Texas
Justice Department bars Texas voter ID law
The Obama administration on Monday blocked a new law in Texas that requires voters to show a photo ID, drawing fierce criticism from Republicans who say the move was aimed at boosting the president’s reelection prospects. The Justice Department said that the law disproportionately harms Hispanic voters. “Even using the data most favorable to the [...]
KKK cards left at Houston store
Several members of Houston’s African-American community were outraged after someone dropped of a stack of cards promoting the Ku Klux Klan at a local convenience store. The cards were left at King Mart #1 on Almeda at MacGregor earlier this week by what was described as a bald man wearing a ball cap and sunglasses. [...]
Texas civil rights pioneer’s memory kept alive
The legendary Rev. Claude Black Jr. probably had a notion his papers would hold value to historians someday. The late San Antonio minister, politician and civil rights leader was instrumental in integrating lunch counters and preached a nonviolent struggle for equality. And for about 60 years, he collected thousands of pages of correspondence, sermons, speeches, [...]
Texas teen deported to Colombia reunites with mom
A Texas teenager who was deported to Colombia in May after claiming to be an illegal immigrant was returned to the United States and remains at the center of an international mystery over how a minor could be sent to a country where she is not a citizen. Her family has questioned why U.S. officials [...]
Texas teen deported to Colombia headed back to US
A 15-year-old Texas girl who was deported in May to South America after claiming to be an illegal immigrant was headed back to the United States on Friday, the U.S. State Department said. Jakadrien Lorece Turner left Colombia on Friday and was on her way to the U.S., State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said. The [...]
