion over five years to improve our public transportation options across the state.”

The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act codifies Rep. Green’s Minority BusinessResiliency Act of 2021, which will establish rural minority busi-

ness centers and promote economic resiliency for minority businesses by providing supportive grants.

Congressman Al Green continued, “More than 50 years after the creation by Executive Order of the only federal agency dedicated solely to the growth and global competitiveness of minoritybusinesses, the bill signed today

by President Biden will permanently establish in federal law theMinority Business Development Agency (MBDA).

The codification of the MBDA will boost minoritybusinesses, including minori-

ty-owned banks, as they struggle to keep pace with a rapidly changing economy and recover from a global pandemic. Additionally, this legislation establishes an entrepreneurship grants program to fund minority businesses and nonprofits that serve them. I am proud to be associated with this groundbreaking legislation on this historic occasion.”

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STATE: LONGTIME HOUSTON DEMOCRAT GARNET COLEMAN WILL RETIRE FROM THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE

By Cassandra Pollack, www.TexasTribune.org

State Rep. Garnet Coleman on the House floor. (The Texan/Daniel Friend)

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tate Rep. Garnet Coleman, a Houston Democrat who has served 30 years in the Texas House, said Thursday he will not seek another term to the lower chamber.

Coleman, who has represented parts of central and southeast Houston in state House District 147 since 1991, told The Texas Tribune his retirement was based primarily on health reasons. Coleman said he still plans to stay “involved in public policy as much as” he can.

“I’m proud of the work I’ve done and my office has done,” Coleman said. “It’s just time to do something else — I’m 60 years old [and want to] use the rest of my time doing positive things.”

Coleman, who ranks fifth in seniority among the 150-member House, has served as chair of the House County Affairs Committee since the 2009 legislative session.

He also chairs the Texas Legislative Study Group, a Democratic-leaning

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research caucus in the lower chamber.

After nearly collapsing on the House floor in early May, Coleman battled a severe illness that eventually led to the amputation of his lower right leg.

Coleman's recovery from that surgery kept him in Houston as tensions simmered over GOP elections legislation, which prompted multiple special sessions at the Legislature this summer after House Democrats fled to Washington, D.C., to break quorum and block that bill.

As House Republicans voted to authorize law enforcement to track down any absent Democrats, Coleman remained in the state, making him vulnerable to arrest.

"Let them come," Coleman told The Texas Tribune in July.

"They're going to have to carry me in this wheelchair, and they're going to have to carry me into the chamber and lock me in there."

Though that never happened,

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Coleman was one of three Democrats who returned to the House roughly a month later, helping the chamber restore quorum after a nearly six-week impasse.

In a statement at the time, Coleman and the two others — fellow Houston Democrats Armando Walle and Ana Hernandez — pointed to a recent surge in COVID-19 cases across the state as their reason for returning.

Coleman's retirement comes as at least 20 other House members have announced they will not seek reelection to the lower chamber heading into the 2022 election cycle. Some of those lawmakers will instead run for a new office, while others are running for a district recently redrawn by the Legislature as part of the redistricting process.

A number of members, however, are retiring from office.

Earlier this week, longtime state Rep. Joe Deshotel, a Beaumont

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Democrat who has served in the lower chamber since 1999, announced he would not seek reelection, saying in a letter to supporters he needs "some time to myself and with those I love" after spending over half of his life in public service.

"Our community will be losing one of its strongest and most effective voices when Chair Garnet Coleman retires at the end of his term. He has been a tireless advocate for those that need a voice in this state. Rep. Coleman and I have known each other since we were teenagers; for me, he has been a trusted friend and a valuable mentor in the Legislature. "

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omcast has increased speeds for its highest-residential speed tier for Xfinity Internet – Gigabit Pro – providing an extra boost for both current and new customers in Houston.

Beginning this month, Gigabit Pro speeds will increase from 2 gigabits-per-second (Gbps) upload and download speeds to 3 Gbps symmetrical speeds nationwide. Xfinity is the country’s largest Gigabit network, delivering speeds faster than a Gig. Gigabit Pro uses enterprise-grade, fiber-based ethernet technology to make it possible for Xfinity Internet customers to receive symmetrical multi-gigabit speeds so you can stream or game in 4K in multiple rooms in your home.

