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Rise & Redirect: When a Career Change Opens a New Door

The Egalitarian

Rise & Redirect: When a Career Change Opens a New Door Leaving the comfort of a steady paycheck to pursue entrepreneurship isn’t always planned for some it’s a choice for others; unexpected circumstances can create an opportunity for change. For Bradley and Jackie their journeys into entrepreneurship started differently but both found themselves being...

Waiting to Work: The Impact of DACA Work Permit Delays on Dreamers

The Egalitarian

Many Houstonians don’t know about our dreamer Houstonians that have to cry and suffer in silence. Our dreamers were once kids that were brought here at a young age by their parents who wanted a better life for their family. How can we sit here as a community when Texas currently has 76,050 DACA recipients...

Shush! No Talking in the Dumpster. The Rats Are Reading HISD Library Books.

The Egalitarian

Melissa Yarborough is a former Houston Independent School District (HISD) teacher who taught English Language Arts and ESL at Navarro Middle School, a predominantly Hispanic school that became one of many to be restructured to fit the district’s New Education System (NES) model. The school had just reopened its library after it had been shut...

HCC Student Leaders Prepare For the Upcoming Academic Year

The Egalitarian

As the summer time drifts away and the 2026 to 2027 school year approaches, preparing student leaders for an impactful year of shaping student life at Houston City College is important. In doing so, leadership training is a crucial aspect of that readiness. Through gatherings, HCC Administration, Student Life Coordinators, and Advisors work together to...

Houston Students Are Relying on METRO. Is It Enough?

The Egalitarian

For students without cars, getting to school is not as simple as grabbing their keys and heading to campus. It can mean leaving home hours early, waiting through Houston heat, juggling transfers, and hoping the next bus shows up on time. Houston is famous for its freeways, traffic, and endless construction, but not everyone has...

The White House’s UFC Spectacle: When Sport Trumped Tradition

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On June 14, 2026, the White House South Lawn became a stadium. A 92-foot steel canopy, called “The Claw,” covered a UFC Octagon as temperatures passed 95 degrees. UFC Freedom 250 delivered seven straight knockouts, ending with Justin Gaethje’s upset of lightweight champion Ilia Topuria. But while fight fans cheered, critics saw a troubling corporate...

Out of Sight, Out of Mind: Album Review

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YCEE returns with a blend of hip-hop and R&B that signals his evolution through an extended hiatus. During his time away from the spotlight, Afrobeats lovers largely concluded he had fallen off, a sentiment he addresses head on in his WYFL Riddim video, where he raps, “Made it to the top, they say I fell...

Houston, The World Has Arrived

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They arrived expecting cowboy boots and oil rigs. What they found instead was a city that speaks a hundred languages before ten in the morning, serves some of the best barbecue in the country, and has apparently introduced half of Europe to a magical culinary discovery: ranch dressing goes on everything. Houston spent over a...

Texas crushes Alabama 14-2; staying alive in the CWS

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The Texas Longhorns needed to stay alive in their run for the College World Series. Well, they took care of business in an elimination game against Alabama in a 14-2 victory at Charles Schwab Field in Omaha, NE on Monday. The Longhorns will await the loser in the winner’s bracket between Oklahoma and Georgia, in...

Knicks wins NBA title; first since 1973

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If anyone thought this season that the New York Knicks would not end a long drought of not winning the NBA championship, then they were dead wrong. The New York Knicks would win their first championship in 53 years (1973) in San Antonio 94-90, on Saturday night at Frost Bank Arena. The Knicks were lead...

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