Hundreds of HISD students are homeless and COVID-19 is complicating matters. How the district is trying to help
Ask 2 Live: Facing eviction? Here’s the advice our legal experts gave in our exclusive Zoom conversation
Stronger Houston: With the census deadline looming, city leaders push for residents to get themselves counted
500K+ Houstonians live in ’food deserts’ with little to no access to healthy food and the problem has worsened due to COVID-19A quick stop at a neighborhood grocery store for a forgotten ingredient or a trip to load up on meals for the week is something many of us do regularly. But unfortunately...
This loan company was founded to help Latino immigrants. It has sued thousands of low-income Latinos during the pandemic.On an afternoon in mid-June, Analleli Solis was walking home from her brother’s house just down the street when she noticed someone she didn’t know retreating from the fr...
New non-profit focuses on reaching survivors of domestic violence in Houston’s minority communitiesA new non-profit organization opened its doors in May and is working to reach more survivors of domestic violence in Houston’s minority communities. The Empowered Survivo...
REPORT: Coronavirus pandemic has ‘unmasked’ the face of racism, inequities in Houston and the U.S.A national report released Thursday said the coronavirus pandemic has widened racial disparities across the U.S., creating a crisis that has contributed to increased deat...
Tens of thousands in need of tech for online learning so they don’t have to choose between education and healthThe school year will look a lot different because of the coronavirus pandemic. Some parents have opted to send their kids back to the classroom while others have decided ...
Bridging digital divide imperative to help at-risk Black and Latino teens as COVID-19 widens inequities, experts sayJohn Bedman, 13, clicked away at the color options on the menu. Graphic design has become a hobby of his, although he wants to be an attorney when he grows up. Bedman si...
Houston Newsmakers highlights 2 new initiatives to address inequities, inclusion and bias within community
COVID-19 exposes major disparities between neighboring Houston-area communities — Gulfton and BellaireThe coronavirus pandemic has revealed wide income and health care disparities between two neighboring Houston-area communities — Gulfton and Bellaire. The differences bet...
EDITORIAL: Introducing KPRC 2′s Stronger Houston initiativeIn our new journalism initiative, Stronger Houston, we examine issues impacting people inequitably by race, gender, income, age, geography, religion, and other factors.
‘If I lose my job, it’s game over for us’: Richmond couple’s struggle to find peace amidst 10-year immigration journeyGayatri, 37, met her husband, 34-year-old Aditya Swaminarayan in college when they were both studying to be computer science engineers.
QUIZ: Could you get an H-1B or H-4 visa to live and work in the US?Here’s a basic quiz to determine whether you or your spouse could get an H-1B visa to live and work in the U.S.
What local lawmakers think about the plan for some immigrant spouses to lose their employment authorizationEver since President Donald Trump’s administration announced its intent to consider revoking the employment authorization for some spouses of highly-skilled immigrant wor...
This woman from The Woodlands says company preyed on her desperation for a work visa At the end of 2013, Saisha Mehta moved to Houston to be with Kabir. The couple had spent two years in a long-distance relationship while Kabir finished his Master’s degre...
How US and Houston’s economies would be impacted if work authorization is revoked for 100K Indian womenAfter a 2017 edict from President Donald Trump, the Department of Homeland Security issued a notice of proposed rulemaking to remove the employment authorization of certa...
Out of time and choices: Woman struggles to find work while walking tight-rope of immigration systemKalyani Phadke always knew she wanted to get her Master’s degree and work for a top IT firm. In 2015, when an arranged marriage brought the 23-year-old to Houston, she ca...
100K Indian women, many in Houston, could lose the ability to work if the Trump administration changes 1 rule
Faced with desperate circumstances, nearly 2M people in Texas - including these Houstonians - won’t see a stimulus check