“Faster speeds will give Xfinity customers added capacity to power all their connected devices, in addition to the cybersecurity protection, in-home WiFi controls, and wall-to-wall WiFi coverage Xfinity already provides customers,” said Demian Voiles, Vice-President of Sales and Marketing, Comcast Houston Region.

In addition to delivering the fastest speeds, Comcast provides unmatched value to Xfinity Internet customers through: • Superior WiFi coverage – WiFi coverage with the xFi Advanced Gateway that is WiFi 6-capable and can deliver speeds faster than a gig, and xFi

Pods, which together creates a mesh network that reaches every corner of the home.

• Control connected devices – Using the Xfinity app, customers who lease an xFi Gateway have total control of their home network; manage device access, set parental controls, and pause WiFi. • Advanced cybersecurity protection – xFi Advanced Security helps to protect all connected devices at the gateway level from malware and other cyber security threats.

• 4K streaming device with voice search – Xfinity Flex, a 4K streaming device with an award-winning voice remote to seamlessly watch and search for content from the Xfinity Stream app, Peacock, Netflix, Hulu, Prime, and other popular streaming services.

• Xfinity Mobile – Xfinity Internet customers can get Xfinity Mobile, which combines the nation’s best 5G network with the power to auto-connect to millions of Xfinity WiFi hotspots across the country.

Starting at $45 for one line, the lowest entry price for 5G unlimited data in the market, unlimited pricing for Xfinity Mobile is $80 for two lines, $100 for three lines, and $120 for four lines ($30 per line).

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ing service, delivering originals, libraries of hit TV shows like “The Office” and “Parks and Recreation,” plus films from Universal Pictures, Focus Features, DreamWorks Animation, Illumination and Hollywood’s biggest studios.

Over the last decade, Comcast has invested nearly $30 billion to build an expansive, fiber-dense network that carries an immense amount of traffic and has demonstrated extraordinary performance throughout the pandemic. The company has doubled network capacity every 2.5 years to stay well ahead of demand.

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8th President At Rice University Words by Jo-Carolyn Goode - www.StyleMagazine.com

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Reginald DesRoches center with wife, Paula, and their three children: Andrew, Jacob and Shelby. (Photos by Tommy LaVergne)

ne hundred and nine years after its founding and 56 years after the first African American graduate, the prestigious Rice University has named its first African American president. How ironic that a university established by a white rich slave owner would now have at the head an African American from one of the poorest countries in our nation. Talk about progress and achieving the American dream.

The board of trustees at Rice University have enthusiastically name Reginald DesRoches as the educational institution's eighth president making him the first African American, foreign born, and engineer to be president in the school's history.

The university has an ugly history, like America's storied past, that is filled with racism. William "Willy" Rice, the founder of the university, was a slave owner who grew wealth while living in Texas. With his fortune, he established the university in 1912 with the provision to only serve white Texans only. His dream would be fulfilled until 1963 when Raymond Johnson became Rice's first Black student as a research associate in the math department. From then until now

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the university has worked on their issues of diversity and inclusion.

“I am deeply honored to be named the next president of Rice University,” DesRoches said. “The past 4½ years at Rice have been among the most rewarding in my professional career and I look forward to building on the tradition of excellence established by President Leebron and those who served before him.”

Current President David Leebron believes DesRoches is what the university needs to support their bold campaign to take the university to new heights and achievements. DesRoches' hiring is not an affirmative action hiring but an act of him being the right guy for the job. After a nationwide search the board of trustees selected the internationally recognized structural engineer and earthquake resilience expert to succeed President David Leebron when he steps down. DesRoches comes as an internal hire, joining the Rice family in 2017 as the incoming dean of the engineering school. In this post, the school saw significant growth with enrollment, research programs,

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and college rankings. DesRoches was also responsible for establishing a collaborative research center in India with IIT-Kanpur.

