
Town Square
The State of Racial Equity In The United States
Posted on · President Biden's executive actions aim to advance racial equity for communities that have been impacted by systemic racism.
Posted on · President Biden's executive actions aim to advance racial equity for communities that have been impacted by systemic racism.
Posted on · The podcast's host, actor and comedian Cristela Alonzo, tells Houston Matters the true story of an all-Latino homicide squad in the late 1970s.
Posted on · A state commission report issues a damning assessment of the state’s law enforcement regulation.
Posted on · On Thursday's show: Addressing an increase in violent crime, how the pandemic's affecting the social development of kids, and staging socially-distanced theatre in people's backyards.
Posted on · The program gives Houston police officers the authority to issue citations instead of arresting them on certain Class A and B misdemeanors.
Posted on · Abbott's campaign event came after a majority of likely Texas voters in a recent poll said that law and order is a bigger issue than the pandemic. Yet, they were also more likely to say that racism in the criminal justice system is a larger problem than riots in American cities.
Posted on · The Republican governor isn't on the November ballot. But he has come out hard against efforts to shift city money away from policing, echoing a national debate on policing and crime during a tumultuous election season.
Posted on · The state's three top elected leaders also fiercely criticized the Austin officials who cut one-third of their police department's budget last week.
Posted on · On Monday's show: The one-year anniversary of the El Paso Walmart shooting, an edition of Houston Pet Peeves, and an update on sports.
Posted on · Not only are white officers generally more aggressive than Black police, the study found that when white officers are in Black neighborhoods, they are five times more likely to shoot their gun.
Posted on · On Friday's show: An update on the city's response to COVID-19, the Latino experience with law enforcement, a user's guide to the news, and The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly of the week's news.
Posted on · So far, no Texas district has heeded calls to remove police from schools. But after the death of George Floyd at the hands of a Minneapolis police officer, school systems in several U.S. cities have voted to do so.
Posted on · On Tuesday's show: Why the Texas Medical Center changed how it's reporting ICU bed capacity, the Supreme Court invalidates a Louisiana abortion law, Fort Bend County Judge KP George answers questions, and a conversation with a member of the local police oversight board.
Posted on · Conversations about the latest news surrounding COVID-19, the Harris County criminal justice system, and the current state of the economy.
Posted on · Many reject the official assessments that the recent hangings of mostly African Americans were suicides.