The party of Andrew Jackson has spent a decade running from him. It should keep the two things he got right. I was 14 the first time I raised my hand to volunteer. I was short for my age. I had a bad ...

A new report just released by Texas Defender Service shows that 92% of the death sentences sought by the Tarrant County District Attorney’s office since 2012 have been against people of color. When I ...

As a long-time death penalty abolitionist, I’ve often compared the death penalty in America to a train with no brakes: Once the machinery starts moving, it becomes extraordinarily difficult to stop.

There is a dangerous myth embedded in the fight for reproductive justice: that the battle is solely about women, or even solely about those who can become pregnant. It is not. It is equally about men, ...

The shared energy can create an unbreakable tie, which explains the cult-like following of Trump. Unfortunately, people who held a disdain for Barack Obama were drawn to Trump’s “birther” conspiracy ...

Democratic U.S. Rep. Christian Menefee defeated U.S. Rep. Al Green to represent a newly drawn congressional district that encompasses both of their current Houston-area districts, effectively ending ...

Frederick Douglass once said, “I would unite with anybody to do right and with nobody to do wrong.” Words to live by. That means we will not stay silent when organizations dress up a bad deal as ...

North Texas’s growth is a point of pride. New businesses are opening, families are moving in and the skyline continues to change. But beneath that momentum is a challenge we cannot afford to ignore: ...

Israel Houghton joins a Mother’s Day service at IBOC that honors mothers living and dead, creating space for joy, loss and faith to be acknowledged together. Grammy award-winning artist Israel ...

As a hantavirus outbreak linked to a cruise ship stirs memories of COVID, experts warn that overly soothing ‘calm-mongering’ could erode trust and fuel anxiety. Since the first sign of an outbreak, ...

The National Medical Association is deeply concerned by the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to significantly weaken Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, a cornerstone of civil rights protections that has ...

Ona Judge escaped George Washington once. Now the federal government is trying to make her disappear again. I teach in Philadelphia, a short walk from the site of the president’s house. George and ...