From that position, DesRoches advance to become provost in 2020 where he took on the responsibility of leading the university more than 8,000 students and faculty. A task that proved most challenging over the past year when the way students learned had to be transitioned to remote learning. The university again saw more growth under DesRoches' helm with more research awards, centers and institutions, and community partnerships and programs with intuitions and organizations like the Texas Medical Center.

“Reggie DesRoches is an outstanding choice as Rice’s next president,” current President David Leebron said. “I have had the privilege of working closely with Reggie over the last 4½ years, first in his capacity of dean of engineering and then as provost, and observed firsthand his extraordinary leadership, values, thoughtfulness and ambition for Rice."

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Reginald DesRoches (pronounced “day-ROH-sh”) President Leebron in cheering the hiring of DesRoches.

"The appointment of Mr. DesRoches speaks volumes to the change and improvements the University is making to address diversity, equity and inclusion discrepancies over its 100 + year history. It is a major and visible step in the right direction that I hope will foster a brighter future for students like me for years to come," said April Frazier, Jones School Black Alum class of 2011.

"This speaks profoundly to the value Rice & Board of Trustees put towards DE&I and being a true

Thought Leader in this space, not only in academia but in a city as diverse as Houston," said another alum of the class of 2011 business school.

DesRoches' vision for Rice's future includes building upon his past successes and advancing them on another level. He has a goal to grow the student body by 20% over the next five years and increase the diversity of students and staff. Outside of that little will be said until he officially is installed as president.

The push for diversity and inclusion was not a priority when Jonathan Chism was a student at Rice in the early 2000's. Earning B.A., M.A., and Ph.D. from the elite intuition, Chism said he had no prior knowledge of the school's history and even after finding out about it that he never felt like he didn't belong at Rice.

"Just like the United States, our history is littered with exclusion." He continued, "I think we just adjust and move."

As a three time Black alum from the classes of 2004, 2012, and 2014, Chism recalled how the statue of the founder set in the center of campus and students just accepted it and went on.

"It didn't create the type of alarm that it creates today," commented Chism.

The outrage throughout the country over such publicized cases like that of George Floyd has hit Rice's students and given them the desire to attempt to right the wrong of the past. The idea is not to run from the history but correct it for the future. This will take an ongoing education of the Rice's family and the center as a whole. During his Rice days, Chism added to the diversity of his school with his membership in the Black Students Association and being the founding president of the campus chapter's National Association for the Advancement of Color People.

"When I learned of the news I was floored and extremely proud that Rice is making this move.

And it seems they are not just doing this for the purpose of diversity, which is important, but from what I have read the students, the faculty, the persons on the search team were all on one accord that he was the best person for the job at this time." Chism continued, "It is a sign of progress for the intuition, for the city and especially given Rice's stature so it is meaningful on multiple levels and so I proud as alum with BA but also as a former PhD student who is familiar with the academic job market and how tough that is I am proud on that level."

DesRoches is a Port-au-Prince, Haiti native who grew up in Queens, New York. Although neither of his parents had a college education, they instilled the importance of having in DesRoches and his siblings.

He is a three time alum of the University of California at Berkeley with a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, Master of Science in Civil Engineering, and Doctorate in Structural Engineering. The author of hundreds of articles and presenter of hundreds of presentations has a passion for the design of resilient infrastructure systems under extreme loads and the application of smart materials according to those who know him academically. He is a family with a wife and children. Others say that he is really a nice guy who is a bit shy. All the attention he is garnering over his new position is a bit overwhelming for him. He will have just about six months to get use to the spotlight as he will officially assume office on July 1, 2022.

Congratulations Dr. Reginald DesRoches from the Houston Style Magazine team.

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LOCAL: H-E-B CHAIRMAN CHARLES BUTT DONATES $5 MILLION FOR PVAMU FOUNDERS SCHOLARSHIPS By www.StyleMagazine.com

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oseph Charles H. Butt, Chairman of H-E-B, has donated $5 million to create scholarships for Prairie View A&M University students from public high schools in Texas. The $5 million gift will provide a permanent endowment to support students today and in the coming years. Initially generating approximately $200,000 a year for scholarships, the fund will grow significantly in coming years, making even more available to support students.

