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‘We Know What We Want’: 5th Ward Residents Demand Action After Another Confirmed Cancer Cluster

Sara Willa Ernst, Health Reporter

Posted on February 3, 2021 · A state investigation revealed another cancer cluster in Northeast Houston last month, but the news only confirmed what residents already knew.

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New violin program in Houston’s 5th Ward inspires big dreams: ‘When I’m grown up, I could travel around the world’

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Posted on December 22, 2022 · The Houston Symphony and 5th Ward Cultural Arts District launched DeLUXE K!DS — a new program that teaches kids how to play violin and much more — this year.

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Fifth Ward residents tired of waiting for action after soil samples confirm presence of toxic dioxin near contaminated railyard

Katie Watkins

Posted on December 5, 2022 · Fifth Ward residents have been fighting for years to get contamination in their neighborhood cleaned up.

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