Culture
Tiffany ‘New York’ Pollard Is Having a Viral Week
The HBIC is trending again: Tiffany 'New York' Pollard stole the Celebrity Weakest Link villains episode, Flavor of…
Education
What’s Happening in Austin Education: Failing Ratings on the Move, AISD Appeals to Dodge Takeover
Austin ISD is fighting for its autonomy: TEA transferred failing rating chains from six closed schools to their…
Education
Tuesday Rundown: HISD Loses Its Special Ed Chief, TEA Opens $400 Tutoring Grants, and Texas Rewrites History
HISD's special ed chief resigns, TEA opens $400 PASS tutoring grants, the Charlie Kirk teacher-probe fight ends, and…
Black History 365
September 22, 1862: The Freedom Papers That Didn’t Free Anybody
On September 22, 1862, Abraham Lincoln issued the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation — a 100-day warning that didn't free…
Black History 365
The Archbishop Who Threatened to Excommunicate Segregationists
On September 21, 1947, an archbishop told 700 white parents: fight school integration and face excommunication. Seven years…
Black History 365
The Buffalo Soldiers: 160 Years Since Black Cavalry Rode for Texas
On September 21, 1866, the U.S. Army organized the Black regiments that became the Buffalo Soldiers — and…
Black History 365
1664: The Law That Made Loving Across Color Lines a Crime
In 1664, Maryland invented the legal crime of loving across the color line — the first anti-amalgamation law…
Education
Houston Parents to HISD: Hit Pause on the Special Education Overhaul
Some HISD special education parents didn't know their child's campus weeks before school started. They're asking the district…
Education
Texas Flunks Free Speech — Then Erases the Syllabus
FIRE's 2027 rankings: not a single Texas university earned a passing grade, and Texas State is third-worst in…
Black History 365
68 Years Ago Today, MLK Was Stabbed at a Harlem Book Signing
Sixty-eight years ago today, a 29-year-old Martin Luther King Jr. was nearly killed at a Harlem book signing…