Race & Culture

The ordinance is a revised version of one passed in 2021, which was struck down in September after a federal grant funding scare.

Council members say the ordinance reaffirms protections and ensures the safety of federal grants. Advocates say it is stripped of its power.

Garland ISD’s school board voted this week to agree with a federal motion to declare the district "unitary” and release it from a decades-old desegregation order.

Dallas County commissioners unanimously voted to posthumously exonerate Tommy Lee Walker of Venice Lorraine Walker's rape and murder in 1954.

Cleo Hearn’s legacy of spotlighting diverse cowboys and Western culture was celebrated on MLK Day, two months after his death.

U.S. Attorney Ryan Raybould, of the Northern District of Texas, filed a motion last month to release Garland ISD from a 1970 federal order to desegregate its schools, arguing the district has long been in compliance.

The proposed African American Museum and Cultural Center could soon get final dollars needed to open in Polytechnic Heights.

The action comes as Republicans across Tarrant County decry the “Islamization of Texas.”

Multiple civil rights organizations are seeking to block parts of Senate Bill 12, a sweeping state law that prohibits discussions about gender identity in public schools as well as student clubs based on sexual orientation.

Frank Moss, who served on City Council for 12 years and led the preservation of the city’s Black community history, died at 81.

The program will now only be eligible for service-disabled veterans. It will be called Veteran Heroes United in Business.

Texas Tech University System Chancellor Brandon Creighton has released the system’s standards for discussing race and gender in the classroom.