To receive a Founders Scholarship, students must be incoming first-year students from a Texas high school who are graduating in the top quartile of their high school class. They must continue to be enrolled full time and make satisfactory progress toward completion of their undergraduate degree while holding the scholarship.

Designed as a cohort program, Found-

Students at PVAMU and Charles H. Butt ers Scholars will have enrichment opportunities unique to their cohort.

Ruth Simmons, President of Prairie View, commented: “Charles Butt has been amazingly generous to our university. He has shown time

and time again that he genuinely cares about the opportunities afforded to students at PV. We are indebted to him for his grace and his humanity.”

Chancellor John Sharp, thanking Mr. Butt for his support of Prairie

View, wrote to Mr. Butt, “.. words are not there to express the true appreciation for all that you have done.…”

Charles Butt has focused much of his philanthropy on education, creating scholarships to support the training of public school teachers; launching the Holdsworth Center to support the leadership of schools and districts; creating Raise Your Hand Texas to advocate for support for public education; and building a campus on Lake Austin to afford public school educators a professional development environment that reflects the importance of their role in society.

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HEALTH: COMMENTARY HIGHLIGHTS REASONS FOR LACK OF DIVERSITY IN CANCER RESEARCH

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commentary by researchers from Mayo Clinic and the University of Southern California suggests that agencies funding biomedical research must strive for diversity, equity and inclusion in research decisions, and that these agencies will only be successful if they address bias in the research funding process. The commentary is published in Nature Medicine.

"The lack of diversity in science and medicine exacerbates and compounds the problem of health disparities," says Folakemi Odedina, Ph.D., a Mayo Clinic cancer researcher.

Dr. Odedina's education, training and community outreach activities have focused on addressing health disparities in racial, ethnic minority and underserved communities.

Dr. Odedina and co-author Mariana Stern, Ph.D., of the University of Southern California write that the relatively small number of minority clinicians and researchers in biomedical research in the U.S., and the lack of minority participants in clinical trials, poses significant barriers to addressing health disparities. For example, "Black investigators continue to be underfunded in science and medicine due to bias in the scientific review process," says Dr. Odedina. She says multiple reasons have been associated with

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Researchers looking for new and better ways to reduce racial and ethnic disparities in cancer research and improve outcomes for minority populations. this bias, including a perception that Black investigators are less capable or less accomplished than White or Asian candidates.

The authors say another factor limiting diversity in biomedical research is a misalignment between the priorities of funding agencies and the research focus of scientists from underrepresented groups. "Funding decisions that do not appropriately weigh the potential impact of awards on minority communities or

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the importance of promoting the careers of diverse scientists ― Black, Latinx and Indigenous ― miss the opportunity to improve diversity, equity and inclusion in science and medicine, and improve the health of minority communities," says Dr. Odedina.

Dr. Odedina says funding organizations can play a critical role in addressing diversity and equity issues in medical research. "They can start by addressing diversity among their own

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staffs by prioritizing health disparities research when developing funding opportunities and by making funding decisions that address health disparities and promote scientists from underrepresented groups."

Dr. Odedina says bias toward Black scientists in academic funding has led many to switch to academic administrative positions or to leave academia altogether, as it is very difficult to be successful without extramural funding. "In the U.S., there is a nationwide problem retaining Black scientists in academia," says Dr. Odedina. She says the downstream effect of this problem is fewer Black scientists in academia and biomedical research, as the pipeline continues to decrease.

Dr. Odedina says that efforts to ensure a well-trained, racially and ethnically diverse workforce in science and medicine will effectively and respectfully help deliver health care interventions for diverse populations and help eliminate health disparities

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HEALTH: DIABETES A FACTOR IN MORE THAN HALF OF HOUSTON’S COVID-19 DEATHS M

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ore than half of Houstonians who died of COVID-19 had diabetes, the Houston Health Department announced this week to highlight its free diabetes self-management program and National Diabetes Awareness Month.

