NewsLaw EnforcementNewsLaw EnforcementFlooding Schools With More Police Is Unsettling For Black ParentsThe fear of most Black parents is now shrouded in a double threat of potential harm.ByAlexandra JanePublishedJune 5, 2022
NewsEducationNewsEducationTexas Gov. Greg Abbott Might Challenge SCOTUS Ruling Requiring States To Educate All ChildrenAbbott intends to challenge Plyer v. Doe, a 1982 case saying all children, regardless of their immigration status,…ByMurjani RawlsPublishedMay 5, 2022
PoliticsPoliticsFormer NAACP-LDF President Calls Out Republican Louie Gohmert's 'Anti-Lynching' CommentsSherrilyn Ifill--the former leader of the NAACP's Legal Defense Fund--took to Twitter to blast Gohmert's ignorant…ByCandace McDuffiePublishedApril 28, 2022
PoliticsPoliticsBlack Tennessee Legislators Feel Ignored and Unheard on Issues of RacismBlack lawmakers attempts to raise awareness about systemic racism have been ignoredByNoah A. McGeePublishedJanuary 26, 2022
NewsRace MattersNewsRace MattersTexas Governor Abbott Is Faced With A Big Decision: Whether Or Not To Pardon George FloydGov. Abbott has not yet commented on if he would carry out the posthumous pardonByMurjani RawlsPublishedDecember 21, 2021
NewsRace MattersNewsRace MattersAdvocates Fight for Clemency for Black WWI Soldiers Found Guilty of 1917 Camp Logan Riot in Houston110 Black soldiers from the Third Battalion of the U.S. Army’s 24th Infantry Regiment were found guilty of the riot,…ByRachel PilgrimPublishedDecember 21, 2021
PoliticsPoliticsCourt tells Texas AG, "Nah," On Election ProsecutionsThe state's top lawyer thought he could charge anyone he wanted with election crimesByKeith ReedPublishedDecember 16, 2021
Criminal JusticeLaw EnforcementPolice BrutalityCriminal JusticeLaw EnforcementPolice BrutalityEx-Cop Who Killed Atatiana Jefferson Will Stay Free Until MayTexas judge grants another delay in Aaron Dean's murder trialByKeith ReedPublishedDecember 16, 2021
Criminal JusticeLaw EnforcementCriminal JusticeLaw EnforcementTrial of Former Cop who Killed Atatiana Jefferson Moved (Again) to JanuaryAaron Dean’s day in court has already been rescheduled multiple timesByKeith ReedPublishedNovember 17, 2021
CultureSportsCultureSportsNAACP Urges Professional Athletes to Stay the Hell Away From Texas Due to Recent Voting, Abortion LawsTexas has recently passed a series of abhorrent laws about voting rights, mask mandates and women’s reproductive…ByJay ConnorPublishedOctober 29, 2021
NewsNewsTexas Gov. Abbott Wants to Reverse the Lowered Illegal Voting Penalties He Just Signed Into LawApparently, Abbott and them didn't give the bill a good once-over before busting out the pen.ByJ.L. CookPublishedOctober 2, 2021
PoliticsPoliticsTexas GOP Proposed Redistricting Map Would Reduce Black and Hispanic Majority Congressional DistrictsDespite people of color making up 95 percent of the state's growth over the last decade, Republicans are moving to…ByTerrell Jermaine StarrPublishedSeptember 28, 2021
NewsEducationNewsEducationTexas School Board Moves Forward With Process to Fire Black Principal Accused of Teaching Critical Race TheoryThe district says that the board's vote is only one step of the process and that Principal James Whitfield will have…ByJ.L. CookPublishedSeptember 26, 2021
NewsCoronavirusNewsCoronavirusTexas Governor Greg Abbott Unsurprisingly Tests Positive for COVID-19The Republican governor has been decidedly anti-mask and anti-vaccination mandates throughout the course of the…ByRachel PilgrimPublishedAugust 18, 2021
NewsCoronavirusNewsCoronavirusReps. Cori Bush, Ilhan Omar and Ayanna Pressley Sleep Outside the U.S. Capitol to Protest End of Pandemic Eviction FreezeLike the people, the American government isn't a monolith. Some politicians actually do care. Rep. Cori Bush is a…ByZack LinlyPublishedAugust 2, 2021
NewsNewsTexas Senate Passes Bill to Remove Required Lessons on Civil Rights Movements From Public School CurriculumsThe bill, which comes after Texas signed a law banning teachings on critical race theory, is currently stalled in…ByJ.L. CookPublishedJuly 17, 2021
PoliticsPoliticsTed Cruz Criticizes Texas Democrats for Walkout. Texas Democrats Respond: ‘I Know You Ain't Talking.'Cruz famously fled his state earlier this year while it was in the midst of a historic snowstorm.ByJoe JuradoPublishedJuly 14, 2021
PoliticsPoliticsTexas Governor Goes Full Karen, Threatens to Arrest House Democrats Who Fled the State to Fight for Voting RightsGov. Greg Abbott has threatened to arrest House Democrats who fled the state to ensure that a voting rights bill…ByStephen A. Crockett Jr.PublishedJuly 13, 2021
NewsNewsMan Who Waited Six Hours to Vote in Texas Arrested Because He Voted Months Before His Parole EndedVoting rights advocates want the state to better ensure people are properly notified of their rights at the polls.ByJ.L. CookPublishedJuly 10, 2021
CultureRace MattersCultureRace MattersFragile Republican Pressures Texas Museum to Withdraw From Book Event Examining Slavery's Role in the Battle of AlamoIn today's episode of White Fragility Ruins Everything...ByZack LinlyPublishedJuly 5, 2021