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IN MEMORIAM: Peabo Bryson Grammy-Winning R&B Balladeer Dies at 75

Peabo Bryson, the two-time Grammy Award-winning R&B singer whose powerful voice helped define romantic ballads and Disney movie classics, has died at age 75...

Colin Allred tops Julie Johnson in redistricting-driven runoff battle of Dallas Democrats

Olivia Borgula, The Texas Tribune Colin Allred at the Dallas County Democratic office on Dec. 8, 2025. Johnathan Johnson for The Texas Tribune Former Rep. Colin Allred...

World Cup hotel bookings short of expectations in Texas amid anti-U.S. sentiment abroad

A recent survey of hoteliers in the Dallas area and Houston found anticipated demand is not translating into strong hotel bookings less than 40...

U.S. Supreme Court weakens key pillar of Voting Rights Act, opening the door for Texas to redraw political maps

Eleanor Klibanoff, The Texas Tribune April 29, 2026 The U.S. Supreme Court weakened but did not eliminate a key provision of the Voting Rights Act on...

Fertilizer price surge squeezes Texas producers

Texas Crop and Weather Report Texas producers are facing a sharp rise in fertilizer costs this spring, adding pressure to already tight margins as global...

Judge temporarily allows women, minority-owned businesses to qualify for Texas HUB program again

Paul Cobler and Ayden Runnels, The Texas Tribune March 2, 2026 An Austin district judge on Monday ordered the state's Historically Underutilized Business Program rules be...

NASA’s Artemis II Crew Beams Official Moon Flyby Photos to Earth

The first flyby images of the Moon captured by NASA’s Artemis II astronauts during their historic test flight reveal some regions no human has...

Liftoff! NASA Launches Astronauts on Historic Artemis Moon Mission

Spurred by American ingenuity, astronauts on NASA’s Artemis II mission are in flight, preparing for the first crewed lunar flyby in more than 50...

Black Student Loan Default Rate Five Times Higher than Whites

NNPA NEWSWIRE — Citing new research from Protect Borrowers, formerly the Student Borrower Protection Center, the coalition advised Education Secretary Linda McMahon in a January 7 letter that a new student loan default occurred every nine seconds in 2025. That escalating rate is unprecedented, and is nearly three times worse than in 2019the year prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.

What Texans need to know about upcoming SNAP restrictions

Riddhi Bora and Dan Keemahill, The Texas Tribune New food stamp restrictions prohibiting benefits to be used to purchase sweetened beverages and candy will affect...

Civic lessons come to life at John Lewis Social Justice Academy

DALLAS — At John Lewis Social Justice Academy at Oliver Wendell Holmes, social studies lessons don’t stop at the textbook. Twice a month, students hear directly from...

Dr. Frederick D. Haynes III Claims Historic Victory in Texas’s 30th Congressional District

Photo Credit: SF MVP Productions DALLAS, March 4, 2026 — In a night defined by high energy and a clear call for transformative leadership, Rev. Frederick...

Old Aunt Mary Humphries died at her home in the Dirgin community on October 20, 1931 at the age of 125 years

This article was first published on February 28, 2001, 70th years after the death of Aunt Mary Humphries by Kawanah Kohlhaas “Back to a time...

IN MEMORIAM: Civil Rights Icon Reverend Jesse Louis Jackson, Sr. Passes Away at 84

NY AMSTERDAM NEWS — In the early 1960s when young activists were fighting against race-based discrimination Jackson was among them, unaware of the role...

Congressional Black Caucus chair says Trump’s post on the Obamas shows a ‘bigoted and racist regime’

By BILL BARROW and RIVER ZHANG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Ever since a racist video was posted on President Donald Trump's social media account,...

Grammys Open Black History Month as Michael Jackson’s Story Heads to the Big Screen

MICHAEL is the cinematic portrayal of the life and legacy of one of the most influential artists the world has ever known. /Courtesy Lions...