Of the city’s 3,646 COVID-19 deaths as of November 1, 2021, 51.9 percent had diabetes and 23 percent were obese. Hypertension was the most common comorbidity at 56.3 percent with heart disease at 40.1 percent and kidney disease at 25.8 percent.

Underlying health conditions make people more likely to suffer poor outcomes from COVID-19 infection. Getting vaccinated prevents serious illness, hospitalization, and death; it also helps reduce the spread of COVID-19.

“Data clearly show that people with underlying health conditions, including diabetes, are more vulnerable to severe outcomes if they get COVID-19,” said Stephen Williams, director of the Houston Health Department. “That’s why our access and equity response strategy targets vital testing, vaccination, and education resources in areas of the city with increased prevalence of underlying health conditions.”

Data indicate that 13.5 percent of Houstonians have diabetes, slightly higher than the national rate of 10 percent. According to the CDC, more than 88 million adults are at risk of getting the disease.

The Diabetes Awareness and Wellness Network (DAWN), the department’s free diabetes education center, focuses on helping people diagnosed or at risk of diabetes develop self-management skills. It offers classes and support from the Third Ward Multi-Service Center and the Denver Harbor Multi-Service Center.

“As we focus on diabetes awareness and prevention this month, resources like the DAWN Center are critical to the community,” said Dr. Faith Foreman-Hays, chronic disease director at the health department. “The center provides free behavioral support that aligns

with what doctors recommend for preventing or managing diabetes to help improve quality of life.”

Classes offered at the center include nutrition, fitness, prediabetes prevention, and chronic disease self-management. The staff includes nurses, registered dieticians, fitness trainers, certified medical assistants, public health educators, counselors, and certified diabetes educators.

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CULTURE: WAYNE SHORTER'S OPERATIC DREAM COMES TRUE, BROUGHT TO LIFE WITH ESPERANZA SPALDING

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Composer and saxophonist Wayne Shorter and Esperanza Spalding (Photos: Jeff Tang, Real Magic)

ne recent November morning, after months, even years, working apart, a chamber ensemble, jazz trio and more than a dozen opera singers finally have an opportunity to rehearse together, in person, at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art in North Adams.

Director Lileana Blain-Cruz picks up a microphone and acknowledges the Los Angeles-based jazz elder who couldn't make the trip east.

"I just wanted to just take a moment to register the momentousness of this, that we are all here together just to call up the name of Wayne Shorter in this space," Blain-Cruz says. "Let's give it up for Wayne Shorter!"

The room erupts in hoots and applause.

Shorter's first opera, ... (Iphigenia), is set to premiere in Boston this week. The work then travels to three further cities: Washington, D.C., and Berkeley and Santa Monica, Calif.

It's taken literally decades to get to this moment. Shorter started thinking about a long-form, dramatic work when he was a 19-year-old music student at New York University.

"This opera was going to be based on motorcycle gangs," he

said via Zoom from L.A., "like the movie The Wild One that Brando was in." Then Shorter heard Leonard Bernstein was working on a musical about gangs, called West Side Story, so he put his idea aside.

After graduating in 1956, and then two years in the army, Shorter proceeded to transform American music with other jazz pioneers, including Art Blakey and Miles Davis, and in the fusion group Weather Report. His Grammy-winning acoustic quartet, formed in 2000, endured for two decades.

But through all those years, opera still lingered in the composer's imagination – until he met composer, singer and bass prodigy Esperanza Spalding.

"I noticed that she would attack things that no one else would," Shorter recalls of Spalding's singular way of playing.

The two jazz revolutionaries, who came up in completely different eras, connected deeply, and Shorter eventually told Spalding about his long-held operatic fantasy. He thought it might involve taking a 400-year-old play by the Greek writer Euripides and turning it into something new and unbridled.

"When I first looked at a good opera book, the first thing I saw was a sentence that said, 'In opera, anything goes," Shorter recalls.

"Me and Esperanza, we started talking and talking – and then she said, 'Let's do it. Come on."

