Virginia Voted Yes

Virginia voters approved a sweeping overhaul of the state’s congressional map Tuesday, a decision that could help determine control of the U.S. House and marks the latest escalation in a national redistricting battle that began with Republican-led efforts in several states. Will it work?

Knowledge is Protection: Guarding Your Vote in the Houston Primaries

In a state where election laws are often described as a “thicket of confusion,” the message from the Texas Civil Rights Project (TCRP) this week was simple: knowledge is the ultimate ballot protection. As early voting ends and Houstonians prepare for the March 3rd primaries, a diverse coalition of community media—representing Vietnamese, Chinese, Spanish, Pakistani, and Black Press—gathered at the Southern News Group offices to hear from the legal experts tasked with guarding the vote. The Read more […]

BEHIND THE SIGNS: Profiling Protesters 

Social media has been flooded with claims that the crowds protesting in Minnesota were nothing more than hired hands—actors in a manufactured drama. Where did they get their information? “The thugs that are protesting include many highly paid professional agitators and anarchists,” the 47th President said Jan. 18 on Truth Social. Two days later, as protesters grew in number, he doubled down on that statement. “They’re paid agitators and insurrectionists,” he said at a Jan. 20 press conference. Read more […]

The Housing Crisis: A National Epidemic That Demands Houston’s Blueprint and Washington’s Funding

Across the United States, the housing market is broken. You may have read that it is not merely expensive; it is structurally unsound, locking millions out of stability and disproportionately impacting our most vulnerable communities. This is an economic crisis, a public health crisis, and a moral failure across the nation. “Rent increased 9% in one year, which outpaced wage growth… 15,000 more renter households were cost-burdened in 2023,” said panelist Caroline Cheong, Kinder Institute for Read more […]