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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has launched an investigation of Boeing supplier Spirit AeroSystems and questioned its hiring practice.
Former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin has asked a federal judge to restore his rights to carry a gun and…
A Texas appeals court has overturned a Fort Worth woman’s voter fraud conviction and five-year prison term for casting an…
Southern Methodist University fired Rob Lanier after two seasons as head basketball coach with a 30-35 overall record.
When Opal Lee was 12, a racist mob drove her family out of their Texas home. Now, the 97-year-old community activist is…
Houston Police Chief Troy Finner sought to restore public trust after the department dropped more than 264,000 cases due to…
A federal judge in Texas sided with whites who claimed the Minority Business Development Agency discriminated against them.
Rep. Colin Allred fended off his biggest Democratic challenger, state Sen. Roland Gutierrez, on Super Tuesday.
As part of theGrio's "Running Black" series, Allred talks of campaign to become the first Black American from Texas elected…
Texas' DEI ban has led to some significant changes across college campuses, especially at the University of Texas at Austin.
At the University of Texas, the Multicultural Center and affiliated student groups were shut down after a state ban on…
The Rev. Frederick Douglass Haynes III will succeed the Rev. Jesse Jackson as leader of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition.
The U.S. Supreme Court ordered U.S. Border Patrol agents to continue removing the razor-wire fencing along the Texas-Mexico border.
A federal report has revealed numerous failures by law enforcement in response to a 2022 school shooting at Robb Elementary…
Houston research institution Rice University is offering an "Afrochemistry" class that will be taught by Rice graduate Dr. Brooke Johnson.
A manager and two staffers were fired from a Texas IHOP after a waitress there refused to serve a Black…
For Texas wide receiver Adonai Mitchell, there’s no mystery surrounding the College Football Playoff in his third trip with second…
In March, Texas order arrests of migrants who enter the state illegally. It comes two years after it launched a…
Justin Moore registered to have his name appear on the ballot as a Democratic Congressional candidate running for Texas’ 32nd…
Houston elected Democratic state Sen. John Whitmire as its next mayor on Saturday night in a victory over U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee.