House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other congress members introduced the Vanessa Guillen Military Justice Improvement and Increasing Prevention Act in a press conference on Wednesday. If passed, this bill would require military officers to turn over sexual assault and...
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Charges will not be filled against the eight officers involved in the death of Marvin Scott III
On Tuesday a grand jury cleared eight officers of any wrongdoing and will not be charged in the death of Marvin Scott III, a Black man killed in police custody in Mckinney, Texas on March 14. The grand jury also released a statement regarding the case: "We are...
Commemorating Juneteenth, officially a national holiday.
On Thursday, President Joe Biden signed a bill making June 19 or Juneteenth a national holiday in the United States. June 19,1865 is marked as the day the last group of enslaved Black people in Galveston, TX learned of their freedom. This day marks two and a half...
Texas Black Leaders discuss 2021 legislative session
The NAACP Houston Branch hosted a crucial conversation with the community at the Buffalo Soldiers Museum last week to discuss how the latest bills in the Texas legislative session will impact the Black community. Texas legislators, community organizers, and...
Texas Dems call on Congress to pass voting rights bill
After Texas Democrats broke quorum on May 30, numerous legislatures are calling on Congress to pass the For the People Act and the John Lewis Voting Rights Act. Texas House Democrats held a town hall on Thursday to discuss the reaction since 67 Democrats killed...
Gov. Greg Abbott sign bills that ‘Back the Blue’
In a press conference on Tuesday, Gov. Greg Abbott signed four bills into law that he said would penalize rioting and stop cities from defunding the police. “In Texas we support the men and women in law enforcement,” Abbott said. “We don’t demonize or defund...
Republicans latest victim: The 1619 Project
402 years after the first group of 20 to 30 enslaved Africans were sold on American soil, the United States is still struggling to acknowledge its dark and racist history. In fact, the fight to finally address this nation’s original sin is taking place in Texas right...
Gov. Greg Abbott ends federal unemployment benefits for Texans
On Monday, Gov. Greg Abbott announced that Texas will be opting out of President Joe Biden’s federal unemployment benefits package. This means that Texans who filled for unemployment will no longer receive a $300 weekly check from the federal pandemic relief program...
A rally in Baytown for Pamela Turner, killed by a police officer, draws activists and community leaders demanding justice
Over 150 protestors and supporters gathered in Baytown, TX on Thursday for the protect black women rally and demand justice for 44-year old Pamela Turner who was shot and killed by Baytown Police Officer Juan DelaCruz on May 13, 2019. Exactly two years after Turner’s...
HPD adopts police reform policies
Two weeks after the guilty verdict of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin who killed Houstonian George Floyd, Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner and Houston Police Chief Troy Finner announced policy adoptions that will reform policing in Harris County. ...