HUD Approves a $5 Billion Hurricane Harvey Disaster Recovery Plan
The recovery plan includes $1.1 billion in aid for home reconstruction, and $1.1 billion each for the City of Houston and Harris County.
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The Shocking Legacy of America’s Worst Modern-Day Lynching
Twenty years after the brutal, racially motivated murder of James Byrd Jr. in Jasper, Texas, some residents are trying to scrub the crime—and the bigotry behind it—from the town's history.
Restorative Justice Could Be the Key to Preventing Violence in Schools
Circle up and grab a talking stick—it could save schools from violent outbursts.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott Proposes a New School Safety Plan
The plan calls for increased law enforcement at schools and active shooter training for students.
The Trump Administration Proposed Cutting Funding to Clinics Like Planned Parenthood. We Know How That Plays Out Because Texas Did It in 2011.
A look at the research on what happens to contraceptive access for low-income Americans when the government withholds funding to family-planning clinics.
Viewfinder: A Funeral for a Victim of the Santa Fe High School Shooting
The coffin of Santa Fe High School shooting victim Sabika Sheikh, 17, is carried during her funeral service in Stafford, Texas, on May, 20th, 2018.
Records Show a Top DOI Official Met With His Former Employer—a Koch Brothers-Linked Foundation
A high-level official at the Department of the Interior held meetings with a previous employer, the Koch-linked Texas Public Policy Foundation, while it was involved in legal action against the department, according to newly obtained documents.
‘Texas Is Where Everything Comes to an End’: Author Lawrence Wright on Texas’ Unique Past—and Its Precarious Future
A conversation with the Pulitzer Prize winner on how the Lone Star State's unique culture came to develop in the first place, and how it's evolved alongside the state's economy.
A Texas Principal and the Casual Criminalization of Race and Disability in Schools
School officials shouldn't joke about calling the cops on vulnerable children. They should also stop treating non-compliance as criminal.
The Department of Education Puts the Brakes on a Texas Schools Civil Rights Investigation
Betsy Devos is leading a movement to roll back the initiatives used by the Obama administration to reduce racial discrimination in school punishments.