Houston Is Hailed as a National Success for Fighting Homelessness. But the Reality Isn’t Quite as Rosy.
Co-published with The New Republic. Simple overall stats don’t show the truth of the housing crisis.
How Crime Stoppers Hotlines Encourage Sketchy Tips and Hurt Poor Defendants
Co-published with The New Republic. Crime Stoppers’ role in shaping policy and public perception on criminal justice has received little scrutiny.
In Texas, An Anti-Poverty Program Tries to Define Success
Co-published with KERA News. An ambitious program helmed by Catholic Charities Fort Worth set out to end poverty, but it saw mixed results.
A Fort Worth Program Aimed to End Poverty. It Didn’t Work for Everyone.
Co-published with KERA News. While some people enrolled in The Padua Project saw varying degrees of success, others dropped out or faced other challenges completing the program.
Texas Draws Criticism With Plan to Lure Tourists to Sites Where Indigenous People Were Banished
Co-published with the Texas Observer and The Guardian. Nations once exterminated or displaced are now being asked to help bring in tourism dollars.
How the Alabama-Coushatta Use Fire to Save the Longleaf Pine
Co-published with Texas Observer. In an ecosystem that needs fire to flourish, the actions of the tribe could decide the future of the longleaf pine.
Identity Is A Major Factor In Our Indigenous Affairs Reporting
Co-published with the Texas Observer. Two stories this week from Texas Observer's Indigenous Affairs desk dive into the thorny issue of belonging. Here’s why.
Indigenous Identity at the Heart of San Antonio City Council Race
Co-published with the Texas Observer. For years, candidate Marie Crabb has claimed to be Mescalero Apache. Those claims cannot be verified.
‘Truly Texas Mexican’ Bites Off More Than It Can Chew
Co-published with the Texas Observer. A new food documentary fails to recognize the complexities of Indigenous identity in Texas.
As Companies Build Thousands of Cell Towers, Indigenous Nations are Faced with Difficult Choices
Co-published with the Texas Observer. In Texas, a tiny staff of tribal officials field hundreds of requests each day to build 5G towers in areas of cultural …
COVID-19 Response has Been Starkly Different for Indigenous Communities in Texas
Co-published with the Texas Observer. While coronavirus rates remain high, officials have taken unprecedented actions not found anywhere else in the state.
Bringing the Dead Home
Co-published with the Texas Observer. Thirty years after Congress passed the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, only a fraction of human remains held by …