We need to stop pretending America suddenly discovered a democracy problem when Donald Trump walked into the White House. Trump may be accelerating the crisis. He may be testing constitutional limits with breathtaking audacity. Courts may be fighting some of those battles, while Congress too ofte...
safety
The victims' wife and mother suspected the ex was involved before his arrest was announced.
parks
Thirty-three years after seven Black artists pooled their money to buy a block of crumbling shotgun houses in the Third Ward, that block is hosting one of the most ambitious exhibitions in Project Row Houses’ history. Project Row Houses (PRH) opens the Southern Survey Biennial II...
government
One in nine voters in Harris County is “in suspense,” which signals a question about the address on their record, according to records obtained by the Defender from the Harris County Tax Assessor-Collector & Voter Registrar’s office. This does not mean that they have lost the rig...
News
There comes a moment in most Black women’s lives when the dam breaks. The filter falls off. The “yes ma’ams” fade. The carefully crafted responses disappear. And the smile you’ve been told to plaster on your face for decades becomes optional. For many of us, that moment comes rig...
Local
Families say they were given just three days’ notice that Stars Gymnastics Training Center will close on Wednesday. FOX 26 Senior Legal Analyst Chris Tritico said families could have legal options if they are not refunded....
News
An Irving couple was convicted in federal court of conspiring to commit wire fraud after prosecutors said they defrauded more than 700 investors of at least $9.5 million....
Local
The US HUD approve one last extension for 2017 Hurricane Harvey recovery funds. The Harris County Flood Control District was months away from a deadline for multiple projects...
