Trusted reporting on Texas government, elections, and public policy—enhanced by data-driven analysis that explains how legislative decisions affect Black communities, local businesses, schools, healthcare, and economic opportunity across Texas.
Texas prison
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—
Black Growth Corridor
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.
Juneteenth
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
Black 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
Politics
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
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
DEI Contract
The exclusion of minority entrepreneurs from federal contracts and capital access limits economic growth by $500 billion to $800 billion annually.