Clearing the air in DFW: A look at local steps to improve air quality
| September 23, 2025
Between a bustling population, long commutes, industrial activities, and the limited public transportation access, it’s not too surprising that the Dallas-Fort Worth area ranks as the 10th-worst city for ozone pollution. That’s according to the American Lung Association’s 2025 air quality report, which in 2024 ranked DFW at no. 13. The report collects data on […]
WATCH: Houston pastor reflects on Hurricane Katrina
| August 26, 2025
Two decades after Hurricane Katrina, Houston pastor Shannon Verrett reflected on the devastating storm, the choas of evacuating and the heartbreak of personal loss.
“Most of the time when you're going through traumatic experiences in your life, you don't even know how strong your faith is. But when you weather the storm—when you're on the other side of through you begin to see: He had me back then. I was stronger than I knew,” Verrett, a pastor at Franklin Avenue Baptist Church in Houston, told COURIER Texas.
Katrina struck Louisiana on Aug. 29, 2005, killing 1,392 people and causing $125 billion in damages. Tens of thousands of New Orleans residents, like Verrett, evacuated to Houston.
Don’t sweat it: How SSRI users can protect themselves in the Texas heat
| August 8, 2025
climate | Community | environmentalism | HARDGATE | HEALTH | HEALTHCARE | heat | heat safety | TEXAS
And while this can make anyone feel uncomfortable, those who take Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors, more commonly known as SSRIs, can be more easily affected by high temperatures than others.
Op-Ed: To Texas, From a Fellow Survivor: We See You. We’re With You
| July 29, 2025
To the people of Texas: you are part of something bigger now. A growing, fierce, and resilient community of people who refuse to be quiet about what we’ve lost—and what we all deserve.
Most Texas prisoners don’t have AC access and it’s unclear when they will get it
| July 18, 2025
Two thirds of people incarcerated in Texas’ prisons face another summer without air conditioning after lawmakers again declined to pass legislation that would mandate a timeline for installing climate control in state facilities.