"Damn, I'm sure Wayne has said this other people – that he wants to make an opera," Spalding recalls thinking at the time. "So the fact that momentum hasn't been generated to do that is problematic."

Then in 2018, Shorter was hospitalized. Spalding was afraid to push, but says that realizing his opera felt more urgent than ever. She confronted her friend and mentor with a question she says was influenced by Alejandro Jodorowsky's book Psychomagic, which explores the power of lucid dreaming: "OK, Wayne, like in the dream of your life, if anything could happen, what do you want? What do you want? We want to facilitate that with you."

Shorter's reply: "I want to make real magic. No tricks."

Without going too deep into his Buddhist practice, Shorter offers one reason for why he agreed to move forward. "There's one thing they say: when you leave here, you should have no regrets," he says. "And you have to finish everything you promised to finish."

So he and Spalding dove headlong into finishing what they started – he composing, she crafting a libretto – for an empowering opera, inspired by the Euripides work, that would embody the collaborative, spontaneous spirit of jazz.

"It's not that it's going to be jazzy," Shorter clarifies, "and put a syringe and inject some jazz into the operatic world." Instead, he says, it channels a "simultaneity."

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CULTURE: ABSTRACTION EXPLOSION: DANNY SIMMONS

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By Kathleen Coleman, Arts and Entertainment Editor - www.StyleMagazine.com

ccording to the New York Times, Danny Simmons “injects freshness” into his abstracts, that are “meticulously rendered and decoratively impressive.” But Simmons own words add his spiritual journey in his description of his work.

“Throughout my career I’ve been looking to capture the spiritual essence of making art or the power of spirit within the lines and markings I put on canvas and paper. I honestly believe artists can be conduits of a universal spiritual force.

Much like aboriginal artists/ shaman from different cultures around the world make objects we call art, to house and direct that spiritual essence. Modern artists can do the same thing with intent. I create works with the intent to house and reflect spirit.

I feel finding your unique artistic voice is that vehicle. The abstract marks and flow of paint found in my artwork best reflects my connection to seeking and finding spirit.” Danny Simmons Danny Simmons is a published author, poet, painter and philanthropist. His talent and passion for the arts reaches beyond the canvas. He is a leader in the art world with his philanthropic ventures, artistic talents and creative mind and drive.

Simmons played an instrumental role in the conceiving of and co-producing the hit HBO show Def Poetry Jam, and won a Tony Award for the Broadway version of the show. Simmons is co-founder, along with his siblings, Russell, and Joseph “Rev Run” Simmons, of the Rush Philanthropic Arts Foundation, and founder of Rush Arts Philadelphia and RAP Gallery II, a new solo exhibition/arts education gallery that opened in 2019. He is a former board member of the Brooklyn Museum, the Brooklyn Public Library, the New York Foundation for the Arts, the National Conference of Artists and former Chairman

Danny Simmons Wat In Da Blu Blazes 2020 (Photo: Bio Wikipedia) for the NYS Council on the Arts.

Today, his works appear in Brooklyn Academy of Music, BrooklynMuseum, Chase Manhattan Bank, Deutsche Bank, Schomburg Center for Black Culture, The Smithsonian, United Nations, UnitedStates State Department Collection, David Driskell Collection, Petrucci Family Foundation, PAFA Collection, and, on an international scope has shown work in France, Amsterdam andGhana. In 2019, he was appointed to Philadelphia Museum ofArt’s African American Collections Committee. Simmons continues to thrive at his ‘home gallery’

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in Philadelphia, PA. Abstraction Explosion is curated by John Guess, Jr. and generously sponsored by the Houston Endowment, HEB, Jones Walker LLP, and the Board of Directors of the Houston Museum of African American Culture.

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MOVIES: KING RICHARD WINS A MIAMI FILM FEST AUDIENCE AWARD!

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Will Smith, Aunjanue Ellis, Saniyya Sidney, Demi Singleton, Tony Goldwyn, and Jon Bernthal star in King Richard.

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ing Richard has won the coveted Miami International Film Festival GEMS 2021 Audience Award, and it’s no wonder. It’s a crowd-pleaser!

