In 1955, Mansfield ISD was still segregated, despite the Brown v. Board of Education ruling the year prior. It was a small town, heavily divided by race, just outside of Fort Worth, Texas. In the first part of a two-part series, Khiry Duffey shares...
On Jan. 1, 2024, Texas Senate Bill 17 went into effect. Its purpose was to remove Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion programs and initiatives at all Texas public institutions, resulting in the closure of UT Austin’s Division of Campus and Community...
Registering to vote can be tricky, especially because Texas is one of eleven states that doesn’t have online voter registration. The deadline to register to vote in Texas is Oct. 7, and the deadline to request an absentee ballot is Oct. 25. In this...
In part two of this two-part series, Aislyn Gaddis looks at the larger context of the systems in place that allowed Fred Harris’ death, and similar tragedies, to happen — from the state of the Harris County Jail to the laws in place that contribute...
Fred Harris, a 19-year-old with special needs, was murdered in the Harris County Jail in 2021. Fred’s killer was sentenced to 50 years in prison, but Fred’s mother is still demanding justice for her son. She claims the justice system failed him. In...
This summer has been historic as headlines filled with election updates dominate news feeds. But with updates flooding through, we wanted to slow down and talk about what one of the most recent events, specifically vice president Kamala Harris’s...
Many Texans may not have heard of Mary Frances Tarlton “Sissy” Farenthold. She was a legendary environmentalist in the state. She also ran for governor — twice — and was even a nominee for U.S. vice president. This episode focuses on...
Despite being a mostly conservative community, New Braunfels, Texas, has become a safer space for LGBTQ+ people in recent years. In the final installment of Queer Texas, Heather Stewart shares the experiences of local LGBTQ+ high schoolers...
In May 2023, a family-friendly drag show at a New Braunfels, Texas, church attracted protestors. In part three of Queer Texas, Heather Stewart talks to the pastor of Faith United Church of Christ about the protest and the fallout that followed. This...
After Cameron Wright confessed to assaulting Aliah Hernandez in 2014 in a New Braunfels, Texas hotel room, both the officer assigned to Aliah’s case and Aliah’s friends and family thought it was an open-and-shut case. But two grand juries declined...
