{"id":157510,"date":"2026-02-09T22:52:49","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T22:52:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/157510\/"},"modified":"2026-02-09T22:52:49","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T22:52:49","slug":"hello-houston-the-commuter-cut-february-9-2026-houston-public-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/157510\/","title":{"rendered":"Hello Houston \u2013 The Commuter Cut (February 9, 2026) \u2013 Houston Public Media"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-517232\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/HH_Podcast-Cover_The-Commuter-Cut-1000x1000.jpg\" alt=\"Hello Houston: The Commuter Cut\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1000\"   data-eio=\"p\"\/>Hello Houston: The Commuter Cut<\/p>\n<p>In today\u2019s edition of \u201cThe Commuter Cut,\u201d NAACP Houston president <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecommunityoffaith.org\/the-pastor.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bishop James Dixon II<\/a> joins us to share his thoughts on current issues and tell us more about his commitment to equality and community empowerment.<\/p>\n<p>Then, we learn about the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goethe.de\/ins\/us\/en\/index.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Goethe-Institut<\/a>, with Sandy Schwalen, program coordinator of the institute\u2019s Houston branch, who tells us more about their work fostering cultural dialogue and educational partnerships across Texas.<\/p>\n<p>Sign up for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.houstonpublicmedia.org\/hellohouston\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Hello, Houston!<\/a> daily newsletter to get local reports like this delivered directly to your inbox.<\/p>\n<p>And finally, we hear from labor leader <a href=\"https:\/\/velezfortexas.com\/about\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Marcos Velez<\/a>, who discusses why he&#8217;s running for Lieutenant Governor of Texas, the issues most important to him, and what his vision is for the future of Texas.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hello Houston: The Commuter Cut In today\u2019s edition of \u201cThe Commuter Cut,\u201d NAACP Houston president Bishop James Dixon&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1626,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[2919,288,64782,2245,2246,56,58,57,64783,64784,66,64785,43106,223,287,64787,27],"class_list":{"0":"post-157510","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-houston","8":"tag-civil-rights","9":"tag-elections","10":"tag-goethe-institut","11":"tag-hello-houston","12":"tag-hello-houston-commuter","13":"tag-houston","14":"tag-houston-headlines","15":"tag-houston-news","16":"tag-james-dixon-ii","17":"tag-lieutenant-governors-race","18":"tag-local","19":"tag-marcos-velez","20":"tag-naacp-houston","21":"tag-news","22":"tag-politics","23":"tag-sandy-schwalen","24":"tag-texas"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157510","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=157510"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157510\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1626"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=157510"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=157510"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=157510"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}