The spirit of the prescient planner, dreamer and barker Richard Williams, the work ethic and faith of his wife Oracene “Brandy” Price coupled with the talent of Venus and Serena molded the Williams sisters into tennis icons. It’s a clear, self-empowering force that’s echoed in this inspiring, Oscar-worthy bio/film.

Once upon a time, in the low-income neighborhood of Compton, Los Angeles, a doting father and smart mother have a keen vision for two of their offspring: “Venus and Serena gonna shake up this world.” A non-traditional path leads them in, out and around the normal white bread,

upper-class tennis system, ultimately helping them achieve monumental goals. It’s the American dream personified, and King Richard provides a visual roadmap others can follow.

One of the smartest decisions the film’s producers made was hiring tennis-lover/screenwriter Zach Baylin (Creed III) to write and nurture a script that focuses on a segment of time, and not the entire Williams story. After some background plotting, this glimpse begins when Richard approaches coaches to get Venus on the junior circuit. Within this narrowly focused window, the screenplay thoroughly develops the characters as they face familial challenges, neighborhood bullies and a skeptical tennis world. The smaller, intimate canvas—fewer people and settings—solidifies the characters’ identities, thoughts and feelings,

which are sometimes manifested in poignant often humorous dialogue: As Richard drives past a cemetery he says to his kids: “Say hi to the people that are gone.”

The bane of many tennis movies is that producers frequently hire actors who can’t swing a racquet like a pro. The genius of hiring Saniyya Sidney (Fences) to play Venus and Demi Singleton (Godfather of Harlem) to portray Serena is that either they’ve played before, or someone showed them how to produce ground strokes exactly the way the real sisters do. Open stance, lots of power. Many will cite the outstanding performances of Will Smith as Richard and the very talented Aunjanue Ellis (If Beal Street Could Talk) as Oracene as the foundation for this thoughtfully written, acted and directed film. Tennis players, however, will point to the realistic serves, strokes and volleys and the exposure of some of the professional game’s most irritating quirks. E.g., taking strategic but unnecessary bathroom breaks during a match to disrupt your rival’s focus. It’s frowned upon, but still legal.

Smith may gain an Oscar nom for his all-in performance in a very showy role about a goal-achieving yet imperfect man. He’s got the mannerisms and speech pattern just about right, but if you peek behind Richard’s curtain, there’s Will Smith pretending to be Williams. If Delroy Lindo had been cast, his skills, natural physicality and self-assuredness would have made his performance invisible. Ellis is quite endearing as the mom who demands r-e-s-p-e-c-t. Sidney, Singleton and all the other young women who play the sisters at different stages melt into the scenery—it’s like watching kids in real time. Tony Goldwyn’s interpretation of the sisters’ first coach, Paul Cohen, is fine. Jon Bernthal (The Punisher), as their kinetic coach Rick Macci, is far more impressive in a pivotal role: Richard reminds the coach who is king: “You’re like a member of our family. But you work for us!”

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ENTERTAINMENT: MYSTERY SCIENCE THEATER 3000 LIVE: TIME BUBBLE TOUR By www.StyleMagazine.com

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ociety for the Performing Arts (SPA) will present Mystery Science Theater 3000 LIVE, landing their Time Bubble Tour on Wednesday, January 19, 2022, 7:30PM at Cullen Theater in the Wortham Center.

Following the wildly successful Watch Out for Snakes! Tour in 2017, the 30th Anniversary Tour in 2018, and The Great Cheesy Movie Circus Tour in 2019, Mystery Science Theater 3000 LIVE is launching the next all new production to hit the road!

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ble for the critically acclaimed TV series Mystery Science Theater 3000 on Netflix, has announced its nationwide tour of Mystery Science Theater 3000 (MST3K) LIVE: Time Bubble Tour, with the first 40 of an expected 80 nationwide dates, taking the tour through spring 2022. The long-running series (34 years old next Thanksgiving!) has also garnered the Peabody Award for Broadcast Excellence and multiple Emmy award nominations.

