The Global Warming Hoax revisited

They're kidding, right? Forbes claims it finds 19 cities hotter than Houston

Hey, remember six months ago when everyone was talking about snowmageddon and the hoax of global warming? Neither do we. Summer's here and if it feels hotter than ever, that's because it is.

Forbes took data from cities across the summer to see who is suffering most from the national heat wave. And surprisingly, Houston ended up at the bottom of the list — No. 20, to be exact — on the ranking of the hottest cities this summer.

Rather than just list a tour of sunbelt cities with the highest mercury readings, Forbes took the average highs of June, July and August and compared how many days so far this summer were above average.

The winner? Louisville, with 72 days above normal — that's all but five. Houston logged only 60 days above normal, with triple digits not arriving until mid-August.

It does seem a bit unfair for Louisville and No. 2 Memphis to claim complaining rights — after all an average temperature there is in the low 80s, while Houston's benchmark is a sweaty 92. And yes, that's before you even begin to count the humidity.

Look, surviving a Houston summer takes blotting papers, an efficient A/C and a Zen-like tolerance of hot, sweaty discomfort. We're not saying we want people to think we're the worst. We just want to have some documentation when we tell our grandchildren how much we suffered.

unspecified

Thanks, Queen Bey

Pop icon Beyoncé donates $100,000 to University of Houston Law School

Photo by Erza Shaw Getty Images

undefined

Pop megastar Beyoncé Knowles-Carter has donated $100,000 to the University of Houston Law Center Criminal Justice Clinic through her BeyGOOD Foundation. The gift will allow the clinic to hire fill-time faculty to head it, benefiting the students who study there.

“I am delighted that the BeyGOOD Foundation has made this very generous gift to the UH Law Center,” said Leonard Baynes, dean of the UH Law Center. “Not only will this funding help establish a full-time criminal justice clinic that provides pro bono legal services in our community, but it will also supercharge our already excellent criminal law and justice programming.”

The clinic is one of nine at UHLC. It helps students learn to navigate the criminal justice system, especially on behalf of clients that are underserved by skilled attorneys. People of color are affected disproportionately by a lack of good, ethical representation.

Beyoncé, the most decorated artist in Grammy history and easily the biggest musical star native to Houston, has a long history of advocating for criminal justice reform. She was a staunch supporter of the police reform following the deaths of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile, asking law enforcement to “stop killing us” in a web post. In 2020, she penned an open letter to the Kentucky attorney general asking for justice in the death of Breonna Taylor.

Through her BeyGOOD Foundation, established in 2013, Beyoncé has focused mostly on expanding the prospects of Black-owned business and offering education opportunities to students. Forwarding the cause of legal representation in Texas while also helping out marginalized communities compliments her other philanthropic work.

“At UH Law, we envision a legal profession where ‘everyone has the opportunity to prosper,’ as BeyGOOD envisions, and we will achieve this vision by providing access to strong and effective legal representation in criminal proceedings,” Baynes said. “And together, through this gift, the BeyGOOD Foundation and UHLC will shepherd the next generation of criminal justice attorneys in the city of Houston, the state of Texas and the nation.”