August 24, 2026

Daily Updates

Black students across the Southern United States are grappling with increasing rates of anxiety, depression, and trauma, yet they face significant barriers in accessing adequate...

Ricardo Lazaro, an 18-year-old valedictorian from San Antonio, was invited to perform with the U.S. Marine Band but faced cancellation due to President Trump’s executive...

Despite record real estate growth in Houston, the Black homeownership rate has dipped below 30%, according to a new city housing report. Skyrocketing prices, discriminatory...

New complaints from Flint, Michigan, suggest that lead contamination may still be present in aging pipes. Community members say they’re tired of broken promises. A...

Mia Love, the first Black Republican woman elected to Congress, has died at the age of 49 from glioblastoma, a malignant brain tumor. Her passing...

Texas has one of the largest prison systems in the U.S., and much of its labor force is made up of incarcerated individuals—many of them...

Houston’s historic Fifth Ward is sounding the alarm—and this time, the city can’t ignore it. Residents are calling out decades of toxic neglect, shouting, “This...

In 2025, Black women in Texas are still dying at alarming rates during childbirth. Despite advancements in medicine, systemic racism in healthcare continues to go...

Dallas rapper Markies Conway, known as Yella Beezy, has been indicted by a Dallas County grand jury for allegedly hiring a hitman to kill fellow...

Across the state, new legislation and school board decisions are limiting how race and Black history are taught in public schools. From banning books by...

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