Texas

thegrio, Ronnie Smith, Lil Ronnie, Texas, fatal shooting
March 7, 2025

Suspects identified in fatal shooting of Texas rapper G$ Lil Ronnie and his 5-year-old daughter at car wash

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Jasmine Crockett, theGrio.com
January 16, 2025

5 things you should know about Rep. Jasmine Crockett

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June 3, 2024

Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, a Texas Democrat, says she has pancreatic cancer

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May 28, 2024

Voter outreach groups targeted by new laws in several GOP-led states are struggling to do their work

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April 6, 2024

University of Texas professors demand reversal of job cuts from shuttered DEI initiative

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March 30, 2024

Texas attorney general makes diversity inquiry in new investigation of Boeing supplier

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March 30, 2024

Ex-New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin wants gun, voting rights restored after prison sentence

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March 29, 2024

Texas woman’s 5-year prison sentence for voting while on probation has been overturned

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March 24, 2024

ACC-bound SMU fires coach Rob Lanier after 2 seasons

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Opal Lee grandmother of juneteenth
March 23, 2024

Opal Lee, ‘Grandmother of Juneteenth,’ to get new home where racist mob drove her family away from 85 years ago

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March 10, 2024

Houston police chief apologizes for department not investigating 264K cases due to staffing issues

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The logo for the Minority Business Development Agency
March 7, 2024

U.S. agency created to help minority-owned businesses land government contracts ordered to assist white companies also

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U.S. Rep. Colin Allred, theGrio.com
March 6, 2024

Democratic Rep. Colin Allred wins US Senate primary in Texas and will challenge GOP Sen. Ted Cruz

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Democratic candidate for Senate Rep. Colin Allred
February 29, 2024

NFL player turned attorney Colin Allred seeks to make Texas Black history with Senate campaign

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University of Texas -- DEI ban
February 21, 2024

Texas’ ban on diversity ended scholarships, weakened Black History Month events and LGBTQ support at universities

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February 18, 2024

Texas ban on university diversity efforts provides a glimpse of the future across GOP-led states

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Rev. Dr. Frederick Douglass Haynes III,, theGrio.com
February 1, 2024

A Dallas pastor is stepping into Jesse Jackson’s role as leader of his Rainbow PUSH Coalition

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Haitian migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border, theGrio.com
January 25, 2024

Advocates fear Black and brown migrant deaths without court intervention in Texas border fight

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Robb Elementary, Uvalde shooting, theGrio.com
January 19, 2024

Uvalde families renew demands for police to face charges after a scathing Justice Department report

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January 16, 2024

Rice University launches ‘Afrochemistry’ class: ‘We will be using chemical concepts to better understand Black life’

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