The Time Bubble Tour, supervised by series creator Joel Hodgson, will launch in October of 2021 in York, PA,

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and feature the beloved returning cast of the 2019 Great Cheesy Movie Circus Tour, Emily Marsh, Conor McGiffin, Nate Begle, and Yvonne Freese, along with the world's only movie-riffing robots, Tom Servo, Crow, and GPC. The show features the film Making Contact and will include all the tour signatures: hilarious riffing, wisecracking robots, and silly sketches. The show will be directed by Tim Ryder, alumni of the Second City Mainstage cast and writer and performer from the MST3K TV series.

“I’m thrilled to announce that the MST3K live show is back on the road for audiences to enjoy together again, especially after a year that's been tough on all of us.

I’ve learned to never underestimate the power of hanging with friends and watching a cheesy movie while bots yell stuff at the screen,” said series creator, Joel Hodgson.

Making Contact (1985) is the Roland Emmerich directed film that Emily and the Bots will riff, featuring animated toys and an evil ventriloquist dummy in an overcrowded childhood during the eighties.

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CULINARY: THE OXTAIL MASHUP EXPERIENCE IN HISTORICAL THIRD WARD: AN EXPLOSION OF CULTURE

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By Alex Jack, Style Magazine Food Writer - www.StyleMagazine.com

hen it comes to the oxtail, personally, it provokes so many emotions. It is a staple in our community as well as a pillar in our history. I chuckle a little when you think about just how far the oxtail has come. Once the scrap is given to us and now one of the highest-priced meat in our local grocery store. As we take a bite of an oxtail, we are taking a bite with the ancestors. If you have been hanging with me for a while, you know I love to spend time with my ancestors. I promise they would have been so excited to be at the Oxtail Mashup!

From the minds of co-founders Chef Shakti Baum of Etta's Kitchen and Assembly HTX and Warren Luckett of Branwar Wines and Black Restaurant Week, The Oxtail Mashup was born. Held in the gardens of the Project Row Houses in the historical Third Ward, the Oxtail Mashup is a culinary competition that includes some amazing chefs, bartenders, and DJs from Houston and other parts of the country.

When you attend this event not only do you get to try amazing food and drinks but it's a whole vibe. As you walked in, even the décor and music allowed you to purify from the worries of the world and transition you into a lush garden party.

Steering away from the classic oxtail and gravy dish, chefs opened up the senses to an oxtail experience. We tried dishes like the Oxtail Ragoon with Orange Oxtail Au Jus by Chef Curt Evans of Philadelphia and the Oxtail White Bean Stew from Chef Rishi Singh, Executive Chef of Hotel Derek. Bartenders included Jamal Rashad of Slush Atlanta with A Lick Mare. A Lick Mare was Don Julio Blanco RE'Al, mango puree, lime, orange liqueur/Triple Sec, thyme syrup, and hibiscus float. Let me say that it was soul-quenching.

As mentioned before, this is a competition and guests were able to vote on their favorite oxtail dish and drink. The People's Champ Winner was Chef Lawrence Walker of Lucille's 1913 with his Oxtails Pilbil Tostada with refried black-eyed peas, and citrus slaw.

Annual Oxtail Mashup at Project Row Houses. (Photos: Alex Jack) The winner of the 2021 Cocktail was Lashan Arceneaux of Three Lumps of Sugar with her Scotch Sparkling made with Johnnie Walker whiskey, ginger, thyme, and lemon. Lastly, the 2021 Oxtail Mashup Champion was Chef Reggie Scott of Uncle Reggie's International BBQ with his Smoked Yaji Nut Oxtail Stew, seared boniato with puffed honeycomb tripe.

If you were not able to make it to the 2021 Oxtail Mash-up, please make sure you are ready for 2022! I promise that this is an event you do not want to miss out on. The guest walked in excited and walked

out dancing with full bellies. Some wish they had more room to eat more.

It was an indulging experience. This year was a sold-out party! Make sure to follow @oxtailmashup on Instagram so that you can be first in line to buy tickets when they are available next year

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