The open-access archives also explore how racism made the storm harder for Black and Latinx Houstonians.

The space agency offered to assess air pollution caused by the storm—and was essentially told “No, thank you.”

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

The 2018 hurricane season begins in just one week, and homeowners and government officials in Houston are still scrambling to recover from the havoc of last year’s Hurricane Harvey.

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

The City Council passed a regulation that may help and hurt the city’s most vulnerable residents.

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

Manchester residents are breathing air with high concentrations of a chemical that causes cancer.

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

“I’m committed to partnering with organizations on the ground in Houston and making contributions to uplift the city that raised me with so much love.”

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

The factors that contributed to Houston’s devastation are poised to converge in other cities, too.

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.

“Did Houston police show up in militarized riot gear, [with] snipers and dogs at the #WhiteLivesMatter protest?”

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 Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights examined body-worn camera policies in 50 municipalities. It was not impressed.

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.

Lead singer Miriam Hakim: “Little (and big) instances of prejudice and discrimination don’t make it easier to take, they tear you down more and make it harder to focus on things you actually want to focus on.”