Texas

Rep. Colin Allred Raises Huge Fundraising Haul To Challenge GOP Sen. Ted Cruz

The Texas Democrat’s senate campaign announced $4.7 million in the third quarter.
10/16/2023

The Family Of A Black Student Is Suing Officials In Texas For Hair Discrimination

Darryl George, 17, has been serving an in-school suspension at Barbers Hill High School in Mont Belvieu because school officials said that his dreadlocks violate the district’s dress code.
09/25/2023
Greg Abbott on BET Buzz 2021.

Texas Teen Suspended for Hairstyle Sues Gov. Greg Abbott

The student and his family are accusing the governor and the state’s attorney general of allegedly failing to enforce the state’s CROWN Act.
09/24/2023

Serial Killer Billy Chemirmir Dies In Texas Prison, Officials Explain How He Met His End

Suspected of killing as many as 22 elderly women, prosecutors said he took their lives, then stole their jewelry.
09/20/2023

Why Texas School District Suspended Black Boy Over Dreadlocks, Despite Hair Discrimination Ban

Two dozen states have enacted a CROWN Act that bans hairstyle discrimination associated with race.
09/19/2023

Black Man Says He Suffered Serious Injuries in Brutal Encounter with Texas Police

‘I kind of folded like a flip phone,’ Keandre Green recalled of the arrest for what his lawyer said was a minor offense.
08/18/2023

Texas Woman Arrested and Charged with Threatening Federal Judge Overseeing Trump’s Election Case

Abigail Jo Shry left a voicemail for Judge Tanya Chutkan saying, "You are in our sights, we want to kill you.”
08/17/2023
Black Parents Say Alabama City Resegregated School

Texas School Trustee Claims Children Are Traumatized by Racially-Inclusive Posters

The poster of a Black and white child holding hands is considered among "symbols of personal ideologies."
08/12/2023

Texas A&M To Pay $1 Million Settlement To Black Journalism Professor After Probe Uncovers Botched Hiring

The school ‘has learned from its mistakes,’ the university says.
08/04/2023

Police In Texas Hold Black Family At Gunpoint In Traffic Stop, Admit 'Mistake' Was Made

‘Y'all put a gun on my son for no reason,’ a man says on police bodycam video.
08/01/2023

Texas GOP Gov. Abbott Signs Bills Targeting Elections In Reliably Democratic Harris County

The laws drag the Houston-area county back to the Jim Crow era, local official says.
06/21/2023