By Max Hosaka with Grace Conroy The University of Houston’s College of Medicine holds a white coat ceremony to welcome its first incoming class on August 8, 2020. All photos courtesy of the Tilman J. Fertitta Family College of Medicine unless otherwise noted. Nestled just beyond downtown Houston sits “the largest medical city in the […]
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TEJAS: Environmental Justice
By Houston History Magazine on July 12, 2013 in Communities, Energy and Environment, Houstonians, Race & Ethnicity
“We’re not against jobs. But, wouldn’t you rather have a company that comes in here and you get hired, but it doesn’t have an impact on you? It doesn’t pollute you, it doesn’t cause cancer in the community, no birth defects, tumors. That’s what we want. We want a clean environment.” – Juan Parras