Houston

A year after the storm, many Black and Latinx Houstonians are still unable to safely live in their homes.

Amid housing and financial concerns, residents face the possibility of new storms from a disadvantaged position.  

A new story from The Atlantic details better ways to build—and why they are often ignored in places like Houston and Miami.

Many landlords in the flood-damaged city are tacking on late fees and demanding payment in the days following Hurricane Harvey’s landfall.

The residents of Greenspoint live in a vulnerable area and they are predominantly Latinx.

ExxonMobil acknowledged that two of its refineries were damaged, and there was an unrelated pipeline leak. 

As rains continue to flood the state, some residents face increased dangers.

Earledreka White spent two days in jail, charged with resisting arrest during a traffic stop. A new surveillance video, released by her lawyer to The Houston Chronicle, suggests that the officer provoked the arrest by trying to grab her phone while she spoke to a 911 dispatcher. 

The videos seem to show that Braziel and Small—two of the latest Black men to die from police gunshots—were less of a threat to officers than previously reported.