Houston’s Youth and Young Adults Are Sounding the Alarm on Their Mental Health

They are flashing a fierce, unprecedented kind of moxy. While the adult world wraps up corporate campaigns and trending hashtags for Mental Health Awareness Month, Houston’s youth and young adults are doing something much more radical. They are stripping away generations of cultural stigma, they are looking a hollowed-out public education system dead in the eye to demand real support. The mental health crisis in Houston schools is no longer a silent struggle; data shows a student body in Read more […]

Inside the Rupani Foundation Event Targeting Houston’s Immigrant and Refugee Maternal Mental Health Crisis

Motherhood is universally celebrated as a time of profound joy, but for many black, immigrant, and refugee women, the silent struggle is loud. Postpartum depression doesn’t always come immediately post birth; sometimes it rears its ugly head two years into parenting. Additionally, anxiety can run rampant during pregnancy, putting mom and baby at risk. In a city as beautifully diverse as Houston, Texas, addressing hidden gaps in Maternal Healthcare is critical. To confront this crisis head-on, Read more […]

Louisiana’s Election “Pause”: A Playbook for Disenfranchisement?

The “Bayou State” just became the frontline of a national crisis. Yesterday, Governor Jeff Landry issued an executive order suspending Louisiana’s U.S. House primaries just 48 hours before early voting was set to begin. This isn’t just a local “pause”—it’s a stress test for American democracy. The SCOTUS Trigger: Louisiana v. Callais This week, in a 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court struck down Louisiana’s congressional map, calling the creation of a second majority-Black district (District Read more […]

May Day Strong: Houston Community Day

HOUSTON! On May 1, actionnetwork.org is declaring workers over billionaires.

Join them at MacGregor Park from 2–6 PM for #MayDayStrong, a day of field‑day games, performances, art‑making, community resources, and radical joy as they demand a Houston where our families, not billionaire fortunes, come first.

Meg, Klay and the Proxy War That Followed

Men Feeling Unloved is Dangerous There’s a proxy war being fought in comment sections all over the world, or at least in America, over Klay Thompson and Meg the Stallion. Now, being from Houston and being an avid sports fan, I’ve seen both of these people from the literal beginning. I watched Klay get drafted to the Warriors and become one of the best shooters of all time, a 4-time World Champion, and write his name into history books. I watched Meg use social media and YouTube, freestyle Read more […]

5 News Headlines You May Have Missed This Week

Between the escalating blockade in the Iran War, the latest blockbuster drops, and the sheer velocity of the 24-hour digital cycle, it feels like we’re all just trying to keep our heads above water. The news doesn’t just break anymore—it floods. But while the headlines are busy shouting about the obvious, critical stories are shifting the ground beneath our feet that aren’t making it to the top of your feed. I’ve done the heavy lifting for you. Here are the 5 news headlines you may have Read more […]

Red flags to look for in dating, domestic violence abuse

Black women in Houston face a deadly domestic violence surge – by Laura Onyeneho The Houston-area hairstylist, entrepreneur, and mother who goes by Nikki had been with viral sketch comedian Uncle Stanley Joe since she was 12. They had been married for 20 years. She knew his anger. She had learned to read his moods, to time her questions, to shrink herself to keep the peace. None of it was enough that night. “I always knew that I was going to eventually post the video to expose him,” Read more […]