13 Texas Black-Owned Businesses Show Federal Contracting Capacity
A Black Texas News review connects 13 businesses in historical Texas HUB records from 2017–2023 with federal procurement data representing 45 identified awards.
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Texas Black Chamber Calls on Business Owners Across the State to Unite at the 2026 TAAACC Annual Conference
Conference Scheduled for September 23–25 in Fort Worth, Texas AUSTIN, Texas — At a time when Black-owned businesses continue to face challenges in accessing capital, competing for procurement opportunities, expanding their customer base, and building generational wealth, the Texas Association of African American Chambers of Commerce (TAAACC), also known
Where Black Migration Is Reshaping Texas
The counties experiencing the fastest Black population growth today will likely become tomorrow's centers for: Black entrepreneurship, Homeownership growth Small business development, Church and community expansion, Political influence Educational investment, and Professional services demand.
Beyond Incarceration: What Texas Correctional Data Reveals About Sentence Persistence Among Black Texans
Black males exhibit the longest average sentence structures, creating a distinct pattern of long-term correctional persistence that extends well beyond annual incarceration totals.
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These U.S. Counties Are Seeing the Fastest Shift Into Higher-Risk Maternal Age Groups
“The strongest shifts are appearing in counties that are already experiencing broader demographic and economic transitions — places where delayed childbirth, educational attainment, housing pressure, and professional workforce concentration may all be interacting.”
June Employment Report Reveals Hidden Weakness Beneath Lower Unemployment
Elevated Black Unemployment and Falling Labor Force Participation Signal Growing Risks for Black, Minority-Owned Businesses
Texas Operates One Of The Largest Invisible Review Systems In America
Behind prison walls, a second correctional system quietly manages thousands of parole reviews across Texas every year. When most people think about incarceration, they think about prison populations. How many people are incarcerated. How many people enter prison. How many people leave. But hidden behind those statistics is another system—
Creative Investment Research Welcomes Supreme Court Decision Protecting Federal Reserve Independence While Calling for Continued Accountability
"When investors believe monetary policy is being driven by political retaliation rather than economic analysis, uncertainty rises, borrowing costs increase, and the resulting instability disproportionately affects ...minority-owned firms, community banks and underserved communities."
Persistent Inflation Threatens Black and Minority-Owned Businesses Despite Strong Consumer Spending
"However, if inflation continues to erode household purchasing power, many neighborhood businesses serving Black and minority communities will experience pressure long before larger national firms."
A New Black Growth Corridor Is Emerging Around Dallas–Fort Worth
Population growth, workforce expansion, housing opportunity, rising incomes, and economic connectivity are appearing simultaneously in places such as Johnson County, Kaufman County, Rockwall County, and Ellis County.
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119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. RES. 414 Recognizing that the United States has a moral and legal obligation to provide reparations for the crime of enslavement of Africans and its lasting harm on the lives of millions of Black people in the United States. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May
Wealth Accumulation
The New Geography of Black Homeownership in Texas
Why Some Counties Are Emerging as the Next Frontier of Black Wealth Building For years, discussions about housing affordability in Texas have focused on the state's largest metropolitan areas. Dallas, Houston, Austin, and their surrounding suburbs have dominated conversations about rising home prices, affordability challenges, and the future
Black Texas
Where Black Migration Is Reshaping Texas
The New Geography of Black Texas Growth (2020–2024) By Black Texas News For decades, discussions about Black Texas focused on the state's largest urban centers—Houston, Dallas, Fort Worth, Austin, and San Antonio. But new population data reveals a major shift underway. The story of Black population
Black Nursing Workforce
The Hidden Healthcare Workforce Behind Dallas–Fort Worth
Why Two Unexpected Counties Rose to the Top of Texas' Black Nursing Workforce Rankings When Black Texas News first analyzed Black nursing workforce capacity across Texas, the results were surprising. Rather than Houston, Dallas, or Tarrant County topping the rankings, two less-discussed counties emerged as leaders: * Kaufman County
Politics
Reparations for Black America
119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. RES. 414 Recognizing that the United States has a moral and legal obligation to provide reparations for the crime of enslavement of Africans and its lasting harm on the lives of millions of Black people in the United States. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May
Politics
America By County
Why the Future of Black America May Be Written One County at a Time For generations, Americans have been taught to understand the country through national statistics. The national unemployment rate. The national poverty rate. National crime rates. National birth rates. National education outcomes. National life expectancy. National averages help
judicial intelligence
Two Black Families, Two Counties, Two Different Correctional Systems
New judicial intelligence analysis suggests that geography may shape correctional-system experience as much as statewide averages. For decades, discussions about incarceration in Texas have focused on statewide statistics. How many people are incarcerated. How long sentences last. How parole systems operate. How demographic groups are represented. Those figures are
Health
Black Nursing Workforce Capacity Leaders Emerge Outside Texas' Largest Cities
Kaufman and Johnson Counties Lead Texas in Black Nursing Workforce Capacity When measured by total nurses, Texas' largest counties naturally dominate the conversation. Harris County, Dallas County, and Tarrant County all have large Black nursing workforces. But a new analysis using Black nurses per 10,000 Black residents tells
employment
May 2026 Employment Report Shows Improving Conditions For Black Workers While Revealing Continuing Structural Labor Market Gaps
The key question for policymakers is not simply whether jobs are being created," Cunningham added. "The critical issue is whether economic opportunity is being distributed broadly enough to reach historically underserved communities and support the growth of minority-owned businesses."
Business
Creative Investment Research Analysis Finds Slower GDP Growth, Rising Inflation
New Analysis Highlights Uneven Distribution of Economic Growth Despite Strong Corporate Profits and AI Investment Boom
MPLS
Economist Files Amicus Brief Documenting $275–$320 Million in Economic Harm to MPLS
Concentrated and compounding harm to Black residents and Black-owned businesses, due to lower liquidity buffers, sectoral exposure, and coupled household–firm balance sheets
DEI Contract
DOGE's DEI Contract Cancellations Create Massive Economic Losses, New Analysis Reveals
The exclusion of minority entrepreneurs from federal contracts and capital access limits economic growth by $500 billion to $800 billion annually.