{"id":91656,"date":"2025-12-17T18:19:21","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T18:19:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/91656\/"},"modified":"2025-12-17T18:19:21","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T18:19:21","slug":"the-week-in-politics-dec-17-2025-houston-public-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/91656\/","title":{"rendered":"The week in politics (Dec. 17, 2025) \u2013 Houston Public Media"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-530383 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/HMCC-Featured-Image-Dark-Blue-2025-1000x563.jpg\" alt=\"A mint green skyline against a dark blue background with the words Houston Matters with Craig Cohen in white\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\"   data-eio=\"p\"\/><\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday\u2019s show: We discuss the latest developments in politics in our weekly roundup.<\/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>Also this hour: As DEI programs roll back nationwide, one Houston leader is doubling down on inclusion \u2014 starting with kids as young as nine. <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/naacp.org\/people\/shevann-steuben\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Shevann Steuben<\/a> of the NAACP Houston Branch discusses what it takes to build a generation that shows up to vote.<\/p>\n<p>And singer\/soprano <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sarahbrightman.com\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Sarah Brightman<\/a> is known for originating the role of Christine in The Phantom of the Opera and for her many PBS fundraising specials. But she explains the role disco played in getting her there ahead of a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.smartfinancialcentre.net\/events\/sarah-brightman\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">holiday concert in Sugar Land<\/a> on Dec. 19.<\/p>\n<p>Watch<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"On Wednesday\u2019s show: We discuss the latest developments in politics in our weekly roundup. Sign up for the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4647,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[42347,4977,56,58,4978,57,66,278,43105,13473,1947,43106,223,5260,287,35979,4979,6678,16361],"class_list":{"0":"post-91656","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-houston","8":"tag-civic-engagement","9":"tag-full-show","10":"tag-houston","11":"tag-houston-headlines","12":"tag-houston-matters","13":"tag-houston-news","14":"tag-local","15":"tag-music","16":"tag-musical-theater","17":"tag-musicians","18":"tag-naacp","19":"tag-naacp-houston","20":"tag-news","21":"tag-political-roundup","22":"tag-politics","23":"tag-sarah-brightman","24":"tag-shows","25":"tag-smart-financial-centre","26":"tag-sugar-land"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91656","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=91656"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91656\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4647"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=91656"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=91656"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=91656"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}