Texas ranks second in the US for book bans
| October 6, 2025
book bans | books | censorship | DALLAS | DFW | DFW TEXED EXCLUSIVE | EDUCATION | K-12 education | TEXAS
It’s Banned Books Week, which means PEN America—a nonprofit that fights censorship—has updated its database of banned books in public schools throughout the country.
Meet the Indigenous people of Texas
| October 6, 2025
Community | CULTURE | Federal Harm | get involved | HARDGATE | History | houston history | indigenous tribes | native americans | TEXAS
Despite efforts to erase Native American history in the US, there are still active tribes in Texas and efforts to recognize the state’s Indigenous history and preserve the remaining communities. Nationally, Indigenous Peoples’ Day is now celebrated on the second Monday in October—what was once Columbus Day, until 1992, when the city of Berkley, CA […]
See how Texas universities, colleges ranked on US News & World Report Best Colleges 2025 list
| October 2, 2025
college | COLLEGE STUDENTS | Community | CULTURE | EDUCATION | educators | HIGHER ED | HIGHER EDUCATION | TEXAS
While Rice University, University of Texas at Austin, and Texas A&M University typically tend to end up on the higher end of the US News & World Report Best Colleges list, 2025 is the year that University of Houston made the biggest leap.
Jasmine Crockett: Republicans use trans people, immigrants to divide Black voters
| October 1, 2025
US Rep. Jasmine Crockett warned a crowd at the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s legislative conference that as 2026 elections approach, Republicans will try again to “district and divide us.”
Jasmine Crockett on fighting GOP free speech attacks: ‘Snatch our power back’
| October 1, 2025
US Rep. Jasmine Crockett warned that Republicans are peddling disinformation and attacking free speech to make political opponents “feel hopeless and helpless.”